Florida Senate - 2013                              CS for SB 612
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Galvano
       
       
       
       
       588-02018-13                                           2013612c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to health care practitioners; amending
    3         s. 456.072, F.S.; requiring that certain health care
    4         practitioners make specified disclosures when
    5         introducing themselves as “doctor” when rendering
    6         health care; providing an effective date.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (oo) is added to subsection (1) of
   11  section 456.072, Florida Statutes, to read:
   12         456.072 Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement.—
   13         (1) The following acts shall constitute grounds for which
   14  the disciplinary actions specified in subsection (2) may be
   15  taken:
   16         (oo) Introducing oneself with the title of “doctor” by a
   17  person licensed under chapter 464 while rendering health care
   18  services without orally disclosing that the licensee is a nurse
   19  practitioner, doctor of nursing practice, or the corresponding
   20  appropriate title that corresponds with the person’s license.
   21         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2013.