Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 688
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Rodriguez) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
6 456.47, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 456.47 Use of telehealth to provide services.—
8 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
9 (b) “Telehealth provider” means any individual who provides
10 health care and related services using telehealth and who is
11 licensed or certified under s. 393.17; part III of chapter 401;
12 chapter 457; chapter 458; chapter 459; chapter 460; chapter 461;
13 chapter 462; chapter 463; chapter 464; chapter 465; chapter 466;
14 chapter 467; part I, part III, part IV, part V, part X, part
15 XIII, or part XIV of chapter 468; chapter 478; chapter 480; part
16 I, part II, or part III of chapter 483; chapter 484; chapter
17 486; chapter 490; or chapter 491; who is licensed under a
18 multistate health care licensure compact of which Florida is a
19 member state; or who is registered under and complies with
20 subsection (4).
21 Section 2. Chapter 462, Florida Statutes, entitled
22 “Naturopathy,” is renamed as “Naturopathic Medicine.”
23 Section 3. Section 462.001, Florida Statutes, is created to
24 read:
25 462.001 Legislative findings and intent.—The Legislature
26 finds that the interest of public health requires modernization
27 of regulation related to naturopathy in this state. Since 1927,
28 when Florida first regulated naturopathy, the profession and its
29 role in the health care industry have evolved, including the
30 distinction that exists today between naturopathy and
31 naturopathic medicine, and this chapter reflects that evolution.
32 It is the intent of the Legislature to remove the near total ban
33 on the profession which has been in effect in this state since
34 1959 and ensure that:
35 (1) Naturopaths can freely offer naturopathy in this state.
36 (2) The safe and effective practice of naturopathic
37 medicine can once again take place in this state through
38 licensure of naturopathic doctors who meet minimum standards of
39 education and training and who are held accountable for the safe
40 practice of naturopathic medicine.
41 Section 4. Section 462.002, Florida Statutes, is created to
42 read:
43 462.002 Exceptions.—
44 (1) This chapter does not apply to:
45 (a) Other duly licensed health care practitioners acting
46 within their respective scopes of practice, as authorized by
47 statute.
48 (b) Students practicing under the direct supervision of a
49 licensed naturopathic doctor as part of a preceptorship program
50 while enrolled in a college or university program that is
51 accredited by, or has candidacy status with, the Council on
52 Naturopathic Medical Education or an equivalent accrediting body
53 for the naturopathic medical profession which is recognized by
54 the United States Department of Education or the board.
55 (c) Naturopathic residents practicing under the direct
56 supervision of a licensed naturopathic doctor at a residency
57 site recognized by the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education
58 or by an equivalent accrediting body for the naturopathic
59 medical profession which is recognized by the United States
60 Department of Education or the board.
61 (d) A naturopathic doctor who holds an active license in
62 another jurisdiction of the United States or Canada and is
63 performing naturopathic procedures or demonstrating equipment or
64 supplies for educational purposes in a board-approved continuing
65 education program.
66 (e) The practice of the religious tenets of any church in
67 this state.
68 (f) The domestic administration of recognized family
69 remedies.
70 (2) This chapter does not prohibit:
71 (a) A person who sells a dietary supplement from providing
72 information about the dietary supplement.
73 (b) Any person:
74 1. Not licensed as a naturopathic doctor from employing in
75 her or his occupation Ayurveda, herbalism, homeopathy,
76 naturopathy as defined in s. 462.003, nutrition, traditional
77 Chinese medicine, or other natural therapy included as part of
78 the practice of naturopathic medicine as defined in s. 462.003;
79 or
80 2. From using such terms as “certified naturopath,”
81 “naturopath,” “naturopathy,” “traditional naturopath,” or
82 “traditional naturopathy,” provided that the person does not:
83 a. Use a title protected under s. 462.006(1); or
84 b. Represent herself or himself as, or otherwise assume the
85 character or appearance of, a naturopathic doctor.
86 Section 5. Section 462.01, Florida Statutes, is renumbered
87 as section 462.003, Florida Statutes, and amended to read:
88 462.003 462.01 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the
89 term:
90 (1) “Board” means the Board of Naturopathic Medicine.
91 (2) “Department” means the Department of Health.
92 (3) “Naturopathic doctor” means a person who is licensed
93 under this chapter to practice naturopathic medicine.
94 (4) “Naturopathic medicine” or “the practice of
95 naturopathic medicine” means the diagnosis, prevention, and
96 treatment by a naturopathic doctor of any deformity, disease,
97 injury, pain, or other mental or physical condition using
98 botanical or fungal extracts, clinical nutrition, counseling
99 techniques, dietary supplements, environmental medicine,
100 homeopathic remedies, imaging studies, laboratory testing,
101 lifestyle medicine, natural substances, physical examination, or
102 physical medicine in a manner consistent with the education
103 offered by naturopathic doctoral degree programs accredited by,
104 or having candidacy status with, the Council on Naturopathic
105 Medical Education or another accrediting agency recognized by
106 the United States Department of Education or the board, and
107 applied in a manner consistent with the principles of
108 naturopathic medicine and the naturopathic therapeutic order
109 defined herein. The term does not include any of the following:
110 (a) Prescribing, dispensing, or administering any legend or
111 prescription drug other than natural, nonpharmacologic
112 substances, including, but not limited to, vitamin B12.
113 (b) Performing any surgical procedure.
114 (c) Practicing or claiming to practice as a medical doctor
115 or physician, an osteopathic physician, a dentist, a podiatric
116 physician, an optometrist, a psychologist, a nurse practitioner,
117 a physician assistant, a chiropractic physician, a physical
118 therapist, an acupuncturist, a midwife, a licensed dietitian, or
119 any other health care practitioner as defined in s. 456.001.
120 (d) Using general or spinal anesthetics.
121 (e) Administering ionizing radioactive substances.
122 (f) Performing chiropractic or osteopathic adjustments or
123 manipulations that include high–velocity thrusts at or beyond
124 the end range of normal joint motion, unless the naturopathic
125 doctor is also licensed as a chiropractic physician or an
126 osteopathic physician.
127 (g) Performing acupuncture, unless the naturopathic doctor
128 is also licensed as an acupuncturist.
129 (h) Managing labor and delivery, unless the naturopathic
130 doctor is also a licensed midwife or physician.
131 (5) “Naturopathic therapeutic order” means the principle
132 defined by the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
133 to guide naturopathic doctors in reducing or resolving a
134 patient’s symptoms by addressing the root cause of a patient’s
135 condition while using the least therapeutic force necessary.
