More Florida BOM illegal actions

[Guest guest]

The Florida Board of Massage has done it again. They have illegally

denied my application for initial licensure. They now say I have to

wait until the BOM meeting when they will review my application.

 

A lttle background on why this is occurring;

 

When I was in massage school, I brought a list of complaints to the

schools Board of Directors, including one in which the school

director hit several students. As a result, I was placed on

probabtion for " disruptive behaviuor " . One of the questions on the

massage license app was had I ever recieved any discliplinary action

at an educational institute. Being the honest person I am, I said yes

and provided some brief details. Big mistake. They used this as an

excuse to deny me initial licensure. After many calls and very few

answers, I demanded that they provide the section of the law that

gave them the authority to deny this. The section that was refered

to, chap. 456.013 (3)(a), only gives them the authority to deny the

initial license and conduct an investigation if I was now/ever under

investigation or prosecuted for any offense in any other jurisdiction

for an offense that would otherwise be a violation of any massage or

health dept law.

 

No where is there anything in the entire state laws that says they

can deny licensure or take a license away because of any

discliplinary action taken against a practitioner for disruptive

behaviuor. In fact chap. 456.003 (1) guarentees that it is our right

to get a license if otherwise qualified.

 

I feel that the BOM has exceeded their authority and is not only

denying my rights but are violating state law by refusing to grant my

license.

 

I am filing a formal complaint with the Governors office, which is

required to investigate any legally sufficient complaint or

unfavorable complaint by chap. 456.008(1). Hopefully this will do, if

not, anyone know a good lawyer?

 

Has anyone else had a similar problem?

 

Rich Haslam

Freedom4Health Coalition