Health Care Practitioner Transparency Act (H576)

• Requires health care practitioners to wear identification badges displaying their name and type of license, certification, or registration in a conspicuous manner when providing patient care, with exemptions allowed for safety concerns or office-based settings where credentials are clearly posted.

• Prohibits unlicensed individuals from using physician titles such as "doctor," "surgeon," "M.D.," "D.O.," and 40+ medical specialty titles with intent to misrepresent themselves as licensed physicians.

• Mandates that advertisements for health care services naming a practitioner must identify their license, certification, or registration type and contain no deceptive or misleading information about credentials.

• Classifies violations as unprofessional conduct subject to disciplinary action by licensing boards, with each day of noncompliance constituting a separate violation and requirements applying across all practice settings.

• Effective October 1, 2023 for advertisement provisions and October 1, 2026 for identification badge requirements; directs 15 health care licensing boards to adopt temporary and permanent implementing rules.