Tim Vaccaro , Director
Division of Professions
1940 North Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone: 850.487.1395
Fax Information
Division of Professions
This page contains helpful information about a particular profession or business. To apply for a specific business or professional license either using our Online Services or to apply using a paper application, click this APPLY link (or use the APPLY button on the navigation menu above). To renew or maintain a license, click this RENEW/MAINTAIN link (or use the RENEW/MAINTAIN button on the navigation menu above). If you have questions or need further assistance, please call the Customer Contact Center at 850.487.1395.
Division Information
The Division of Professions is responsible for the licensing of over 376,000 professionals. These professions include: architecture and interior design, asbestos consultants, athlete agents, auctioneers, barbers, building code administrators and inspectors, community association managers, the construction industry, cosmetology, electrical contractors, employee leasing companies, geologists, landscape architecture, pilot commissioners, pilotage rate review, surveyors and mappers and veterinary medicine.
Five Executive Directors oversee the professional boards. The Board Executive Director serves as a liaison between the board and the department and is responsible for ensuring the effective operation of board meetings and board business.
What does a professional board do?
Licensing and Application Information
Please visit the individual board pages for licensing and application information.
You may also want to visit the Bureau of Education and Testing, which is responsible for examination development, administration, review and grades, as well as the management of continuing education providers and courses.
Enforcement
The Division of Regulation is responsible for enforcement of professions and related businesses licensed by DBPR under the Division of Professions to ensure that the laws, rules and standards set by the legislature are followed. To file a complaint visit MyFloridaLicense.com.
The law firm of Smith, Thompson, Shaw & Manausa, P. A. investigates and prosecutes the professions of architecture and interior design. To file a complaint pertaining to architecture or interior design, please visit their site at: www.stslaw.com/adboard.asp. Their phone number is 850.402.1570.
The division administers 14 professional boards, three department-regulated professions and one council, as follows:
Board of Architecture and Interior Design
Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board
Regulatory Council of Community Association Managers
Construction Industry Licensing Board
Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board
Board of Employee Leasing Companies
Board of Landscape Architecture
Board of Professional Geologists
Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers
Engineering: Regulation of this profession is provided to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers by the Florida Engineers Management Corporation (FEMC). Their phone number is 850.521.0500.