Tim Vaccaro , Director
Division of Professions
1940 North Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone: 850.487.1395
Fax Information
Division of Professions
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, boxing, 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.
Six 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.
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, one council and one commission, 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.