136 (6)(1) “Natureopathy” and “Naturopathy,” which is shall be
137 construed as synonymous with “traditional naturopathy” and is
138 understood to be distinct from naturopathic medicine, means the
139 traditional, noninvasive health practice offered by naturopaths
140 and traditional naturopaths focusing on education about natural
141 practices and substances that can be used to promote general
142 health and well-being terms and mean the use and practice of
143 psychological, mechanical, and material health sciences to aid
144 in purifying, cleansing, and normalizing human tissues for the
145 preservation or restoration of health, according to the
146 fundamental principles of anatomy, physiology, and applied
147 psychology, as may be required. Naturopathic practice employs,
148 among other agencies, phytotherapy, dietetics, psychotherapy,
149 suggestotherapy, hydrotherapy, zone therapy, biochemistry,
150 external applications, electrotherapy, mechanotherapy,
151 mechanical and electrical appliances, hygiene, first aid,
152 sanitation, and heliotherapy; provided, however, that nothing in
153 this chapter shall be held or construed to authorize any
154 naturopathic physician licensed hereunder to practice materia
155 medica or surgery or chiropractic medicine, nor shall the
156 provisions of this law in any manner apply to or affect the
157 practice of osteopathic medicine, chiropractic medicine,
158 Christian Science, or any other treatment authorized and
159 provided for by law for the cure or prevention of disease and
160 ailments.
161 (2) “Department” means the Department of Health.
162 (7) “Principles of naturopathic medicine” means the
163 philosophic foundation of naturopathic medical education and
164 practice as set forth by the American Association of
165 Naturopathic Physicians or the board and embodied in the
166 education offered by naturopathic doctoral degree programs
167 accredited by, or having candidacy status with, the Council on
168 Naturopathic Medical Education or another accrediting agency
169 recognized by the United States Department of Education or the
170 board, and includes the following principles:
171 (a) The healing power of nature.
172 (b) Identify and treat the causes.
173 (c) First, do no harm.
174 (d) Doctor as teacher.
175 (e) Treat the whole person.
176 (f) Prevention.
177 Section 6. Section 462.004, Florida Statutes, is created to
178 read:
179 462.004 Board of Naturopathic Medicine.—
180 (1) The Board of Naturopathic Medicine is created within
181 the department and shall be composed of seven members appointed
182 by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. All members must be
183 residents of this state.
184 (2)(a) Four members of the board must be licensed
185 naturopathic doctors. The first four members appointed to the
186 board must meet the criteria specified in paragraphs s.
187 462.007(1)(b), (c), and (f).
188 (b) Two members of the board must be physicians licensed
189 under chapter 458 or chapter 459.
190 (c) One member of the board must never have been licensed
191 as a naturopathic doctor, a physician, or any other closely
192 related profession.
193 (3) Members shall serve for 4-year staggered terms. A
194 vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the
195 original appointment. A member whose term expires shall serve
196 until the Governor appoints the member’s successor.
197 (4) All provisions of chapter 456 relating to regulatory
198 boards shall apply to the board.
199 Section 7. Section 462.023, Florida Statutes, is renumbered
200 as section 462.005, Florida Statutes, and amended to read:
201 462.005 462.023 Rulemaking authority; fees powers and
202 duties of the department.—The board and the department shall
203 adopt rules to implement this chapter. The department may adopt
204 such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this
205 chapter, initiate disciplinary action as provided by this
206 chapter, and shall establish fees based on its estimates of the
207 revenue required to administer this chapter but shall not exceed
208 the fee amounts provided in this chapter. The department shall
209 not adopt any rules which would cause any person who was not
210 licensed in accordance with this chapter on July 1, 1959, and
211 had not been a resident of the state for 2 years prior to such
212 date, to become licensed.
213 Section 8. Section 462.006, Florida Statutes, is created to
214 read:
215 462.006 License required.—
216 (1) Unless licensed under this chapter, a person may not
217 practice naturopathic medicine in this state and may not
218 promote, identify, or describe herself or himself as a “doctor
219 of naturopathic medicine” or a “naturopathic doctor” or use the
220 abbreviations “N.D.” or “N.M.D.”
221 (2) A person who violates this section commits a
222 misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
223 775.082 or s. 775.083.
224 Section 9. Section 462.007, Florida Statutes, is created to
225 read:
226 462.007 Licensure by examination.—
227 (1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a naturopathic
228 doctor must apply to the department on forms furnished by the
229 department. The department shall license each applicant who
230 completes the application form and who the board certifies has
231 met all of the following criteria:
232 (a) Is at least 21 years of age.
233 (b) Has received a bachelor’s degree from one of the
234 following:
235 1. A college or university accredited by an accrediting
236 agency recognized by the United States Department of Education
237 or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or a successor
238 entity recognized by the board;
239 2. A college or university in Canada which is a member of
240 Universities Canada or a successor entity recognized by the
241 board; or
242 3. A college or university in a foreign country, other than
243 Canada, if the applicant has provided evidence that her or his
244 educational credentials are deemed equivalent to those provided
245 in the United States or Canada. To have educational credentials
246 deemed equivalent, the applicant must provide her or his foreign
247 educational credentials, including transcripts, course
248 descriptions or syllabi, and diplomas, to a nationally
249 recognized educational credential evaluating agency approved by
250 the board for the evaluation and determination of equivalency of
251 the foreign educational credentials.
252 (c) Has received a naturopathic doctoral degree from a
253 college or program accredited by, or having candidacy status
254 with, the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education or another
255 accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of
256 Education or the board.
257 (d) Is of good moral character.
258 (e) Has submitted to background screening in accordance
259 with s. 456.0135.
260 (f) Has obtained a passing score on Part I - Biomedical
261 Science Examination and Part II - Core Clinical Science
262 Examination of the competency-based national Naturopathic
263 Physician Licensing Examination administered by the North
264 American Board of Naturopathic Examiners, or an equivalent
265 examination offered by an equivalent or successor entity, as
266 approved by the board.
267 (2) The board may not certify to the department for
268 licensure any applicant who is under investigation in another
269 jurisdiction for an offense that would constitute a violation of
270 this chapter or chapter 456 until the investigation has been
271 completed.
272 (3) If the board determines that an applicant for licensure
273 does not meet all of the requirements of this section to the
274 board’s satisfaction, it may take one of the following actions:
275 (a) Refuse to certify to the department an application for
276 licensure.
277 (b) Certify to the department an application for licensure
278 with restrictions on the scope of practice of the naturopathic
279 doctor.
280 (c) Certify to the department an application for licensure
281 with a probationary period for the applicant, subject to such
282 conditions as the board specifies, including, but not limited
283 to, requiring the naturopathic doctor to submit to treatment,
284 attend continuing education courses, submit to reexamination, or
285 work under the supervision of another naturopathic doctor.
286 Section 10. Section 462.008, Florida Statutes, is created
287 to read:
288 462.008 Licensure by endorsement.—The department shall
289 issue a license to practice naturopathic medicine by endorsement
290 to an applicant who, upon applying to the department on forms
291 furnished by the department, the board certifies has met the
292 requirements for licensure by endorsement under s. 456.0145.
