RENEWING YOUR LICENSE? See this exemption.

Here is an obscure law that was passed and may benefit some NPs who are renewing their license this April!

381.026 Florida Patient's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.—Health Care Price Transparency Exemption

If you post a sign with a schedule of your charges, you may be exempt from paying license fees and completing continuing medical education for one biannual renewal period. Section 381.026(4) Florida Statutes created provisions for exemption from one two-year reporting cycle of continuing medical education credits and license fees for primary care physicians who post a schedule of medical charges. This waiver does not include the unlicensed activity fee, background check fee or dispensing fee. Primary care physicians include medical doctors, osteopathic physicians and advanced registered nurse practitioners who provide medical services commonly provided without referral from another health care provider, including family and general practice, general pediatrics and general internal medicine.

The specific dimensions of the sign is addressed within 381.026. The NP license renewal form must be sent to the BON with this PRICE TRANSPARENCY REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION  along with applicable fees. The BON can accept the following as proof:

· A receipt of invoice for the sign with the date paid and the dimensions of the sign.
· A photo of the sign with some reference as to the size included in the photo.
· Other official documentation of the size of the sign and its posting in a conspicuous place in the reception area of the provider's office.

PEr the BON, The language in 381 allows an exemption for CME creditS, so for the  ARNP, it would be for CME credits they were planning to use – which can be 50% of the CE requirement.

if questions, do  call the BON before you send in your renewal!