SECTION 26. Prohibition of medical license after repeated medical malpractice., ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS, Florida Constitution

Florida Constitution (Last Updated: May 7, 2021)

SECTION 26. Prohibition of medical license after repeated medical malpractice.

1(a) 2No person who has been found to have committed three or more incidents of medical malpractice shall be licensed or continue to be licensed by the State of Florida to provide health care services as a medical doctor.
40(b) 41For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
53(1) 54The phrase “medical malpractice” means both the failure to practice medicine in Florida with that level of care, skill, and treatment recognized in general law related to health care providers’ licensure, and any similar wrongful act, neglect, or default in other states or countries which, if committed in Florida, would have been considered medical malpractice.
109(2) 110The phrase “found to have committed” means that the malpractice has been found in a final judgment of a court of law, final administrative agency decision, or decision of binding arbitration.

History.—Proposed by Initiative Petition filed with the Secretary of State April 7, 2003; adopted 2004.

                    
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