1997 Florida Code
TITLE XXXII REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 461 Podiatry  
461.009   Itemized patient billing.

461.009  Itemized patient billing.--Whenever a podiatrist licensed under this chapter renders professional services to a patient, the podiatrist is required, upon request, to submit to the patient, to the patient's insurer, or to the administrative agency for any federal or state health program under which the patient is entitled to benefits, an itemized statement of the specific services rendered and the charge for each, no later than the podiatrist's next regular billing cycle which follows the fifth day after rendering of professional services. A podiatrist may not condition the furnishing of an itemized statement upon prior payment of the bill.

History.--s. 6, ch. 79-198; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 12, 13, ch. 86-71; s. 4, ch. 91-429.