No. HB 1213
Filed under Healthcare.
Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact; Enacts Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact; provides compact membership & member state licensure requirements; establishes Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact Commission; provides for purpose, membership, & meetings, of commission; requires member state to establish certain database; provides database information requirements; provides for amendment, withdrawal, & dissolution of the compact.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDA podiatric physician picks one member state as a 'state of principal license,' meets strict eligibility rules, and that state verifies eligibility. Other member states must then issue an expedited license without re-checking primary sources already verified.
If the principal-license state revokes, suspends, or accepts surrender of that license, every other license the physician holds through the compact is automatically placed on the same status, no hearing required in those states.
A new multistate commission writes binding rules, collects fees, hires staff, and can sue member states in federal court in Washington, D.C. Its officers and employees are immune from personal liability except for willful misconduct.
The compact adds a second path to licensure. It does not replace Florida's existing podiatric practice law, and physicians who do not qualify for the expedited process may still apply for a license the usual way.
AIA podiatric physician designates one member state as their state of principal license. That state verifies eligibility and issues a letter of qualification; other member states must then issue an expedited license without re-verifying primary sources already checked.
AITo qualify for the fast-track license a physician must have accredited training, pass the national exam, complete residency, hold specialty certification, and have never been convicted of an offense, disciplined, or under active investigation by any licensing or law enforcement body.
AIIf the state where a physician's license originates revokes, suspends, or accepts a surrender of that license, every other license the same physician holds through the compact is automatically placed on the same status, with no separate hearing in those states.
AIWhen one member board disciplines a compact-licensed physician, every other license that physician holds through the compact is automatically suspended for 90 days so the other boards can investigate, even before those boards act on their own.
AIRules the new commission adopts are treated as binding statutory law in every member state, but the compact cannot be used to override a state's existing authority to regulate the practice of podiatric medicine.
AIOfficers, employees, and representatives of the new commission cannot be personally sued over actions taken within their commission duties, unless the conduct was intentional or willful and wanton misconduct.
AIA state issuing or renewing an expedited license through the compact can set and collect its own fee for that license, on top of whatever it already charges for a standard license.
AIWhen boards communicate with each other or the commission to verify a physician's eligibility, that communication cannot include the actual FBI federal criminal-history results a board obtained on the applicant.