Bill Sponsor
Florida Senate Bill 172
Session 2025
Health Care Practitioner Specialty Titles and Designations
Active
Active
Failed in House on Jun 16, 2025
Sponsors
Committee
Rules
Committee
Health Policy
First Action
Feb 24, 2025
Latest Action
Jun 16, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
172
State
Florida
Session
2025
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Primary
Committee
Health Policy
Primary
Committee
Rules
Primary
Summary
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, etc.
Documents (5)
Bill Analysis -- Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) (3/24/2025 1:34 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Health Policy (Post-Meeting) (3/26/2025 1:18 PM)
Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (3/31/2025 7:53 AM)
Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (4/3/2025 12:25 PM)
06/16/2025
House
Died in Messages
05/03/2025
House
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
04/09/2025
House
In Messages
04/09/2025
Senate
Immediately certified
04/09/2025
Senate
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
04/09/2025
Senate
Read 3rd time
04/09/2025
Senate
Read 2nd time
04/08/2025
Senate
CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
04/03/2025
Senate
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
04/03/2025
Senate
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/03/2025
Senate
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
04/01/2025
Senate
CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 1
03/27/2025
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
03/27/2025
Senate
CS by Health Policy read 1st time
03/26/2025
Senate
Now in Rules
03/26/2025
Senate
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
03/25/2025
Senate
CS by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 3
03/20/2025
Senate
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
03/04/2025
Senate
Introduced
02/25/2025
Senate
Referred to Health Policy; Rules
02/24/2025
Senate
Filed
Sources
Record Created
Feb 25, 2025 4:36:55 AM
Record Updated
Jul 6, 2025 11:33:42 AM