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Court Rules That Florida Doctors Can Talk to Patients About Guns

The Health Law Firm

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On February 16, 2017, a federal appeals court ruled that a controversial Florida law that restricted doctors from asking patients about firearm ownership violates medical professionals' constitutional right to free speech. The opinion, striking down key provisions of the Florida law, was the latest ruling in a legal challenge to the so-called "Docs vs.

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U.S. District Court in Texas Orders Hospital to Void Report to National Practitioner Data Bank

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By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On February 8, 2017, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order directing Memorial Health System of East Texas (Memorial Health) to submit a Void Report to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). In the case Walker v.