G.W. Harrell, Director
Division of Professions
1940 North Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone: 850.487.1395
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Division of Professions
Division Information
The Division of Professions is responsible for the licensing of over 396,000 professionals. These professions include: architects and interior designers, asbestos consultants, athlete agents, auctioneers, barbers, building code administrators and inspectors, community association managers, construction contractors, cosmetology, electrical contractors, employee leasing companies, geologists, home inspectors, landscape architects, mold assessors and remediators, pilot commissioners and veterinarians.
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?
Apply to be a board or council member
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.
Florida Building Commission
Also within the Division is the Florida Building Commission. Please visit their website for information on the Florida Building Code, including manufactured (modular) buildings, proposed code modifications, binding interpretations, education and accreditation, and product approval.
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, Minacci & Colón, 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/board-of-architecture-interior-design.
The division administers 12 professional boards, five 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
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.