293 Section 11. Section 462.08, Florida Statutes, is renumbered
294 as section 462.009, Florida Statutes, and amended to read:
295 462.009 462.08 Renewal of license to practice naturopathic
296 medicine naturopathy.—
297 (1) In order to continue practicing naturopathic medicine
298 in this state, each licensed naturopathic doctor must
299 licenseholder shall biennially renew her or his license to
300 practice naturopathic medicine naturopathy. The department shall
301 renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application,
302 verification of The applicant must furnish to the department
303 such evidence as it requires of the applicant’s compliance with
304 s. 462.011 s. 462.18, relating to continuing education
305 educational requirements, and receipt of a nonrefundable. The
306 biennial renewal fee, the amount of which shall be determined by
307 the department but which may not exceed $1,000, must be paid at
308 the time the application for renewal of the license is filed.
309 (2) The department shall adopt rules establishing
310 procedures for the biennial renewal of licenses under this
311 chapter.
312 Section 12. Section 462.18, Florida Statutes, is renumbered
313 as section 462.011, Florida Statutes, and amended to read:
314 462.011 462.18 Continuing education Educational
315 requirements.—
316 (1) At the time each licensee renews shall renew her or his
317 license as otherwise provided in s. 462.009 this chapter, each
318 licensee must submit, in addition to the payment of the regular
319 renewal fee, shall furnish to the department satisfactory
320 evidence that, in the preceding biennial period, the licensee
321 has completed the continuing education requirements of this
322 section.
323 (2) The board shall require each licensee to complete at
324 least 60 hours of continuing education during each biennial
325 renewal period.
326 (a) The board shall approve organizations that accredit
327 naturopathic continuing education providers, including, but not
328 limited to, the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
329 and the North American Naturopathic Continuing Education
330 Accreditation Council.
331 (b) The determination of whether substitute continuing
332 education programs are permissible is solely within the
333 discretion of the board.
334 (3) The licensee must use the electronic continuing
335 education tracking system developed by the department under s.
336 456.0361 to demonstrate compliance with the continuing education
337 requirements of this section year preceding each such
338 application for renewal, the licensee has attended the 2-day
339 educational program as promulgated and conducted by the Florida
340 Naturopathic Physicians Association, Inc., or, as a substitute
341 therefor, the equivalent of that program as approved by the
342 department. The department shall send a written notice to this
343 effect to every person holding a valid license to practice
344 naturopathy within this state at least 30 days prior to May 1 in
345 each even-numbered year, directed to the last known address of
346 such licensee, and shall enclose with the notice proper blank
347 forms for application for annual license renewal. All of the
348 details and requirements of the aforesaid educational program
349 shall be adopted and prescribed by the department. In the event
350 of national emergencies, or for sufficient reason, the
351 department shall have the power to excuse the naturopathic
352 physicians as a group or as individuals from taking this
353 postgraduate course.
354 (2) The determination of whether a substitute annual
355 educational program is necessary shall be solely within the
356 discretion of the department.
357 Section 13. Section 462.19, Florida Statutes, is renumbered
358 as section 462.012, Florida Statutes, and amended to read:
359 462.012 462.19 Renewal of license; Inactive status; renewal
360 and reactivation of inactive license.—
361 (1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of
362 the renewal application and fee.
363 (2) A licensee may request that her or his license be
364 placed in an inactive status by making application to the
365 department and paying a fee in an amount set by the department
366 not to exceed $50.
367 (2) The board shall adopt rules relating to the
368 reactivation of licenses that have become inactive and the
369 renewal of inactive licenses. The rules must include continuing
370 education requirements as a condition for reactivating a
371 license. The continuing education requirements for reactivating
372 a license may not be fewer than 20 classroom hours for each year
373 the license was inactive.
374 Section 14. Section 462.14, Florida Statutes, is renumbered
375 as section 462.017, Florida Statutes, and amended to read:
376 462.017 462.14 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by
377 the department.—
378 (1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a
379 license or disciplinary action, as specified in s. 456.072(2):
380 (a) Attempting to obtain, obtaining, or renewing a license
381 to practice naturopathic medicine by bribery, by fraudulent
382 misrepresentation, or through an error of the department.
383 (b) Having a license to practice naturopathic medicine
384 revoked, suspended, or otherwise acted against, including the
385 denial of licensure, by the licensing authority of another
386 state, territory, or country.
387 (c) Being convicted or found guilty, regardless of
388 adjudication, of a crime in any jurisdiction which directly
389 relates to the practice of naturopathic medicine or to the
390 ability to practice naturopathic medicine. Any plea of nolo
391 contendere shall be considered a conviction for purposes of this
392 chapter.
393 (d) Engaging in false, deceptive, or misleading advertising
394 related to the practice of naturopathic medicine.
395 (e) Advertising, practicing, or attempting to practice
396 under a name other than one’s own.
397 (f) Failing to report to the department any person who the
398 licensee knows is in violation of this chapter or of the rules
399 of the department. However, a person who the licensee knows is
400 unable to practice naturopathic medicine with reasonable skill
401 and safety to patients by reason of illness or use of alcohol,
402 drugs, narcotics, chemicals, or any other type of material, or
403 as a result of a mental or physical condition, may be reported
404 to a consultant operating an impaired practitioner program as
405 described in s. 456.076 rather than to the department.
406 (g) Aiding, assisting, procuring, employing, or advising
407 any unlicensed person to practice naturopathic medicine contrary
408 to this chapter or to a rule of the department.
409 (h) Failing to perform any statutory or legal obligation
410 placed upon a licensed naturopathic doctor physician.
411 (i) Making or filing a report which the licensee knows to
412 be false, intentionally or negligently failing to file a report
413 or record required by state or federal law, willfully impeding
414 or obstructing such filing or inducing another person to do so.
415 Such reports or records shall include only those which are
416 signed in the capacity as a licensed naturopathic doctor
417 physician.
418 (j) Paying or receiving any commission, bonus, kickback, or
419 rebate, or engaging in any split-fee arrangement in any form
420 whatsoever with a physician, organization, agency, or person,
421 either directly or indirectly, for patients referred to
422 providers of health care goods and services, including, but not
423 limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, clinical laboratories,
424 ambulatory surgical centers, or pharmacies. The provisions of
425 This paragraph shall not be construed to prevent a naturopathic
426 physician from receiving a fee for professional consultation
427 services.
428 (k) Exercising influence in within a patient-naturopathic
429 doctor patient-physician relationship for purposes of engaging a
430 patient in sexual activity. A patient is shall be presumed to be
431 incapable of giving free, full, and informed consent to sexual
432 activity with her or his naturopathic doctor physician.
433 (l) Making deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representations
434 in the practice of naturopathic medicine or employing a trick or
435 scheme in the practice of naturopathic medicine when such scheme
436 or trick fails to conform to the generally prevailing standards
437 of treatment in the medical community.
