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Don’t Miss Rick Strong’s Upcoming Speaking Event at HomeCareCon 2026
If you are a home health professional or interested in home health regulations and insight, you won’t want to miss Rick Strong’s exciting presentation on Compliance in Focus: Mastering Florida’s....
Florida Statute 456.072(1)(a): Making Misleading or Deceptive Statements in Practice
For licensed professionals in Florida, few allegations can damage a reputation more quickly than accusations involving dishonesty or misrepresentation. One of the most frequently cited disciplinary provisions across numerous licensed....
Florida ABA Clinics and Medicaid Providers: Is Your Health Care Clinic Exemption at Risk?
Many healthcare providers throughout Florida rely on a Health Care Clinic Exemption Certificate to operate without obtaining a Health Care Clinic License through the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration....
Florida Rule 64B4-10.003: The 2-Year Rule and Patient Relationships for LCSWs
A significant regulatory change is now in effect for Florida-licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs), and it directly affects how professional relationships are evaluated after termination. How these relationships are terminated are....
Compliance with Disciplinary Final Orders: What happens if I fail to comply?
The Florida Department of Health (DOH) and their professional regulatory Boards have authority over health care practitioners and facility licenses in Florida. This includes taking disciplinary action against those licenses....
Presentation to the Capital Medical Society: The Legal Dangers of Prescribing Controlled Substances
Our Firm is honored to be presenting sponsors of the Capital Medical Society (CMS) in Tallahassee where our headquarters is located. One of the Firm’s health care attorneys, John Wilson,....
Can the Disciplinary Action Taken Against My Health Care License be Expunged or Sealed?
We are often asked by our clients, “Will my Florida disciplinary action ever go away?” When a health care practitioner has been disciplined by their Board or the Department of....
Presentation to the Capital Medical Society: Top 10 Avoidable Things that get Healthcare Practitioners in Trouble
The attorneys at Howell, Buchan & Strong are pleased and honored to be a sponsor of the Capital Medical Society (CMS), here in Tallahassee, Florida where our Firm is headquartered. ....
Florida LCSW 2-Year Rule Change: What Rule 64B4-10.003 Means Now
A significant regulatory change is now in effect for Florida-licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs), and it directly affects how professional relationships are evaluated after termination. As of March 2, 2026,....
New Naturopathic Medicine Bill May Become a Florida Law
The 2026 Florida Legislative (Regular) Session has ended. Why is that important to you? During the Session, our Firm monitored as Legislators considered Senate Bill 688 – an act relating....
Physician Non-Compete Agreements in Florida
Florida law permits physician non-compete agreements, provided they satisfy specific statutory conditions. The enforceability of such agreements is primarily governed by Fla. Stat. § 542.335, which establishes general requirements for non-compete....
Collateral Consequences: Why your Criminal Defense Attorney May Need to Consult a Health Law Expert
If you have a license from the Department of Health (DOH) and you have been arrested, there’s a good chance a DOH investigation was opened against you before you saw....
