Bill Summary

SB 172 Health Care Practitioner Specialty Titles and Designations (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Burton Co Sponsors: Passidomo CS Sponsors: Health Policy, Rules
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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. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
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committees of reference
   S Health Policy
   S Rules
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Actions
02/24/25
SENATE
Filed
02/25/25
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Referred to Health Policy; Rules
03/20/25
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On Committee agenda - Health Policy, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 412 K
03/25/25
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Health Policy; 7 Yeas, 3 Nays
03/26/25
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/26/25
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Now in Rules
03/27/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Rules, 04/01/25, 9:00 am, 412 K
04/01/25
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Rules; 22 Yeas, 1 Nay
04/03/25
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
04/03/25
SENATE
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/03/25
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Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
04/09/25
SENATE
Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
04/09/25
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In Messages
05/03/25
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Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
06/16/25
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Died In Messages
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bill text & filed amendments
0172
Filed on 02/24/25
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Amendment 310092
Burton
Filed on 03/24/25
Replaced by CS
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0172C1
Filed on 03/26/25
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Amendment 708196
Burton
Filed on 03/31/25
Replaced by CS
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0172C2
Filed on 04/03/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
456.003
456.065
456.65
458.3312
459.0152
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