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2025 Florida Law Update Regarding AHCA Level 2 Background Screening Requirement for Health Care Providers

Posted on Health Care Law News, Professional Licensure Investigations July 7, 2025 by Sydney Madow

Effective July 1, 2025, all licensed health care providers in Florida must comply with a new background screening requirement. Florida HB 975 implemented the “Cleared to Care” initiative, which requires almost all health care providers to undergo an AHCA Level 2 background screening upon application for licensure or during the 90-day licensure renewal period. Unless Read more →

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Florida Joins Interstate Medical Licensure Compact

Posted on Health Care Law News, Professional Licensure Investigations December 12, 2024 by Sydney Madow

Recently, the Florida legislature passed Senate Bill 7016, making Florida the 40th state to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC), an agreement among multiple jurisdictions that allows member states to expedite the licensure process for physicians who want to practice in multiple states. As of December 2024, the State of Florida is still in Read more →

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Nicholson & Eastin, LLP Successfully Defends Florida RN/Foreign Doctor’s Nursing License

Posted on Firm News, Health Care Law News, Professional Licensure Investigations August 23, 2024 by Sydney Madow

In connection with a Board of Nursing investigation, the Firm successfully defended a foreign doctor licensed as a Florida RN accused of practicing outside the scope of his nursing license. The Board of Nursing’s complaint alleged that the client was misrepresenting himself as a doctor and functioning as a medical doctor at a clinic and Read more →

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Recent Florida Law Makes Changes to Health Care Provider Licensing to Expand Healthcare Workforce and Innovation

Posted on Health Care Law News, Professional Licensure Investigations May 29, 2024 by Sydney Madow

In March 2024, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the “Live Healthy Legislation” package of bills to expand training programs to develop and retain Florida health care workers and meet the needs of Florida’s growing population. Among the bills signed were Senate Bill 7016. The bill allows out-of-state Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) and Physician Assistants (PAs) Read more →

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Nicholson & Eastin Successfully Defends RN Associated With Nursing School Scam and Accused of Obtaining License by Fraud

Posted on Firm News, Fraud Investigation, Professional Licensure Investigations November 21, 2023 by Parker Eastin

The Firm successfully defended the license of a Florida registered nurse wrongfully accused of obtaining her nursing license by fraud. The RN was one of many victims of a scam carried out by a criminal syndicate currently being prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice that involved alleged fraudulent nursing school transcripts and diplomas. The Read more →

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