FL S1112

Restricts the use of over 40 specific medical titles and designations (e.g., "surgeon," "cardiologist," "M.D.," "D.O.," "psychiatrist") to licensed physicians, making unauthorized use in advertisements or misleading representations constitute the unlicensed practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine

Requires health care practitioners to wear a name tag displaying their name and profession when treating or consulting with patients, with the information consistent with the bill's title restrictions

Provides exceptions allowing licensed chiropractors, podiatrists, dentists, and anesthesiologist assistants to use specific titles authorized under their respective practice acts, and permits any practitioner to use the format "...[profession]..., specializing in ...[specialty]..."

Practitioners not wearing a name tag in their own office must prominently display a copy of their license (no smaller than the original) in a conspicuous area visible to patients and must verbally identify themselves by name and profession to new patients

Requires each professional board, or the Department of Health where no board exists, to adopt rules specifying how practitioners must comply with these disclosure requirements, with an effective date of July 1, 2024