Florida Amendment 8, Prohibiting Doctors Who Have Committed 3 Counts of Medical Malpractice From Practicing Medicine Initiative (2004)

Florida Amendment 8
Election date November 2, 2004
Topic Tort law
Status Approved
Type Initiated constitutional amendment	Origin Citizens

Florida Amendment 8 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Florida on November 2, 2004. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported prohibiting doctors who have been found to have committed three or more incidents of medical malpractice from practicing medicine in Florida.

A “no” vote opposed prohibiting doctors who have been found to have committed three or more incidents of medical malpractice from practicing medicine in Florida.

Election results

Florida Amendment 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		5,121,841	71.08%
No		2,083,864	28.92%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:

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Current law allows medical doctors who have committed repeated malpractice to be licensed to practice medicine in Florida. This amendment prohibits medical doctors who have been found to have committed three or more incidents of medical malpractice from being licensed to practice medicine in Flo

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

The text of the amendment read:

"Section 20. Prohibition of Medical License After Repeated Medical Malpractice. "a) No 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. "b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: "i) The 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. "ii) The 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."

Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Florida

The ballot measure was an initiated constitutional amendment. Proponents collected signatures to place the initiative on the ballot.

See also

2004 Measures

• 2004 Measures
• Tort law on the ballot
• 2004 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Florida Division of Elections, "Initiatives / Amendments / Revisions Database"