Section 491.006 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Licensure or certification by endorsement(1) The department shall license or grant a certificate to a person in a profession regulated by this chapter who, upon applying to the department, submitting to background screening in accordance with s. 456.0135, and remitting the appropriate fee, demonstrates to the board that he or she meets the requirements for licensure by endorsement under s. 456.0145.(2) The department shall not issue a license or certificate by endorsement to any applicant who is under investigation in this or another jurisdiction for an act which would constitute a violation of this chapter until such time as the investigation is complete, at which time the provisions of s. 491.009 shall apply.(3) A person licensed as a clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, or mental health counselor in another state who is practicing under the Professional Counselors Licensure Compact pursuant to s. 491.017, and only within the scope provided therein, is exempt from the licensure requirements of this section, as applicable.ss. 15, 19, ch. 87-252; ss. 7, 19, 20, ch. 90-263; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s.21, ch. 95-145; s.12, ch. 95-279; s.509, ch. 97-103; s.169, ch. 99-397; s.32, ch. 2000-242; s.45, ch. 2020-133; s.8, ch. 2022-63.Amended by 2024 Fla. Laws, ch. 243,s 40, eff. 7/1/2025.Amended by 2022 Fla. Laws, ch. 63, s 8, eff. upon enactment of the Professional Counselors Licensure Compact into law by 10 states.Amended by 2020 Fla. Laws, ch. 133, s 45, eff. 7/1/2020.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.