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Optical Establishments: Why You Might Need a License and How to Avoid Discipline
Mar 18, 2025 | by John WilsonThe Department of Health (DOH) regulates roughly 1,500 Optical Establishments throughout the State of Florida. DOH is also responsible for discovering and stopping anyone from offering eyeglasses and contacts for....
New 2025 Legislation that May Affect Health Care Practices and Professionals in Florida
Mar 12, 2025 | by Joseph V. DeFeliceThe Florida Department of Health is responsible for licensing health care providers in Florida. Legislative changes can affect the laws relating to practicing your profession. Being unaware of these new....
Helpful Tips: Office Surgery Inspections
Feb 10, 2025 | by Crystal SanfordIn Florida, all applicants for office surgery registration must undergo a pre-registration inspection by the Department of Health (DOH) regardless of if the office is nationally accredited. Once you are....

Helpful Tips – Florida’s Office Surgery Registration and Inspection Program Updates
Jan 29, 2025 | by Crystal SanfordThe Florida Office Surgery Registration and Inspection Program is now being administered by the Florida Board of Medicine instead of the Florida Department of Health. You can find information about....
The New Requirements and Effects of Florida’s “Live Healthy” Initiative on Medical Doctors and Foreign Medical Graduates
Dec 03, 2024 | by Joseph V. DeFeliceThe Florida Department of Health’s (DOH’s) Board of Medicine has always had the authority to grant a license by examination under conditions or restrictions to a physician who meets the....
Defending Your Florida Professional Healthcare License: A Comprehensive Guide
Jun 26, 2024 | by Joseph V. DeFeliceEssential Strategies and Legal Guidance As a licensed health care professional in Florida, maintaining your license is not only essential for your livelihood but also for the trust and safety....
How to Respond to a Florida Department of Health Investigation?
Jun 08, 2024 | by Joseph V. DeFeliceKey Considerations for Healthcare Professionals A frequent question asked by health care professionals who are faced with an investigation by their professional board and the Florida Department of Health (DOH)....
What Happens After the Florida Department of Health Issues a License?
Jul 06, 2023 | by Joseph V. DeFeliceThere have been big changes to how the Florida Department of Health issues licenses granted to practitioners in Florida. If you are a Florida physician, nurse, dentist, psychologist, pharmacist, or....

Office Surgery Facilities: What are they and how are they regulated?
Jun 20, 2023 | by Joseph V. DeFeliceOffice Surgery Facilities play a significant role in the provision of outpatient surgical procedures and provide a comfortable and convenient setting for patients. In Florida, office surgery facilities must register....
Healthcare Professionals and the Winding Down of Covid-19
Apr 28, 2020 | by Jeff HowellFlorida health care providers should consider legal risks as the Covid-19 pandemic lessens in intensity.....
Attorney General Ashley Moody
May 21, 2019 | by Jeff HowellSuch an honor meeting Florida’s 38th Attorney General Ashley Moody and discussing health care law. I told her she had a great group of attorneys in her office representing the....
Defending your Florida License: What Physicians and Nurses Need to Know
Jan 31, 2019 | by Jeff HowellIf you are a health care professional such as a physician or nurse, who is in the initial phases of a DOH investigation or has received a letter from a....