Action Needed: Florida HB 583 Filed Today, Limiting Use of the Title "Doctor" by Non-Physicians

February 1, 2023. FNPN is aware HB 583 has been filed, and our lobbyist is keeping us informed. Please prepare to contact your legislators and provide them with education about this bill. (Find your legislators by clicking here). In its current form, non-physicians cannot use the title "Doctor" in any form of advertisement, telehealth interaction, text message, or verbal communication without clearly identifying their profession. Please read the entire bill by clicking here

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HB 583: Health Care Practitioner Titles and Abbreviations

GENERAL BILL by Massullo

Health Care Practitioner Titles and Abbreviations; Defines "advertisement" & "deceptive or misleading terms or false representation"; specifies which titles & abbreviations health care practitioners may use in their advertisements, communications, & personal identification; requires health care practitioners to disclose specified information & use only authorized titles & abbreviations in their advertisements; prohibits health care practitioners from using deceptive or misleading terms or false representations in their advertisements; provides for denial of licensure & disciplinary action.