438 (m) Soliciting patients, either personally or through an
439 agent, through the use of fraud, intimidation, undue influence,
440 or a form of overreaching or vexatious conduct. A “solicitation”
441 is any communication which directly or implicitly requests an
442 immediate oral response from the recipient.
443 (k)(n) Failing to keep written medical records justifying
444 the course of treatment of the patient, including, but not
445 limited to, patient histories, examination results, test
446 results, X rays, and records of the prescribing, dispensing and
447 administering of drugs.
448 (l)(o) Exercising influence on the patient or client in
449 such a manner as to exploit the patient or client for the
450 financial gain of the licensee or of a third party, which shall
451 include, but not be limited to, the promoting or selling of
452 services, goods, appliances, or drugs and the promoting or
453 advertising on any prescription form of a community pharmacy
454 unless the form also states “This prescription may be filled at
455 any pharmacy of your choice.”
456 (p) Performing professional services which have not been
457 duly authorized by the patient or client, or her or his legal
458 representative, except as provided in s. 743.064, s. 766.103, or
459 s. 768.13.
460 (q) Prescribing, dispensing, administering, mixing, or
461 otherwise preparing a legend drug, including any controlled
462 substance, other than in the course of the naturopathic
463 physician’s professional practice. For the purposes of this
464 paragraph, it shall be legally presumed that prescribing,
465 dispensing, administering, mixing, or otherwise preparing legend
466 drugs, including all controlled substances, inappropriately or
467 in excessive or inappropriate quantities is not in the best
468 interest of the patient and is not in the course of the
469 naturopathic physician’s professional practice, without regard
470 to her or his intent.
471 (r) Prescribing, dispensing, or administering any medicinal
472 drug appearing on any schedule set forth in chapter 893 by the
473 naturopathic physician to herself or himself, except one
474 prescribed, dispensed, or administered to the naturopathic
475 physician by another practitioner authorized to prescribe,
476 dispense, or administer medicinal drugs.
477 (m)(s) Being unable to practice naturopathic medicine with
478 reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness or
479 use of alcohol, drugs, narcotics, chemicals, or any other type
480 of material or as a result of any mental or physical condition.
481 In enforcing this paragraph, the department shall have, upon a
482 finding of the State Surgeon General or her or his designee that
483 probable cause exists to believe that the licensee is unable to
484 serve as a naturopathic doctor due to the reasons stated in this
485 paragraph, the department shall have the authority to issue an
486 order to compel the licensee, authority to compel a naturopathic
487 physician to submit to a mental or physical examination by a
488 physician physicians designated by the department. If the
489 licensee does not comply with such order, the department’s order
490 directing failure of a naturopathic physician to submit to such
491 an examination may be enforced by filing a petition for
492 enforcement in the circuit court for the county in which the
493 naturopathic doctor resides or does business. The naturopathic
494 doctor against whom the petition is filed may not be named or
495 identified by initials in any public court record or document,
496 and the proceedings must be closed to the public. The department
497 is entitled to the summary procedure provided in s. 51.011 when
498 so directed shall constitute an admission of the allegations
499 against her or him upon which a default and final order may be
500 entered without the taking of testimony or presentation of
501 evidence, unless the failure was due to circumstances beyond the
502 naturopathic physician’s control. A naturopathic doctor subject
503 to an order issued physician affected under this paragraph must,
504 shall at reasonable intervals, be afforded an opportunity to
505 demonstrate that she or he can resume the competent practice of
506 naturopathic medicine with reasonable skill and safety to
507 patients. In any proceeding under this paragraph, neither the
508 record of proceedings nor the orders entered by the department
509 may be used against a naturopathic doctor physician in any other
510 proceeding.
511 (n)(t) Engaging in gross or repeated malpractice or the
512 failure to practice naturopathic medicine with that level of
513 care, skill, and treatment which is recognized by a reasonably
514 prudent similar physician as being acceptable under similar
515 conditions and circumstances. The department shall give great
516 weight to the provisions of s. 766.102 when enforcing this
517 paragraph.
518 (u) Performing any procedure or prescribing any therapy
519 which, by the prevailing standards of medical practice in the
520 community, constitutes experimentation on a human subject,
521 without first obtaining full, informed, and written consent.
522 (o)(v) Practicing or offering to practice beyond the scope
523 permitted by law or accepting and performing professional
524 responsibilities which the licensee knows or has reason to know
525 that she or he is not competent to perform.
526 (p)(w) Delegating professional responsibilities to a person
527 when the licensee delegating such responsibilities knows or has
528 reason to know that such person is not qualified by training,
529 experience, or licensure to perform them.
530 (q)(x) Violating a lawful order of the board the department
531 previously entered in a disciplinary hearing or failing to
532 comply with a lawfully issued subpoena of the board or
533 department.
534 (r)(y) Conspiring with another licensee or with any other
535 person to commit an act, or committing an act, which would tend
536 to coerce, intimidate, or preclude another licensee from
537 lawfully advertising her or his services.
538 (s) Engaging in fraud or deceit or gross negligence,
539 incompetence, or misconduct in the operation of a course of
540 study.
541 (t) Failing to comply with state, county, or municipal
542 regulations or reporting requirements relating to public health
543 and the control of contagious and infectious diseases
544 (z) Procuring, or aiding or abetting in the procuring of,
545 an unlawful termination of pregnancy.
546 (aa) Presigning blank prescription forms.
547 (bb) Prescribing by the naturopathic physician for office
548 use any medicinal drug appearing on Schedule II in chapter 893.
549 (cc) Prescribing, ordering, dispensing, administering,
550 supplying, selling, or giving any drug which is an amphetamine
551 or sympathomimetic amine drug, or a compound designated pursuant
552 to chapter 893 as a Schedule II controlled substance to or for
553 any person except for:
554 1. The treatment of narcolepsy; hyperkinesis; behavioral
555 syndrome in children characterized by the developmentally
556 inappropriate symptoms of moderate to severe distractability,
557 short attention span, hyperactivity, emotional lability, and
558 impulsivity; or drug-induced brain dysfunction.
559 2. The differential diagnostic psychiatric evaluation of
560 depression or the treatment of depression shown to be refractory
561 to other therapeutic modalities.
562 3. The clinical investigation of the effects of such drugs
563 or compounds when an investigative protocol therefor is
564 submitted to, reviewed, and approved by the department before
565 such investigation is begun.
566 (dd) Prescribing, ordering, dispensing, administering,
567 supplying, selling, or giving growth hormones, testosterone or
568 its analogs, human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), or other
569 hormones for the purpose of muscle building or to enhance
570 athletic performance. For the purposes of this subsection, the
571 term “muscle building” does not include the treatment of injured
572 muscle. A prescription written for the drug products listed
573 above may be dispensed by the pharmacist with the presumption
574 that the prescription is for legitimate medical use.
