Rule 6-14.3 - MINIMUM STANDARDS(a) Minimum Period of Practice. The applicant must have been engaged in the practice of law in the United States or engaged in the practice of United States law while in a foreign country and a member in good standing of the bar of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia for a period of 5 years as of the application date. The years of practice of law need not be consecutive. Receipt of an LL.M. degree in health law or other related fields approved by the board of legal specialization and education and the health law certification committee from an approved law school may substitute for 1 year of the practice of law for purposes of the 5-year practice requirement (but not the 5-year bar membership requirement) under this subdivision. The applicant may not receive credit for more than 1 year of practice for any 12-month period under this subdivision; for example, an applicant who receives credit for being engaged in the practice of law will not receive additional credit for an LL.M. degree earned in that same time period by attending night classes.
(b) Substantial Involvement. The applicant must demonstrate substantial involvement in the practice of health law during the 3 years immediately preceding the application date. The board of legal specialization and education may waive the requirement that the 3 years be immediately preceding the application date for good cause shown at the applicant's request and if recommended by the health law certification committee. Substantial involvement means the applicant has devoted 40 percent or more of the applicant's practice to matters in which issues of health law are significant factors and in which the applicant had substantial and direct participation in those health law issues. The applicant must furnish information concerning the frequency of the applicant's work and the nature of the issues involved. Time devoted to lecturing or authoring books or articles on health law substitutes for the practice of law if the applicant was engaged in the practice of law during that time period. Demonstration of compliance with this requirement shall be made initially through a form of questionnaire approved by the health law certification committee but written or oral supplementation may be required.(c) Peer Review. The applicant must submit the names and addresses of 5 lawyers or judges who are familiar with the applicant's practice, not including attorneys who currently practice in the applicant's law firm to complete peer review forms. The board of legal specialization and education or the health law certification committee may authorize references from nonlawyers.(d) Education. The applicant must complete 60 credit hours of approved continuing legal education in the field of health law during the 3-year period immediately preceding the application date.(e) Examination. Every applicant must pass a written examination designed to demonstrate sufficient knowledge, skills, and proficiency in the field of health law to justify the representation of special competence to the legal profession and the public.Added Sept. 1, 1994 (641 So.2d 1327). Amended March 14-16, 1996, by the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar; Oct. 22, 1999, by the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar, amended and effective 12/4/2020 by The Florida Bar Board of Governors.