Pursuant to the Florida Administrative Procedure Act, an “agency” is each state department and each division within a
department. For example, on the chart below, the Department of Financial Services is an agency. Although not shown on the chart, the are a dozen divisions within the Department of Financial Services, including the Consumer Services Division and the Workers’ Compensation Division, and each of those divisions is also an agency.
State commissions that derive their powers from a statute are also considered agencies. For example, on the chart below, the Administration Commission is one such agency. Likewise, regional planning agencies, local school boards, and other entities specified in the Florida Statutes are considered agencies for purposes of the APA.
State officers, including but not limited to cabinet officers and the Lieutenant Governor, are also considered agencies for purposes of the APA. Even the Governor is considered an agency when exercising non-Constitutional powers.
The Florida Legislature and the Florida Courts are NOT agencies. Counties and municipalities are NOT agencies either unless a specific statute outside of the APA confers agency status on them.
Listing of Florida State Agencies and their links.
- Administrative Hearings, Division of
- Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of
- Attorney General
- Auditor General
- Business and Professional Regulation, Department of
- Children and Families, Department of
- Citrus, Department of
- Corrections, Department of
- Economic Opportunity, Department of
- Education, Department of
- Elder Affairs, Department of
- Emergency Management, Division of
- Enterprise Florida
- Environmental Protection, Department of
- Financial Regulation, Office of
- Financial Services, Department of
- Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Florida Cabinet
- Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation (CCOC)
- Florida Commission on Offender Review
- Florida Courts
- Florida Geological Survey
- Florida Legislature
- Florida Supreme Court
- Gaming Control Commission
- Governor, Office of
- Health, Department of
- Health Care Administration, Agency for
- Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Department of Florida
- Human Relations, Florida Commission on
- Insurance Regulation, Office of
- Juvenile Justice, Florida Department of
- Law Enforcement, Florida Department of
- Legal Affairs, Department of
- Lottery, Florida Department of
- Management Services, Department of
- Military Affairs, Florida Department of
- Persons With Disabilities, Agency for
- Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA), Office of
- Public Service Commission
- Retirement, Division of
- Revenue, Florida Department of
- State Board of Administration
- State, Florida Department of
- State Group Insurance, Division of
- State Technology, Agency for
- Transportation, Florida Department of
- Veterans’ Affairs, Florida Department of
