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Jan 17, 2019
Panama City News Herald
PRESS RELEASE

A committee of the Florida Board of Medicine gave preliminary approval last month to eliminate the questions about past treatment of mental health and substance abuse that are asked before doctors are licensed in Florida. “If that stigma is something that is going to follow them throughout their career, then the larger question is, are they going to actually seek help when they are going to need help?” said John P. Fogarty, dean of the Florida State University College of Medicine.