Section 455.213(10), F.S. Disclosure of a license applicant’s social security number obtained by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation pursuant to this section shall be limited to the purpose of administration of the child support enforcement program and use by the department, and as otherwise provided by law. Section 455.217(5), F.S. Meetings and records of meetings of any member of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation or of any board within the department held for the exclusive purpose of creating or reviewing licensure examination questions or proposed examination questions are confidential and exempt from ss. 119.07(1) and 286.011. Section 455.2235(3), F.S. Information relating to the mediation of a case pursuant to this section shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions of s. 455.225. Section 455.225(2), F.S. For cases dismissed prior to a finding of probable cause, the report submitted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation regarding dismissal of a complaint which the department has previously determined to be legally sufficient is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1). Section 455.225(4), F.S. All proceedings of a probable cause panel of a board within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation are exempt from s. 286.011 until 10 days after the panel finds probable cause or until the subject of the investigation waives confidentiality. Section 455.225(10), F.S. The complaint and all information obtained pursuant to an investigation by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), until 10 days after probable cause has been found or until the regulated professional or subject of the investigation waives confidentiality, whichever is first. However, this exemption does not apply to actions against unlicensed persons pursuant to s. 455.228 or the applicable practice act. Section 455.229(1) and (2), F.S. Information required by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation of an applicant is open to public inspection pursuant to s. 119.07, except financial information, medical information, school transcripts, examination questions, answers, papers, grades and grading keys, which are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and shall not be discussed with or made accessible to anyone except as provided in the subsection. Information supplied to the department which is exempt or confidential remains exempt or confidential while in the custody of the department. Examination questions and answers may be considered only in camera in any Ch. 120 administrative proceeding. Examination questions and answers provided at the hearing are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) unless invalidated by the administrative law judge. Section 455.232(1), F.S. No officer, employee or person under contract with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation or any board therein, or any subject of an investigation shall convey knowledge or information to any person not lawfully entitled to such information or knowledge about any meeting or public record, which at the time such knowledge or information is conveyed, is exempt from ss. 119.01, 119.07(1) or 286.011. Section 455.32(15), F.S. The exemptions set forth in cited provisions of Ch. 455, relating to records of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, also apply to records held by the corporation with which the department contracts pursuant to the Management Privatization Act. (Florida Office of the Attorney General // © March 9, 2023)
