CopyCited 5 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1257
...Merrill was handled in a confidential manner consistent with the statutes and remained confidential except to the extent confidentiality was waived by Ms. Merrill when she told family, friends, and a prospective employer of the investigation. The legislative purpose for regulating the practice of nursing, stated in section 464.002, Florida Statutes (1981), is to insure that nurses meet minimum requirements for safe practice and that those falling below minimum competency be prohibited from practicing....
...Chapter 455 contains general provisions for the regulation of all professions under the department's jurisdiction, while chapter 464 specifically addresses the regulation of nursing. The provisions of both chapters must be read together in light of the legislative purpose stated in section 464.002....
...We reverse and remand with directions to enter judgment for appellants. REVERSED and REMANDED. JOANOS and THOMPSON, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] This rule was amended November 11, 1984, to provide that a panel of two board members shall make determinations of probable cause. [2] Section 464.002 states: The legislature finds that the practice of nursing by unskilled and incompetent practitioners presents a danger to the public health and safety....
CopyCited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1991 WL 103462
...In reaching its decision in Jordan, this court concluded that subsections (3) and (4) disclosed the legislative recognition "that nurses would be given an opportunity for reinstatement of their licenses." Jordan,
522 So.2d at 452 (emphasis added). Next, the court analyzed the statement of legislative intent in Section
464.002, Florida Statutes (1985), which is nearly identical to the statement of legislative intent in the Florida Pharmacy Act, Section
465.002, Florida Statutes (1989)....
...state and every pharmacy meet minimum requirements for safe practice. It is the legislative intent that pharmacists who fall below minimum competency or who otherwise present a danger to the public shall be prohibited from practicing in this state. Section 464.002 contained two legislative findings regarding the need for regulation of nurses, and then included a statement of purpose that is identical to the provisions above, but for references to nursing rather than pharmacy....
CopyCited 3 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 5257, 2010 WL 1563544
...Ass'n,
788 So.2d 1010, 1012 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). In contrast, the Nurse Practice Act is concerned with the regulation of the nursing profession and its purpose "is to ensure that every nurse practicing in this state meets minimum requirements for safe practice." §
464.002....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal
...upon
physicians, because physicians’ behavior is not the subject of section
464.012.
Chapter 464 is entitled “Nursing.” Section
464.001, Florida Statutes
(2011), states that chapter 464’s Part I is entitled the “Nurse Practice Act.”
Section
464.002, Florida Statutes (2011), states:
The sole legislative purpose in enacting this part is to ensure
that every nurse practicing in this state meets minimum
requirements for safe practice....
...estate argued, and the trial court found, a statutory duty of care exists
under section
464.012 for those physicians who supervise ARNPs.
I disagree with that finding. Given chapter 464’s title of “Nursing,”
chapter 464’s Part I title of “Nurse Practice Act,” section
464.002’s plain
language statement that the “sole legislative purpose in enacting this part”
is to regulate nurses, and section
464.012’s wholesale discussion of
ARNPs, it cannot be logically concluded from the single emphasized
sente...
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1988 WL 20598
...1st DCA 1987) (language in final order prohibiting nurse from petitioning for reinstatement stricken because it conflicted with section
464.018(2) and Rule 210-10.05(3)(b)). This conclusion is buttressed by the legislative purpose of Chapter 464 (Nurse Practice Act), as stated in section
464.002, Florida Statutes (1985): The sole legislative purpose in enacting this chapter is to ensure that every nurse practicing in this state meet minimum requirements for safe practice....
CopyPublished | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal
943 So. 2d 209, 213 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) (quoting § 464.02(3), Fla. Stat. (2003)). As previously
CopyPublished | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1257, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 13974
...Merrill was handled in a confidential manner consistent with the statutes and remained confidential except to the extent confidentiality was waived by Ms. Merrill when she told family, friends, and a prospective employer of the investigation. The legislative purpose for regulating the practice of nursing, stated in section 464.002, Florida Statutes (1981), is to insure that nurses meet minimum requirements for safe practice and that those falling below minimum competency be prohibited from practicing....
...Chapter 455 contains general provisions for the regulation of all professions under the department’s jurisdiction, while chapter 464 specifically addresses the regulation of nursing. The provisions of both chapters must be read together in light of the legislative purpose stated in section 464.002....
...We reverse and remand with directions to enter judgment for appellants. REVERSED and REMANDED. JOANOS and THOMPSON, JJ., concur. . This rule was amended November 11, 1984, to provide that a panel of two board members shall make determinations of probable cause. . Section 464.002 states: The legislature finds that the practice of nursing by unskilled and incompetent practitioners presents a danger to the public health and safety....
CopyPublished | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal
...upon
physicians, because physicians’ behavior is not the subject of section
464.012.
Chapter 464 is entitled “Nursing.” Section
464.001, Florida Statutes
(2011), states that chapter 464’s Part I is entitled the “Nurse Practice Act.”
Section
464.002, Florida Statutes (2011), states:
The sole legislative purpose in enacting this part is to ensure
that every nurse practicing in this state meets minimum
requirements for safe practice....
...estate argued, and the trial court found, a statutory duty of care exists
under section
464.012 for those physicians who supervise ARNPs.
I disagree with that finding. Given chapter 464’s title of “Nursing,”
chapter 464’s Part I title of “Nurse Practice Act,” section
464.002’s plain
language statement that the “sole legislative purpose in enacting this part”
is to regulate nurses, and section
464.012’s wholesale discussion of
ARNPs, it cannot be logically concluded from the single emphasized
sente...
