The Florida Board of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine Board met on June 23, 2023 as a follow-up to their June 2, 2023 meeting. The boards have been instructed by law to create informed consent documents for both youth and adult care. Their next meeting is scheduled for June 30, 2023, where it is expected that these documents will be adopted. Once adopted, their use will be required in order to obtain gender affirming care in the state of Florida.
Erin Reed of Erin In The Morning obtained an image of what appears to be new requirements for adults obtaining gender affirming care in Florida.
If these are the proposed informed consent documents, they are, quite frankly, absurd, and designed to create barriers to care rather than practice true informed consent. We have not located a transcript of the meeting to confirm that the shared document is the Board of Med’s proposed path for gender affirming care.
Watch the Board of Med With Us
The next joint meeting of the boards is June 30th at 1 pm EST. We will be watching and will report after the meeting with what we understand to be the next steps and implications for care in Florida.
Per the board’s meeting information website:
Any person who wants to attend the public meeting must register at https://www.floridahealth.gov/2023-06-30_JointBoardMeeting
Written public comments may be submitted to BOMPublicComment@flhealth.gov.
All comments received at this email address, including the sender’s email address, are public records and will become part of the rulemaking record.
