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Dr. Bobby L Hutchinson and Dr. William C. Horsley
III were selected by the Board of Chiropractic
Medicine to receive the Outstanding Service Award
for providing volunteer chiropractic services to the
city rescue mission in the Jacksonville area. Each
year the board recognizes chiropractic physicians
who exemplify excellent service and bring credit
to the profession of chiropractic medicine.
Congratulations to both Dr. Hutchinson and Dr.
Horsley III.
The Florida Board of Nursing provided orientation and
training to Dr. Derrick Glymph, Ms. Lisa Johnson, Dr. Ann
Hubbard, and Ms. Lori Desmond as new board members
on March 30, 2015 in Tallahassee. Training included
an overview of the board and its licensure functions,
Sunshine Law, and the disciplinary process. Former
board member Barbara Kemp joined the orientation to
offer her perspective and insight following eight years of
dedicated service. Florida Department of Health Chief
of Staff, Jennifer Tschetter, also met with the group to
express the State Surgeon General and Secretary of
Health’s appreciation for their willingness to serve.
Dr. Julie Mayer Hunt, member of the Florida Board
of Chiropractic Medicine, presented a Chiropractic
Orthospinology Basic II class through the Society
of Chiropractic Orthospinology on May 2. Dr. Hunt
is President of the society, and is the International
Chiropractors Association’s 2014 Chiropractor
of the Year. The class provided chiropractors
the opportunity to meet their counterparts and
compare similarities and differences in their
practice in providing services as
chiropractic physicians.
The Board of Medicine’s Initial Licensure Unit reduced
initial licensure processing times significantly from last
fiscal year. For the 2014-2015 Fiscal Year to date, board
staff reduced the total number of days to issue a license
for medical doctors from 106.97 days to 85.32 days,
a reduction in processing time of 21.65 days. Board
staff also reduced the total number of days to issue a
registration for resident and house physicians by over
9 days and reduced the total number of days to issue a
physician assistant license by 9.48 days.