Florida SB 192: Students with Disabilities in Public Schools

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Patient Funds Held in Trust by Chiropractic Physicians 
2026-03-18T05:08:38Z 
Deleting the limitation on the amount of patient funds a chiropractic physician may hold in trust for specified purposes, etc. 
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 2026 Legislature SB 192 

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 2 An act relating to patient funds held in trust by 
 3 chiropractic physicians; amending s. 460.413, F.S.; 
 4 deleting the limitation on the amount of patient funds 
 5 a chiropractic physician may hold in trust for 
 6 specified purposes; providing an effective date. 
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 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 10 Section 1. Paragraph (y) of subsection (1) of section 
 11 460.413, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 12 460.413 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by board or 
 13 department.— 
 14 (1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a 
 15 license or disciplinary action, as specified in s. 456.072(2): 
 16 (y) Failing to preserve identity of funds and property of a 
 17 patient, the value of which is greater than $501. As provided by 
 18 rule of the board, money or other property entrusted to a 
 19 chiropractic physician for a specific purpose, including 
 20 advances for costs and expenses of examination or treatment 
 21 which may not exceed the value of $1,500, is to be held in trust 
 22 and must be applied only to that purpose. Money and other 
 23 property of patients coming into the hands of a chiropractic 
 24 physician are not subject to counterclaim or setoff for 
 25 chiropractic physician’s fees, and a refusal to account for and 
 26 deliver over such money and property upon demand shall be deemed 
 27 a conversion. This is not to preclude the retention of money or 
 28 other property upon which the chiropractic physician has a valid 
 29 lien for services or to preclude the payment of agreed fees from 
 30 the proceeds of transactions for examinations or treatments. 
 31 Controversies as to the amount of the fees are not grounds for 
 32 disciplinary proceedings unless the amount demanded is clearly 
 33 excessive or extortionate, or the demand is fraudulent. All 
 34 funds of patients paid to a chiropractic physician, other than 
 35 advances for costs and expenses, shall be deposited into one or 
 36 more identifiable bank accounts maintained in the state in which 
 37 the chiropractic physician’s office is situated, and funds 
 38 belonging to the chiropractic physician may not be deposited 
 39 therein except as follows: 
 40 1. Funds reasonably sufficient to pay bank charges may be 
 41 deposited therein. 
 42 2. Funds belonging in part to a patient and in part 
 43 presently or potentially to the physician must be deposited 
 44 therein, but the portion belonging to the physician may be 
 45 withdrawn when due unless the right of the physician to receive 
 46 it is disputed by the patient, in which event the disputed 
 47 portion may not be withdrawn until the dispute is finally 
 48 resolved. 
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 50 Every chiropractic physician shall maintain complete records of 
 51 all funds, securities, and other properties of a patient coming 
 52 into the possession of the physician and render appropriate 
 53 accounts to the patient regarding them. In addition, every 
 54 chiropractic physician shall promptly pay or deliver to the 
 55 patient, as requested by the patient, the funds, securities, or 
 56 other properties in the possession of the physician which the 
 57 patient is entitled to receive. 
 58 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.