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Board adds revocation to discipline guideline and debates accreditation "hard stop" for licensure
Summary
The Florida board voted to add revocation to the maximum penalties in its discipline guideline and debated whether to define "equivalent accrediting body" for master's degree programs; counsel recommended no rulemaking and the board discussed outreach and website guidance for affected students.
The Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, Board of voted unanimously to amend its disciplinary guideline, 64B4-5.001, to add revocation to the list of maximum penalties for crime-related convictions.
Board counsel told members the change was intended to allow revocation as a maximum penalty rather than forcing staff to rely on aggravators to reach that outcome. “So my recommendation is that the maximum penalty on this be amended to also include revocation,” counsel said during the Rules discussion.
Why it matters: The amendment expands the maximum disciplinary sanction on the books for crimes related to professional…
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