Bill Text: FL S0974 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Grounds for Discipline of Health Care Professionals
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-01 - Withdrawn from further consideration [S0974 Detail]
Download: Florida-2015-S0974-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2015 SB 974 By Senator Grimsley 21-00738-15 2015974__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to grounds for discipline of health 3 care professionals; amending s. 456.072, F.S.; 4 providing that certain acts committed by a licensee 5 are grounds for discipline; providing an effective 6 date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Paragraph (m) of subsection (1) of section 11 456.072, Florida Statutes, is amended 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 (m) Making deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representations 17 in or related to the practice of a profession, including, but 18 not limited to, the advertising of board certification in a 19 specialty if the licensee has not completed a residency or 20 fellowship approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate 21 Medical Education, or employing a trick or scheme in or related 22 to the practice of a profession. 23 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.