575 (u)(ee) Violating any provision of this chapter or chapter
576 456, or any rule rules adopted pursuant thereto.
577 (2) The board department may enter an order denying
578 licensure or imposing any of the penalties in s. 456.072(2)
579 against any applicant for licensure or licensee who is found
580 guilty of violating any provision of subsection (1) of this
581 section or who is found guilty of violating any provision of s.
582 456.072(1).
583 (3) The department shall not reinstate the license of a
584 naturopathic physician until such time as the department is
585 satisfied that such person has complied with all the terms and
586 conditions set forth in the final order and that such person is
587 capable of safely engaging in the practice of naturopathic
588 medicine.
589 (4) The board department shall by rule establish guidelines
590 for the disposition of disciplinary cases involving specific
591 types of violations. Such guidelines may include minimum and
592 maximum fines, periods of supervision or probation, or
593 conditions of probation or reissuance of a license.
594 Section 15. Section 462.17, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
595 Section 16. Paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of section
596 20.43, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
597 20.43 Department of Health.—There is created a Department
598 of Health.
599 (3) The following divisions of the Department of Health are
600 established:
601 (g) Division of Medical Quality Assurance, which is
602 responsible for the following boards and professions established
603 within the division:
604 1. The Board of Acupuncture, created under chapter 457.
605 2. The Board of Medicine, created under chapter 458.
606 3. The Board of Osteopathic Medicine, created under chapter
607 459.
608 4. The Board of Chiropractic Medicine, created under
609 chapter 460.
610 5. The Board of Podiatric Medicine, created under chapter
611 461.
612 6. The Board of Naturopathic Medicine Naturopathy, as
613 provided under chapter 462.
614 7. The Board of Optometry, created under chapter 463.
615 8. The Board of Nursing, created under part I of chapter
616 464.
617 9. Nursing assistants, as provided under part II of chapter
618 464.
619 10. The Board of Pharmacy, created under chapter 465.
620 11. The Board of Dentistry, created under chapter 466.
621 12. Midwifery, as provided under chapter 467.
622 13. The Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology,
623 created under part I of chapter 468.
624 14. The Board of Nursing Home Administrators, created under
625 part II of chapter 468.
626 15. The Board of Occupational Therapy, created under part
627 III of chapter 468.
628 16. Respiratory therapy, as provided under part V of
629 chapter 468.
630 17. Dietetics and nutrition practice, as provided under
631 part X of chapter 468.
632 18. The Board of Athletic Training, created under part XIII
633 of chapter 468.
634 19. The Board of Orthotists and Prosthetists, created under
635 part XIV of chapter 468.
636 20. Electrolysis, as provided under chapter 478.
637 21. The Board of Massage Therapy, created under chapter
638 480.
639 22. The Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, created
640 under part I of chapter 483.
641 23. Medical physicists, as provided under part II of
642 chapter 483.
643 24. The Board of Opticianry, created under part I of
644 chapter 484.
645 25. The Board of Hearing Aid Specialists, created under
646 part II of chapter 484.
647 26. The Board of Physical Therapy Practice, created under
648 chapter 486.
649 27. The Board of Psychology, created under chapter 490.
650 28. School psychologists, as provided under chapter 490.
651 29. The Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family
652 Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling, created under chapter
653 491.
654 30. Emergency medical technicians and paramedics, as
655 provided under part III of chapter 401.
656 Section 17. Subsection (2) of section 381.0031, Florida
657 Statutes, is amended to read:
658 381.0031 Epidemiological research; report of diseases of
659 public health significance to department.—
660 (2) Any practitioner licensed in this state to practice
661 medicine, osteopathic medicine, chiropractic medicine,
662 naturopathic medicine naturopathy, or veterinary medicine; any
663 licensed pharmacist authorized under a protocol with a
664 supervising physician under s. 465.1895, or a collaborative
665 pharmacy practice agreement, as defined in s. 465.1865, to
666 perform or order and evaluate laboratory and clinical tests; any
667 hospital licensed under part I of chapter 395; or any laboratory
668 appropriately certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
669 Services under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement
670 Amendments and the federal rules adopted thereunder which
671 diagnoses or suspects the existence of a disease of public
672 health significance shall immediately report the fact to the
673 Department of Health.
674 Section 18. Subsection (11) of section 468.301, Florida
675 Statutes, is amended to read:
676 468.301 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term:
677 (11) “Licensed practitioner” means a person who is licensed
678 or otherwise authorized by law to practice medicine, podiatric
679 medicine, chiropody, osteopathic medicine, naturopathic medicine
680 naturopathy, or chiropractic medicine in this state.
681 Section 19. Subsection (1) of section 476.044, Florida
682 Statutes, is amended to read:
683 476.044 Exemptions.—This chapter does not apply to the
684 following persons when practicing pursuant to their professional
685 responsibilities and duties:
686 (1) Persons authorized under the laws of this state to
687 practice medicine, surgery, osteopathic medicine, chiropractic
688 medicine, naturopathic medicine naturopathy, or podiatric
689 medicine;
690 Section 20. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
691 477.0135, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
692 477.0135 Exemptions.—
693 (1) This chapter does not apply to the following persons
694 when practicing pursuant to their professional or occupational
695 responsibilities and duties:
696 (a) Persons authorized under the laws of this state to
697 practice medicine, surgery, osteopathic medicine, chiropractic
698 medicine, massage therapy, naturopathic medicine naturopathy, or
699 podiatric medicine.
700 Section 21. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 485.003,
701 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
702 485.003 Definitions.—In construing this chapter, the words,
703 phrases, or terms, unless the context otherwise indicates, shall
704 have the following meanings:
705 (2) “Healing arts” shall mean the practice of medicine,
706 surgery, psychiatry, dentistry, osteopathic medicine,
707 chiropractic medicine, naturopathic medicine naturopathy,
708 podiatric medicine, chiropody, psychology, clinical social work,
709 marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, and
710 optometry.
711 (3) “Practitioner of the healing arts” shall mean a person
712 licensed under the laws of the state to practice medicine,
713 surgery, psychiatry, dentistry, osteopathic medicine,
714 chiropractic medicine, naturopathic medicine naturopathy,
715 podiatric medicine, chiropody, psychology, clinical social work,
716 marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, or
717 optometry within the scope of his or her professional training
718 and competence and within the purview of the statutes applicable
719 to his or her respective profession, and who may refer a patient
720 for treatment by a qualified person, who shall employ hypnotic
721 techniques under the supervision, direction, prescription, and
722 responsibility of such referring practitioner.
