2025 Regular SessionFlorida Legislature

S0172: Health Care Practitioner Specialty Titles and Designations

Legislative Summary

Providing circumstances under which the Department of Health may issue a notice to cease and desist and pursue other remedies upon finding probable cause; prohibiting the use of specified titles and designations by health care practitioners not licensed as physicians or osteopathic physicians, as applicable, with an exception; providing that the use of such titles and designations constitutes the unlicensed practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine, as applicable; authorizing the department to pursue specified remedies for such violations, etc.

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Bill History

2/24/2025
Filed
Senate
2/25/2025
Referred to Health Policy; Rules
Senate
3/4/2025
Introduced
Senate
3/20/2025
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
Senate
3/25/2025
CS by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 3
Senate
3/26/2025
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate
3/26/2025
Now in Rules
Senate
3/27/2025
CS by Health Policy read 1st time
Senate
3/27/2025
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Senate
4/1/2025
CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 1
Senate
4/3/2025
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
Senate
4/3/2025
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Senate
4/3/2025
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
Senate
4/8/2025
CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
Senate
4/9/2025
Read 2nd time
Senate
4/9/2025
Read 3rd time
Senate
4/9/2025
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
Senate
4/9/2025
Immediately certified
Senate
4/9/2025
In Messages
House of Representatives

Amendments

Senate Committee Amendment #310092

3/24/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Senate: Third Reading RCS#27
4/9/2025
37
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Rules
4/1/2025
22
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Health Policy
3/25/2025
7
Yea
3
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(4/9/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Sponsors

Republican: 2

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text4/3/202526.3 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text3/26/202523.8 KB
Introduced
Bill Text2/24/202520.6 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter4/3/2025362.5 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter3/31/2025349.5 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter3/26/2025348.2 KB
Veto Letter
Veto Letter3/24/2025361.9 KB