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PCS for HB 687 (2022) — Free Speech of Health Care Practitioners

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PCS for HB 687 (2022), a bill entitled "An act relating to free speech of health care practitioners." It creates section 456.61, Florida Statutes. Under it, a board within the jurisdiction of the department, the department if there is no board, or a recognizing agency may not reprimand, sanction, revoke, or threaten to revoke a practitioner's license for exercising a constitutional right of free speech, unless such entities prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the speech led to direct physical harm of a person with whom the practitioner had a practitioner-patient relationship. It requires giving a health care practitioner any complaints received within 7 days after receipt, and says the act takes effect July 1, 2022.

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2022 3093 Professions Public Health Subcommittee Proposed Committee Bills Pcbs Fn Pcs For
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2022 3093 Professions Public Health Subcommittee Proposed Committee Bills Pcbs Fn Pcs For Hb 687

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“PCS for HB 687 (2022) — Free Speech of Health Care Practitioners.” Original at www.flhouse.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2022-3093-professions-public-health-subcommittee-proposed-committee-bills-pcbs-fn-pcs-for-hb-687/, SHA-256 46c8477b12e9178704b3e5a064d1f433607e2bb564bfbcd60431a837ef599457.

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           PCS for HB 687                                                                                        2022




    1                                         A bill to be entitled
    2              An act relating to free speech of health care
    3              practitioners; creating s. 456.61, F.S.; prohibiting
    4              certain entities from reprimanding, sanctioning, or
    5              revoking or threatening to revoke a license,
    6              certificate, or registration of a health care
    7              practitioner for specified use of his or her right of
    8              free speech without specified proof; requiring certain
    9              entities to provide to a health care practitioner any
10                 complaints within a specified timeframe; providing an
11                 effective date.
12
13         Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
14
15                 Section 1.         Section 456.61, Florida Statutes, is created to
16         read:
17                 456.61        Use of free speech by a health care practitioner;
18         prohibition.— A board within the jurisdiction of the department,
19         the department if there is no board, or a recognizing agency
20         approved by the board under rule 64B15-14.001, Florida
21         Administrative Code:
22                 (1)         May not reprimand, sanction, revoke, or threaten to
23         revoke a license, certificate, or registration of a health care
24         practitioner for exercising his or her constitutional right of
25         free speech, including, but not limited to, speech through the

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        PCS for HB 687                                                                                        2022




26      use of a social media platform as defined in s. 501.2041, unless
27      such entities prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the speech
28      used by the health care practitioner led to the direct physical
29      harm of a person with whom the health care practitioner had a
30      practitioner-patient relationship within the 3 years immediately
31      preceding the physical harm.
32              (2)         Must provide a health care practitioner with any
33      complaints received for which revocation actions may be in order
34      within 7 days after receipt of such complaint.
35              Section 2.         This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.




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