723 Section 22. Subsection (1) of section 486.161, Florida
724 Statutes, is amended to read:
725 486.161 Exemptions.—
726 (1) No provision of This chapter does not shall be
727 construed to prohibit any person licensed in this state from
728 using any physical agent as a part of, or incidental to, the
729 lawful practice of her or his profession under the statutes
730 applicable to the profession of chiropractic physician,
731 podiatric physician, doctor of medicine, massage therapist,
732 nurse, osteopathic physician or surgeon, occupational therapist,
733 or naturopathic doctor naturopath.
734 Section 23. Paragraph (h) of subsection (4) of section
735 627.351, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
736 627.351 Insurance risk apportionment plans.—
737 (4) MEDICAL MALPRACTICE RISK APPORTIONMENT; ASSOCIATION
738 CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES.—
739 (h) As used in this subsection:
740 1. “Health care provider” means hospitals licensed under
741 chapter 395; physicians licensed under chapter 458; osteopathic
742 physicians licensed under chapter 459; podiatric physicians
743 licensed under chapter 461; dentists licensed under chapter 466;
744 chiropractic physicians licensed under chapter 460; naturopathic
745 doctors naturopaths licensed under chapter 462; nurses licensed
746 under part I of chapter 464; midwives licensed under chapter
747 467; physician assistants licensed under chapter 458 or chapter
748 459; physical therapists and physical therapist assistants
749 licensed under chapter 486; health maintenance organizations
750 certificated under part I of chapter 641; ambulatory surgical
751 centers licensed under chapter 395; other medical facilities as
752 defined in subparagraph 2.; blood banks, plasma centers,
753 industrial clinics, and renal dialysis facilities; or
754 professional associations, partnerships, corporations, joint
755 ventures, or other associations for professional activity by
756 health care providers.
757 2. “Other medical facility” means a facility the primary
758 purpose of which is to provide human medical diagnostic services
759 or a facility providing nonsurgical human medical treatment, to
760 which facility the patient is admitted and from which facility
761 the patient is discharged within the same working day, and which
762 facility is not part of a hospital. However, a facility existing
763 for the primary purpose of performing terminations of pregnancy
764 or an office maintained by a physician or dentist for the
765 practice of medicine may not be construed to be an “other
766 medical facility.”
767 3. “Health care facility” means any hospital licensed under
768 chapter 395, health maintenance organization certificated under
769 part I of chapter 641, ambulatory surgical center licensed under
770 chapter 395, or other medical facility as defined in
771 subparagraph 2.
772 Section 24. Subsection (23) of section 893.02, Florida
773 Statutes, is amended to read:
774 893.02 Definitions.—The following words and phrases as used
775 in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the
776 context otherwise requires:
777 (23) “Practitioner” means a physician licensed under
778 chapter 458, a dentist licensed under chapter 466, a
779 veterinarian licensed under chapter 474, an osteopathic
780 physician licensed under chapter 459, an advanced practice
781 registered nurse licensed under chapter 464, a naturopath
782 licensed under chapter 462, a certified optometrist licensed
783 under chapter 463, a psychiatric nurse as defined in s. 394.455,
784 a podiatric physician licensed under chapter 461, or a physician
785 assistant licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, provided
786 such practitioner holds a valid federal controlled substance
787 registry number.
788 Section 25. Paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of section
789 921.0022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
790 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking
791 chart.—
792 (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
793 (g) LEVEL 7
794
795
796 FloridaStatute FelonyDegree Description
797 316.027(2)(c) 1st Accident involving death, failure to stop; leaving scene.
798 316.193(3)(c)2. 3rd DUI resulting in serious bodily injury.
799 316.1935(3)(b) 1st Causing serious bodily injury or death to another person; driving at high speed or with wanton disregard for safety while fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement officer who is in a patrol vehicle with siren and lights activated.
800 327.35(3)(a)3.b. 3rd Vessel BUI resulting in serious bodily injury.
801 402.319(2) 2nd Misrepresentation and negligence or intentional act resulting in great bodily harm, permanent disfiguration, permanent disability, or death.
802 409.920 (2)(b)1.a. 3rd Medicaid provider fraud; $10,000 or less.
803 409.920 (2)(b)1.b. 2nd Medicaid provider fraud; more than $10,000, but less than $50,000.
804 456.065(2) 3rd Practicing a health care profession without a license.
805 456.065(2) 2nd Practicing a health care profession without a license which results in serious bodily injury.
806 458.327(1) 3rd Practicing medicine without a license.
807 459.013(1) 3rd Practicing osteopathic medicine without a license.
808 460.411(1) 3rd Practicing chiropractic medicine without a license.
809 461.012(1) 3rd Practicing podiatric medicine without a license.
810 462.17 3rd Practicing naturopathy without a license.
811 463.015(1) 3rd Practicing optometry without a license.
812 464.016(1) 3rd Practicing nursing without a license.
813 465.015(2) 3rd Practicing pharmacy without a license.
814 466.026(1) 3rd Practicing dentistry or dental hygiene without a license.
815 467.201 3rd Practicing midwifery without a license.
816 468.366 3rd Delivering respiratory care services without a license.
817 483.828(1) 3rd Practicing as clinical laboratory personnel without a license.
818 483.901(7) 3rd Practicing medical physics without a license.
819 484.013(1)(c) 3rd Preparing or dispensing optical devices without a prescription.
820 484.053 3rd Dispensing hearing aids without a license.
821 494.0018(2) 1st Conviction of any violation of chapter 494 in which the total money and property unlawfully obtained exceeded $50,000 and there were five or more victims.
822 560.123(8)(b)1. 3rd Failure to report currency or payment instruments exceeding $300 but less than $20,000 by a money services business.
823 560.125(5)(a) 3rd Money services business by unauthorized person, currency or payment instruments exceeding $300 but less than $20,000.
824 655.50(10)(b)1. 3rd Failure to report financial transactions exceeding $300 but less than $20,000 by financial institution.
825 775.21(10)(a) 3rd Sexual predator; failure to register; failure to renew driver license or identification card; other registration violations.
826 775.21(10)(b) 3rd Sexual predator working where children regularly congregate.
827 775.21(10)(g) 3rd Failure to report or providing false information about a sexual predator; harbor or conceal a sexual predator.
828 782.051(3) 2nd Attempted felony murder of a person by a person other than the perpetrator or the perpetrator of an attempted felony.
829 782.07(1) 2nd Killing of a human being by the act, procurement, or culpable negligence of another (manslaughter).
830 782.071 2nd Killing of a human being or unborn child by the operation of a motor vehicle in a reckless manner (vehicular homicide).
831 782.072 2nd Killing of a human being by the operation of a vessel in a reckless manner (vessel homicide).
832 784.045(1)(a)1. 2nd Aggravated battery; intentionally causing great bodily harm or disfigurement.
833 784.045(1)(a)2. 2nd Aggravated battery; using deadly weapon.
834 784.045(1)(b) 2nd Aggravated battery; perpetrator aware victim pregnant.
835 784.048(4) 3rd Aggravated stalking; violation of injunction or court order.
