Who needs a physician oversight, clinic licensing or exemption, office surgery registration in Florida?

Issued by Florida Board of Medicine; Agency for Health Care Administration, at step 4 of 6 in the opening sequence: get the permits for your kind of business.

1 of the 20 kinds of business in Florida

Injectables, lasers and medical peels are medical practice under a physician’s supervision. A practice wholly owned by physicians is exempt from AHCA clinic licensing but holds the exemption certificate and posts cash prices; an office doing level II or III procedures or larger liposuction registers as an office surgery site with the Department of Health.

Checked Oct 17, 2026 against the agency’s page.

Step 4 of 6: Get the permits for your kind of business

  1. Set up the business
  2. Register for tax
  3. Approve the space
  4. Get the permits for your kind of business
  5. Alcohol permits
  6. Before the first hire

Issued by Florida Board of Medicine; Agency for Health Care Administration.

Sources and dates

AHCA health care clinic exemption page; Florida Board of Medicine office surgery registration page. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.

Questions about opening here.