2023 Regular SessionFlorida Legislature

H0583: Health Care Practitioner Titles and Abbreviations

Legislative Summary

Provides use of specified titles or designations in connection with one's name constitutes practice of medicine; revises grounds for disciplinary action relating to practitioner's use of such titles or designations in identifying himself or herself to patients or in advertisements for health care services; requires health care practitioners to prominently display copies of their licenses; requires health care practitioners to also verbally identify themselves in specified manner to new patients.

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Bill History

2/1/2023
Filed
House of Representatives
2/7/2023
Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
House of Representatives
2/7/2023
Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
House of Representatives
2/7/2023
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
House of Representatives
2/7/2023
Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/7/2023
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
House of Representatives
3/30/2023
Added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda
House of Representatives
4/3/2023
Favorable with CS by Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
House of Representatives
4/4/2023
Reported out of Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
House of Representatives
4/4/2023
Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
House of Representatives
4/4/2023
CS Filed
House of Representatives
4/5/2023
Original reference removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
House of Representatives
4/5/2023
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
House of Representatives
4/5/2023
Now in Health & Human Services Committee
House of Representatives
4/5/2023
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
House of Representatives
4/13/2023
Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
House of Representatives
4/17/2023
Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee
House of Representatives
4/18/2023
Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
House of Representatives
4/18/2023
Bill released to House Calendar
House of Representatives
4/18/2023
Added to Second Reading Calendar
House of Representatives
5/2/2023
Laid on Table
House of Representatives

Amendments

House Committee Amendment #138571 to Amendment (838897)

4/3/2023Not Adopted

House Committee Amendment #838897

3/31/2023Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

House Health & Human Services Committee
4/17/2023
15
Yea
3
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
4/3/2023
17
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/1/2023)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine DiePrior Session

Sponsors

Republican: 2
Democrat: 1

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text4/4/2023122.1 KB
Introduced
Bill Text2/1/2023113.7 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter6/12/2023251.1 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter5/23/2023251.2 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter4/18/2023172.7 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter4/16/2023172.9 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter4/4/2023171.6 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter4/2/2023169.8 KB