836 784.048(7) 3rd Aggravated stalking; violation of court order.
837 784.07(2)(d) 1st Aggravated battery on law enforcement officer.
838 784.074(1)(a) 1st Aggravated battery on sexually violent predators facility staff.
839 784.08(2)(a) 1st Aggravated battery on a person 65 years of age or older.
840 784.081(1) 1st Aggravated battery on specified official or employee.
841 784.082(1) 1st Aggravated battery by detained person on visitor or other detainee.
842 784.083(1) 1st Aggravated battery on code inspector.
843 787.025(2)(b) 2nd Luring or enticing a child; second or subsequent offense.
844 787.025(2)(c) 2nd Luring or enticing a child with a specified prior conviction.
845 787.06(3)(a)2. 1st Human trafficking using coercion for labor and services of an adult.
846 787.06(3)(e)2. 1st Human trafficking using coercion for labor and services by the transfer or transport of an adult from outside Florida to within the state.
847 790.07(4) 1st Specified weapons violation subsequent to previous conviction of s. 790.07(1) or (2).
848 790.16(1) 1st Discharge of a machine gun under specified circumstances.
849 790.165(2) 2nd Manufacture, sell, possess, or deliver hoax bomb.
850 790.165(3) 2nd Possessing, displaying, or threatening to use any hoax bomb while committing or attempting to commit a felony.
851 790.166(3) 2nd Possessing, selling, using, or attempting to use a hoax weapon of mass destruction.
852 790.166(4) 2nd Possessing, displaying, or threatening to use a hoax weapon of mass destruction while committing or attempting to commit a felony.
853 790.23 1st,PBL Possession of a firearm by a person who qualifies for the penalty enhancements provided for in s. 874.04.
854 794.08(4) 3rd Female genital mutilation; consent by a parent, guardian, or a person in custodial authority to a victim younger than 18 years of age.
855 796.05(1) 1st Live on earnings of a prostitute; 2nd offense.
856 796.05(1) 1st Live on earnings of a prostitute; 3rd and subsequent offense.
857 800.04(5)(c)1. 2nd Lewd or lascivious molestation; victim younger than 12 years of age; offender younger than 18 years of age.
858 800.04(5)(c)2. 2nd Lewd or lascivious molestation; victim 12 years of age or older but younger than 16 years of age; offender 18 years of age or older.
859 800.04(5)(e) 1st Lewd or lascivious molestation; victim 12 years of age or older but younger than 16 years; offender 18 years or older; prior conviction for specified sex offense.
860 806.01(2) 2nd Maliciously damage structure by fire or explosive.
861 810.02(3)(a) 2nd Burglary of occupied dwelling; unarmed; no assault or battery.
862 810.02(3)(b) 2nd Burglary of unoccupied dwelling; unarmed; no assault or battery.
863 810.02(3)(d) 2nd Burglary of occupied conveyance; unarmed; no assault or battery.
864 810.02(3)(e) 2nd Burglary of authorized emergency vehicle.
865 812.014(2)(a)1. 1st Property stolen, valued at $100,000 or more or a semitrailer deployed by a law enforcement officer; property stolen while causing other property damage; 1st degree grand theft.
866 812.014(2)(b)2. 2nd Property stolen, cargo valued at less than $50,000, grand theft in 2nd degree.
867 812.014(2)(b)3. 2nd Property stolen, emergency medical equipment; 2nd degree grand theft.
868 812.014(2)(b)4. 2nd Property stolen, law enforcement equipment from authorized emergency vehicle.
869 812.014(2)(g) 2nd Grand theft; second degree; firearm with previous conviction of s. 812.014(2)(c)5.
870 812.0145(2)(a) 1st Theft from person 65 years of age or older; $50,000 or more.
871 812.019(2) 1st Stolen property; initiates, organizes, plans, etc., the theft of property and traffics in stolen property.
872 812.131(2)(a) 2nd Robbery by sudden snatching.
873 812.133(2)(b) 1st Carjacking; no firearm, deadly weapon, or other weapon.
874 817.034(4)(a)1. 1st Communications fraud, value greater than $50,000.
875 817.234(8)(a) 2nd Solicitation of motor vehicle accident victims with intent to defraud.
876 817.234(9) 2nd Organizing, planning, or participating in an intentional motor vehicle collision.
877 817.234(11)(c) 1st Insurance fraud; property value $100,000 or more.
878 817.2341 (2)(b) & (3)(b) 1st Making false entries of material fact or false statements regarding property values relating to the solvency of an insuring entity which are a significant cause of the insolvency of that entity.
879 817.418(2)(a) 3rd Offering for sale or advertising personal protective equipment with intent to defraud.
880 817.504(1)(a) 3rd Offering or advertising a vaccine with intent to defraud.
881 817.535(2)(a) 3rd Filing false lien or other unauthorized document.
882 817.611(2)(b) 2nd Traffic in or possess 15 to 49 counterfeit credit cards or related documents.
883 825.102(3)(b) 2nd Neglecting an elderly person or disabled adult causing great bodily harm, disability, or disfigurement.
884 825.103(3)(b) 2nd Exploiting an elderly person or disabled adult and property is valued at $10,000 or more, but less than $50,000.
885 827.03(2)(b) 2nd Neglect of a child causing great bodily harm, disability, or disfigurement.
886 827.04(3) 3rd Impregnation of a child under 16 years of age by person 21 years of age or older.
887 827.071(2) & (3) 2nd Use or induce a child in a sexual performance, or promote or direct such performance.
888 827.071(4) 2nd Possess with intent to promote any photographic material, motion picture, etc., which includes child pornography.
889 837.05(2) 3rd Giving false information about alleged capital felony to a law enforcement officer.
890 838.015 2nd Bribery.
891 838.016 2nd Unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior.
892 838.021(3)(a) 2nd Unlawful harm to a public servant.
893 838.22 2nd Bid tampering.
894 843.0855(2) 3rd Impersonation of a public officer or employee.
895 843.0855(3) 3rd Unlawful simulation of legal process.
896 843.0855(4) 3rd Intimidation of a public officer or employee.
897 847.0135(3) 3rd Solicitation of a child, via a computer service, to commit an unlawful sex act.
898 847.0135(4) 2nd Traveling to meet a minor to commit an unlawful sex act.
899 872.06 2nd Abuse of a dead human body.
900 874.05(2)(b) 1st Encouraging or recruiting person under 13 to join a criminal gang; second or subsequent offense.
901 874.10 1st,PBL Knowingly initiates, organizes, plans, finances, directs, manages, or supervises criminal gang-related activity.
902 893.13(1)(c)1. 1st Sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine (or other drug prohibited under s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.) within 1,000 feet of a child care facility, school, or state, county, or municipal park or publicly owned recreational facility or community center.
