Gov. DeSantis approves new requirements for out-of-state licensee applicants that worry Board of Medicine members
Gov Ron DeSantis has approved legislation (SB 1600) giving the Board of Medicine (BOM) 15 days to approve by endorsement licenses for certain out-of-state applicants.,
But the legislation also blocks many others from getting licensed by endorsement.
Filed by Sen. Jay Collins, SB 1600 helps out-of-state licensees with what Senior Assistant Attorney General and Board legal counsel Donna McNulty described as “squeaky clean” licenses. But, as Board member and Pensacola pediatrician Patrick Hunter lamented at a BOM meeting: “If you’re not squeaky clean it’s a hard stop.”
Some in the health care industry pushed to have the bill vetoed. Collins’ Office had been closely tracking the fate of the legi...
