FL S1014

Requires all licensed health care practitioners to wear name badges displaying their licensure credentials when providing professional services.

Expands optometrists' pharmaceutical authority from "topical ocular" to broader "ocular pharmaceutical agents" for diagnosis and treatment of eye conditions.

Authorizes advanced registered nurse practitioners to order, administer, monitor, and alter any necessary drugs including Schedule II-V controlled substances under established protocols with physician supervision.

Allows certified registered nurse anesthetists to order administration of pain-relief drugs while managing patients in postanesthesia recovery areas.

Includes optometrists (chapter 463) in Florida Clinical Laboratory Law definitions, permitting them to operate clinical laboratories and submit specimens to licensed laboratories.

Changes medical negligence standard of proof from "greater weight of evidence" to "clear and convincing evidence" for claims against health care providers and emergency health care providers, effective October 1, 2012.

Prohibits certified optometrists from administering or prescribing Schedule I or Schedule II controlled substances despite expanded ocular pharmaceutical authority.