Hospital Statutes Under Review
The Florida Senate has undertaken a project to review the various regulatory statutes governing hospitals. If you have suggestions on any particular hospital licensing statute or other hospital regulatory statute that should be changed because it has become out-of-date or otherwise no longer needed, please send your suggestions by the end of August to Bill Bell, General Counsel, Florida Hospital Association, 306 East College Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32301, 850-222-9800 Phone, 850-561-6230 Fax.

The Health Law Section of The Florida Bar announces the WILLIAM TRICKEL, JR. MEMORIAL WRITING AWARD to recognize excellence in authorship of scholarly writing in the field of health law.
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The "Final Report" of the Ad Hoc Committee with respect to the review of the Florida Patient Self-Referral Act of 1992 (Fla. Stat §456.053), Patient Brokering Act (Fla. Stat §817.505), Anti-Kickback (Fla. Stat §456.054) and Fee-Splitting (Fla. Stat §458.331) laws is available online for your review and comment. Please click below to view the report and its attachments.

Ad Hoc Committee Final Report

H.R. 3323, the Administrative Simplification Compliance Act
(Public Law 107-105) includes a one year extension of the date for complying with the HIPAA standard transactions and code set requirements. Click here for details.

Chris Rolle Memorial Scholarship
Stetson University College of Law announced December 1, 2000, the Christopher D. Rolle Memorial Scholarship, created in memory of Chris Rolle, class of 1977, who passed away on October 19, 2000.

Chris was a partner with Broad and Cassel and served as Chair of The Florida Bar's Health Law Certification Committee. It is the hope of all who knew Chris that enough money will be raised to endow the scholarship in perpetuity. This will serve as a lasting tribute to honor Chris' memory.

The goal is to raise $10,000 to endow the Scholarship. Creation of the Christopher D. Rolle Memorial Scholarship will help ensure that Chris' memory will never be forgotten. All contributions are tax deductible.

Contributions to the memorial Scholarship fund should be made payable to the Stetson University College of Law, Chris Rolle Scholarship, Office of Student Relations, 1401 61st Street South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33707.

Stetson College of Law Letter to Alumni and Friends

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Health Law Professorship to be Established at FSU's College of Law