The bill amends various sections of Florida Statutes related to health care practitioner identification and advertising. It revises legislative findings in section 456.003 to emphasize the importance of regulating health care professions for public safety and welfare, replacing the term "believes" with "finds" and changing "shall" to "must." Additionally, it updates section 456.072 to clarify the requirements for health care practitioners to identify themselves, including the necessity to provide their professional degree and license type in advertisements. The Department of Health is designated to adopt rules regarding these identification requirements instead of individual boards.

Furthermore, the bill introduces section 456.65, which prohibits unlicensed health care practitioners from using specific specialist titles unless they are authorized. It outlines the conditions under which licensed practitioners can represent their specialties and specifies the titles and abbreviations that certain health care professionals may use. The bill also amends sections 458.3312 and 459.0152 to establish that physicians and osteopathic physicians cannot claim to be board-certified specialists unless they have received formal recognition from an approved certifying agency. The act is set to take effect on July 1, 2025.

Statutes affected:
H 1341 Filed: 456.003, 456.072, 458.3312, 459.0152