903 893.13(1)(e)1. 1st Sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine or other drug prohibited under s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5., within 1,000 feet of property used for religious services or a specified business site.
904 893.13(4)(a) 1st Use or hire of minor; deliver to minor other controlled substance.
905 893.135(1)(a)1. 1st Trafficking in cannabis, more than 25 lbs., less than 2,000 lbs.
906 893.135 (1)(b)1.a. 1st Trafficking in cocaine, more than 28 grams, less than 200 grams.
907 893.135 (1)(c)1.a. 1st Trafficking in illegal drugs, more than 4 grams, less than 14 grams.
908 893.135 (1)(c)2.a. 1st Trafficking in hydrocodone, 28 grams or more, less than 50 grams.
909 893.135 (1)(c)2.b. 1st Trafficking in hydrocodone, 50 grams or more, less than 100 grams.
910 893.135 (1)(c)3.a. 1st Trafficking in oxycodone, 7 grams or more, less than 14 grams.
911 893.135 (1)(c)3.b. 1st Trafficking in oxycodone, 14 grams or more, less than 25 grams.
912 893.135 (1)(c)4.b.(I) 1st Trafficking in fentanyl, 4 grams or more, less than 14 grams.
913 893.135 (1)(d)1.a. 1st Trafficking in phencyclidine, 28 grams or more, less than 200 grams.
914 893.135(1)(e)1. 1st Trafficking in methaqualone, 200 grams or more, less than 5 kilograms.
915 893.135(1)(f)1. 1st Trafficking in amphetamine, 14 grams or more, less than 28 grams.
916 893.135 (1)(g)1.a. 1st Trafficking in flunitrazepam, 4 grams or more, less than 14 grams.
917 893.135 (1)(h)1.a. 1st Trafficking in gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), 1 kilogram or more, less than 5 kilograms.
918 893.135 (1)(j)1.a. 1st Trafficking in 1,4-Butanediol, 1 kilogram or more, less than 5 kilograms.
919 893.135 (1)(k)2.a. 1st Trafficking in Phenethylamines, 10 grams or more, less than 200 grams.
920 893.135 (1)(m)2.a. 1st Trafficking in synthetic cannabinoids, 280 grams or more, less than 500 grams.
921 893.135 (1)(m)2.b. 1st Trafficking in synthetic cannabinoids, 500 grams or more, less than 1,000 grams.
922 893.135 (1)(n)2.a. 1st Trafficking in n-benzyl phenethylamines, 14 grams or more, less than 100 grams.
923 893.1351(2) 2nd Possession of place for trafficking in or manufacturing of controlled substance.
924 896.101(5)(a) 3rd Money laundering, financial transactions exceeding $300 but less than $20,000.
925 896.104(4)(a)1. 3rd Structuring transactions to evade reporting or registration requirements, financial transactions exceeding $300 but less than $20,000.
926 943.0435(4)(c) 2nd Sexual offender vacating permanent residence; failure to comply with reporting requirements.
927 943.0435(8) 2nd Sexual offender; remains in state after indicating intent to leave; failure to comply with reporting requirements.
928 943.0435(9)(a) 3rd Sexual offender; failure to comply with reporting requirements.
929 943.0435(13) 3rd Failure to report or providing false information about a sexual offender; harbor or conceal a sexual offender.
930 943.0435(14) 3rd Sexual offender; failure to report and reregister; failure to respond to address verification; providing false registration information.
931 944.607(9) 3rd Sexual offender; failure to comply with reporting requirements.
932 944.607(10)(a) 3rd Sexual offender; failure to submit to the taking of a digitized photograph.
933 944.607(12) 3rd Failure to report or providing false information about a sexual offender; harbor or conceal a sexual offender.
934 944.607(13) 3rd Sexual offender; failure to report and reregister; failure to respond to address verification; providing false registration information.
935 985.4815(10) 3rd Sexual offender; failure to submit to the taking of a digitized photograph.
936 985.4815(12) 3rd Failure to report or providing false information about a sexual offender; harbor or conceal a sexual offender.
937 985.4815(13) 3rd Sexual offender; failure to report and reregister; failure to respond to address verification; providing false registration information.
938
939 Section 26. This act shall take effect December 31, 2026.
940
941 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
942 And the title is amended as follows:
943 Delete everything before the enacting clause
944 and insert:
945 A bill to be entitled
946 An act relating to naturopathic medicine; amending s.
947 456.47, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
948 “telehealth provider” to include licensed naturopathic
949 doctors; renaming ch. 462, F.S., as “Naturopathic
950 Medicine”; creating s. 462.001, F.S.; providing
951 legislative findings and intent; creating s. 462.002,
952 F.S.; providing applicability and construction;
953 renumbering and amending s. 462.01, F.S.; revising and
954 providing definitions; creating s. 462.004, F.S.;
955 creating the Board of Naturopathic Medicine within the
956 Department of Health; providing for membership of the
957 board; providing applicability; renumbering and
958 amending s. 462.023, F.S.; requiring the board and the
959 department to adopt rules; deleting obsolete language;
960 creating s. 462.006, F.S.; prohibiting unlicensed
961 persons from practicing naturopathic medicine or
962 promoting, identifying, or describing themselves using
963 specified titles or abbreviations; providing criminal
964 penalties; creating s. 462.007, F.S.; providing for
965 licensure by examination of naturopathic doctors;
966 prohibiting the board from certifying certain
967 applicants for licensure until a certain investigation
968 is completed; authorizing the board to take specified
969 actions if it determines that an applicant does not
970 meet all of the requirements for licensure; creating
971 s. 462.008, F.S.; providing for licensure by
972 endorsement of naturopathic doctors; renumbering and
973 amending s. 462.08, F.S.; revising requirements for
974 licensure renewal for naturopathic doctors; requiring
975 the department to renew a license under certain
976 circumstances; requiring the department to adopt
977 rules; renumbering and amending s. 462.18, F.S.;
978 revising continuing education requirements for
979 naturopathic doctors; requiring naturopathic doctors
980 to use the department’s electronic continuing
981 education tracking system to demonstrate compliance
982 with continuing education requirements; renumbering
983 and amending s. 462.19, F.S.; revising provisions
984 related to reactivation of inactive naturopathic
985 doctor licenses; requiring the board to adopt rules;
986 specifying requirements for such rules; renumbering
987 and amending s. 462.14, F.S.; revising grounds for
988 disciplinary action; authorizing the board, rather
989 than the department, to enter an order denying
990 licensure or imposing disciplinary action for
991 specified violations; requiring the board, rather than
992 the department, to establish by rule disciplinary
993 guidelines; repealing s. 462.17, F.S., relating to
994 penalty for offenses relating to naturopathy; amending
995 ss. 20.43, 381.0031, 468.301, 476.044, 477.0135,
996 485.003, 486.161, 627.351, 893.02, and 921.0022, F.S.;
997 conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
998 providing an effective date.