Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 500
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Health Policy (Harrell) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 12 - 37
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Section 456.0465, Florida Statutes, is created
6 to read:
7 456.0465 Health care practitioners; prohibited actions.—
8 (1)(a) A health care practitioner licensed by the
9 department may not use the name or title “physician,” “surgeon,”
10 “dentist,” “medical doctor,” “doctor of osteopathy,” “doctor of
11 dental medicine,” “doctor of dental surgery,” “M.D.,” “D.M.D.,”
12 “D.D.S.,” “anesthesiologist,” “cardiologist,” “dermatologist,”
13 “endocrinologist,” “endodontist,” “gastroenterologist,” “general
14 practitioner,” “gynecologist,” “hematologist,” “hospitalist,”
15 “internist,” “interventional pain medicine physician,”
16 “laryngologist,” “nephrologist,” “neurologist,” “obstetrician,”
17 “oncologist,” “ophthalmologist,” “oral and maxillofacial
18 surgeon,” “orthodontist,” “orthopedic surgeon,” “orthopedist,”
19 “osteopath,” “otologist,” “otolaryngologist,”
20 “otorhinolaryngologist,” “pathologist,” “pediatrician,”
21 “physiatrist,” “pedodontist,” “periodontist,” “podiatrist,”
22 “primary care physician,” “proctologist,” “prosthodontist,”
23 “psychiatrist,” “radiologist,” “rheumatologist,” “rhinologist,”
24 or “urologist,” or any other words, letters, abbreviations, or
25 insignia indicating or implying that he or she is licensed or
26 authorized by chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 461, or chapter
27 466 to practice as such, unless he or she is licensed and
28 authorized by one of those chapters, or is registered with the
29 appropriate board as an allopathic, osteopathic, or podiatric
30 physician or dentist pursuant to s. 456.47(4), to practice as
31 such.
32 (b) If the department finds that any licensed health care
33 practitioner has violated paragraph (a), the department shall
34 issue an emergency order to the practitioner to cease and desist
35 the use of such name, title, words, letters, abbreviations, or
36 insignia. The department shall send the emergency cease and
37 desist order to the practitioner by certified mail and email to
38 the practitioner’s physical address and email address of record
39 with the department and to any other mailing address or email
40 address through which the department believes the person may be
41 reached.
42 (c) If the practitioner does not cease and desist his or
43 her actions in violation of paragraph (a) immediately upon
44 receipt of the emergency cease and desist order, the department
45 shall enter an order imposing one or more of the following
46 penalties until the practitioner complies with the cease and
47 desist order:
48 1. A citation and a daily fine.
49 2. A reprimand or a letter of concern.
50 3. Suspension of license.
51 (d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a)-(c):
52 1. A doctor of chiropractic medicine licensed under chapter
53 460, or a chiropractic physician registered with the board of
54 chiropractic medicine pursuant to s. 456.47(4), to practice as
55 such, may use the name or title “doctor of chiropractic
56 medicine″ or “chiropractic physician.″
57 2. A licensed chiropractic physician who has achieved
58 diplomate or fellow status from the American Board of
59 Chiropractic Specialties, American Chiropractic Board of Sports
60 Physicians, American College of Chiropractic Orthopedists,
61 American Chiropractic Neurology Board, International
62 Chiropractors Association, or International Chiropractic
63 Pediatric Association, or in a specific specialty or
64 subspecialty, may use, as appropriate for his or her diplomate
65 or fellow status, “chiropractic radiologist,″ “chiropractic
66 internist,” “chiropractic neurologist,″ “chiropractic
67 orthopedist,″ or “chiropractic pediatrician,″ in addition to
68 other names or titles associated with such diplomate or fellow
69 status.
70 3. A licensed dentist who has achieved diplomate status or
71 board certification from the American Board of Dental Public
72 Health, the American Board of Endodontics, the American Board of
73 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, the American Board of Oral and
74 Maxillofacial Radiology, the American Board of Oral and
75 Maxillofacial Surgery, the American Board of Orthodontics, the
76 American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Board of
77 Periodontology, the American Board of Prosthodontics, the
78 American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry, the
79 American Board of Oral Medicine, the American Board of Orofacial
80 Pain, the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology, or the
81 American Board of General Dentistry, in a specific specialty or
82 subspecialty, may use, as appropriate for his or her diplomate
83 status or board certification, the name or term “dental
84 anesthesiologist,″ “doctor of oral medicine,″ “dental oral and
85 maxillofacial radiologist,″ “dental orthodontic and dentofacial
86 orthopedist,″ or “dental oral and maxillofacial pathologist,″ in
87 addition to other names or titles associated with such diplomate
88 status or board certification.
89 (2) The department may adopt rules to implement this
90 section.
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93 And the title is amended as follows:
94 Delete lines 3 - 7
95 and insert:
96 practitioners; creating s. 456.0465, F.S.; specifying
97 names and titles that licensed health care
98 practitioners are prohibited from using under certain
99 circumstances; requiring the Department of Health to
100 issue an emergency cease and desist order for
101 specified violations; providing exceptions; providing
102 for service of the order; providing penalties;
103 authorizing the department to adopt rules; providing
104 an