The following forms can be obtained at www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/ or by contacting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0790, (850)487-1395:
    (1) Any veteran returning from service after an honorable discharge, or the spouse of a veteran at time of honorable discharge, wishing to obtain a waiver of fees as set forth in Florida Statutes § 455.213(13), any person who is or was an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, or who is a spouse or surviving spouse of such member, wishing to obtain a waiver of licensing fees as set forth in Florida Statutes § 455.219(7), or any military veteran requesting recognition of prior service for purposes of licensure pursuant to Section 489.1131 or 489.5161, F.S., shall submit, along with their application for licensure, a completed Form DBPR MVL 002, Military Member/Veteran/Spouse Fee Waiver and Military Service Verification, effective April 2019, incorporated herein by reference and available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-10499.
    (2) Any person who is or was an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, or who is a spouse or surviving spouse of such member in accordance with the provisions under Section 455.02(3)(a)1., F.S., desiring an initial professional license shall submit a completed Form DBPR MVL 003, Initial Military/Veteran Application for Professional Licensure, effective November 2022, incorporated herein by reference and available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14930.
    (3) Pursuant to Section 455.219(7)(a), F.S., the department, or a board thereunder, shall waive the initial licensing fee for a low-income individual. As defined in that section, a “”low-income individual”” is a person whose household income, before taxes, is at or below one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the federal poverty guidelines prescribed for the family’s household size by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The 2023 federal poverty guidelines, published on January 19, 2023, in 88 Federal Register 3424, are hereby incorporated by reference and may be obtained from https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/19/2023-00885/annual-update-of-the-hhs-poverty-guidelines or at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-15365. Any person claiming waiver of an initial professional licensing fee based upon low-income status pursuant to Section 455.219(7)(a), F.S., shall submit, along with their application for licensure, a completed Form DBPR LI 001, Application for Low Income Waiver of Licensing Fee, effective April 2019, incorporated herein by reference and available at https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-10501.
Rulemaking Authority 20.05, 20.165(8), 455.203(5), 455.213(1), 455.2035 FS. Law Implemented 455.02, 455.213, 455.219, 559.79, 489.113(1), 489.1131, 489.5161 FS. History-New 6-24-19, Amended 7-16-20, 7-13-21, 7-4-22, 12-21-22, 6-26-23.