Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 172: Health Care Practitioner Specialty Titles and Designations
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- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
SB 172 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Health Care Practitioner Specialty Titles and Designations. Primary sponsor: Colleen Burton (Republican), Health Policy, Rules. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Messages.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
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.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleen Burton | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 12 |
| Health Policy | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Rules | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Kathleen Passidomo | Co-sponsor | Republican | Senate | 28 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Died in Messages
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- In Messages
- Immediately certified
- CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- Read 3rd time
- Read 2nd time
- CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 1
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