SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 3389

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Grant moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 15, between lines 15 and 16,

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17         Section 9.  Subsection (2) of section 817.567, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         817.567  Making false claims of academic degree or

20  title.--

21         (2)  A No person awarded a doctorate degree from an

22  institution not listed in subsection (1) may not shall claim

23  in the state, either orally or in writing, the title "Dr."

24  before the person's name or any mark, appellation, or series

25  of letters, numbers, or words, such as, but not limited to,

26  "Ph.D.," "Ed.D.," "D.N.," or "N.D.," "D.Th.," which signifies,

27  purports, or is generally taken to signify satisfactory

28  completion of the requirements of a doctorate degree, after

29  the person's name, unless the person discloses that the degree

30  was granted by an institution not recognized by the state or

31  by the Federal Government. This disclosure must be made

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 3389

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 1  immediately in conjunction with and to the same level of

 2  prominence as the claim.

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 8  And the title is amended as follows:

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12         amending s. 817.567, F.S.; providing for

13         disclosure of unrecognized degrees;

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