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Monday, July 28, 2014
Federal court upholds Florida law in ‘Docs vs. Glocks’ case
A Federal Court of Appeals overturned a 2011 injunction Friday won by
Florida doctors against a state firearms owner’s privacy law. The suit, brought in part by the Florida chapters of the American
Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics, had
won an injunction by a lower court in what became known popularly as
the “Docs vs. Glocks”
case. That injunction was struck down this week in a 2-1 ruling by a
panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
in Atlanta. “We find that the Act is a valid regulation of professional conduct
that has only incidental effect on physicians’ speech,” wrote Circuit
Judge Gerald Tjoflat for the majority in the mammoth 161-page ruling in the case of Wollschlaeger v. Governor of the State of Florida published Friday. The case dates back to 2011 when Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, signed the Firearm Owners’ Privacy Act
into law that discouraged health care workers to ask patients questions
about firearms that were not directly relevant to the patient’s medical
care or safety. Violations of the law could trigger fines, restriction
of practice, return of fees, probation and suspension or revocation a
health care professional’s medical license by the state. The act had been passed by the Florida legislature following a series
of complaints from patients that medical personnel were asking
unwelcome questions on firearms ownership during interviews. In one case
mentioned in the complaint, a health care provider falsely told a
patient that disclosing firearm ownership was a Medicaid requirement. In
another, a mother was separated from her children while medical staff
asked the children whether the mother owned firearms...more
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