CS/SB 172: Health Care Practitioner Specialty Titles and Designations
GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Burton ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Passidomo
Health Care Practitioner Specialty Titles and Designations; 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; specifying specialist titles and designations that physicians and osteopathic physicians, respectively, are prohibited from using unless they have received formal recognition by the appropriate recognizing agency for such specialty certifications, etc.
Last Action: 3/27/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/24/2025 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 2/25/2025 | Senate |
• Referred to Health Policy; Rules |
| 3/4/2025 | Senate |
• Introduced |
| 3/20/2025 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building |
| 3/25/2025 | Senate |
• CS by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 3 |
| 3/26/2025 | Senate |
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules |
| 3/27/2025 | Senate |
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building |
