Florida SB 688: Alternative Mobility Funding Systems and Impact Fees

Bill Text

688 
Naturopathic Medicine 
2026-03-17T12:53:10Z 
Creating the Board of Naturopathic Medicine within the Department of Health; prohibiting unlicensed persons from practicing naturopathic medicine or promoting, identifying, or describing themselves using specified titles or abbreviations; providing for licensure by examination of naturopathic doctors; providing for licensure by endorsement of naturopathic doctors; revising continuing education requirements for naturopathic doctors, etc. 
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 2 An act relating to naturopathic medicine; amending s. 
 3 456.47, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 
 4 “telehealth provider” to include licensed naturopathic 
 5 doctors; renaming ch. 462, F.S., as “Naturopathic 
 6 Medicine”; creating s. 462.001, F.S.; providing 
 7 legislative findings and intent; creating s. 462.002, 
 8 F.S.; providing applicability and construction; 
 9 renumbering and amending s. 462.01, F.S.; revising and 
 10 providing definitions; creating s. 462.004, F.S.; 
 11 creating the Board of Naturopathic Medicine within the 
 12 Department of Health; providing for membership of the 
 13 board; providing applicability; renumbering and 
 14 amending s. 462.023, F.S.; requiring the board and the 
 15 department to adopt rules; deleting obsolete language; 
 16 creating s. 462.006, F.S.; prohibiting unlicensed 
 17 persons from practicing naturopathic medicine or 
 18 promoting, identifying, or describing themselves using 
 19 specified titles or abbreviations; providing criminal 
 20 penalties; creating s. 462.007, F.S.; providing for 
 21 licensure by examination of naturopathic doctors; 
 22 prohibiting the board from certifying certain 
 23 applicants for licensure until a certain investigation 
 24 is completed; authorizing the board to take specified 
 25 actions if it determines that an applicant does not 
 26 meet all of the requirements for licensure; creating 
 27 s. 462.008, F.S.; providing for licensure by 
 28 endorsement of naturopathic doctors; renumbering and 
 29 amending s. 462.08, F.S.; revising requirements for 
 30 licensure renewal for naturopathic doctors; requiring 
 31 the department to renew a license under certain 
 32 circumstances; requiring the department to adopt 
 33 rules; renumbering and amending s. 462.18, F.S.; 
 34 revising continuing education requirements for 
 35 naturopathic doctors; requiring naturopathic doctors 
 36 to use the department’s electronic continuing 
 37 education tracking system to demonstrate compliance 
 38 with continuing education requirements; renumbering 
 39 and amending s. 462.19, F.S.; revising provisions 
 40 related to reactivation of inactive naturopathic 
 41 doctor licenses; requiring the board to adopt rules; 
 42 specifying requirements for such rules; renumbering 
 43 and amending s. 462.14, F.S.; revising grounds for 
 44 disciplinary action; authorizing the board, rather 
 45 than the department, to enter an order denying 
 46 licensure or imposing disciplinary action for 
 47 specified violations; requiring the board, rather than 
 48 the department, to establish by rule disciplinary 
 49 guidelines; repealing s. 462.17, F.S., relating to 
 50 penalty for offenses relating to naturopathy; amending 
 51 ss. 20.43, 381.0031, 468.301, 476.044, 477.0135, 
 52 485.003, 486.161, 627.351, 893.02, and 921.0022, F.S.; 
 53 conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 
 54 providing an effective date. 
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 56 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 58 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 
 59 456.47, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 60 456.47 Use of telehealth to provide services.— 
 61 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 
 62 (b) “Telehealth provider” means any individual who provides 
 63 health care and related services using telehealth and who is 
 64 licensed or certified under s. 393.17; part III of chapter 401; 
 65 chapter 457; chapter 458; chapter 459; chapter 460; chapter 461; 
 66 chapter 462; chapter 463; chapter 464; chapter 465; chapter 466; 
 67 chapter 467; part I, part III, part IV, part V, part X, part 
 68 XIII, or part XIV of chapter 468; chapter 478; chapter 480; part 
 69 I, part II, or part III of chapter 483; chapter 484; chapter 
 70 486; chapter 490; or chapter 491; who is licensed under a 
 71 multistate health care licensure compact of which Florida is a 
 72 member state; or who is registered under and complies with 
 73 subsection (4). 
 74 Section 2. Chapter 462, Florida Statutes, entitled 
 75 “Naturopathy,” is renamed as “Naturopathic Medicine.” 
 76 Section 3. Section 462.001, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 77 read: 
 78 462.001 Legislative findings and intent.—The Legislature 
 79 finds that the interest of public health requires modernization 
 80 of regulation related to naturopathy in this state. Sinc