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Call to Action!!
SB 172 Health Care Practitioner Specialty Titles and Designations
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/172
GENERAL BILL by Burton
Health Care Practitioner Specialty Titles and Designations; Prohibiting the use of specified titles and designations by health care practitioners not licensed as physicians or osteopathic physicians, as applicable, with an exception; specifying the manner in which health care practitioners may represent their specialty practice areas; specifying specialist titles and designations that physicians and osteopathic physicians, respectively, are prohibited from using unless they have received formal recognition by the appropriate recognizing agency for such specialty certifications, etc. Last Action: 2/25/2025 Senate - Referred to Health Policy; Rules Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Once again, Senator Colleen Burton has filled the above bill, and Representative Karen Gonzales-Pittman has filled it in the House.
We request that FNPN members and all APRNs contact the following list of Senators and ask them not to support SB172.
Specifically direct your comments to the following members of the Senate Health Regulations Committee and ask them to Vote NO.
- Senator Lori Berman (D)
- Senator Alexis Calatayud (R)
- Senator Tracie Davis (D)
- Senator Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (R)
- Senator Rosalind Osgood (D)
- Senator Jay Trumbull (R)
Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed this language in 2023 and House Speaker Paul Renner refused to hear the bill in 2024.
This bill presents challenges disproportionately affecting APRNs; every other discipline can use their educational title. As of February 2025, 64,953 licensed APRNs in Florida are providing high quality healthcare for many Floridians.
Please act now since this bill could be heard in committee as early as this week.
Thank you for advocating for our profession!
Arlene Wright, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP
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