SB 1470 Florida Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Informed Consent

Summary
Informed Consent; Requiring health care practitioners to obtain written informed consent from the patient or the patient’s legal representative in order to perform examinations on or provide medical care or treatment to the patient, with exceptions; requiring the attending health care practitioner to inform the patient of specified information and to document specified information in the patient’s medical record under certain circumstances; providing for disciplinary action against attending health care practitioners or supervising medical educators who fail to comply with certain provisions, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020 Last action Mar 14, 2020
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Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/18/20, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Lauren Book
DDemocratic
FL
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