Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session
Section 37:23.3 - Prohibited agreements and actions of professional licensing boards and commissionsA. No professional or occupational licensing board or commission shall: (1) Enter into a consent decree with a licensee, permittee, or certificate holder if such decree contains a nondisparagement clause. Such a nondisparagement clause contained in a consent decree is contrary to public policy of this state and shall be null, void, and unenforceable.(2) Initiate disciplinary action against a licensee, permittee, or certificate holder for providing testimony or records to a legislative body.B. For the purposes of this Section, a "legislative body" shall include but not be limited to a legislative committee, subcommittee, or task force.Added by Acts 2019, No. 179,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2019.