Health Law Section.

• Author: Chaires, Gregory A.
• Position: Annual Reports of Sections and Divisions of the Florida Bar: 2018-2019

The Health Law Section of The Florida Bar, initiated in 1988, is comprised of over 1,500 members and is dedicated to the education of practitioners with an interest or practice in the field of health care law. Through tremendous effort by the section's executive council, 2018-2019 has been very successful year, marked by much progress. The section's educational programs were revamped, membership outreach was enhanced, and publications of information and legislation critical to health law practitioners were prioritized. Additionally, the section took initiatives with regard to its website and communications with our membership to better serve the membership as a whole. Finally, this year, the section brought forth the development of various committees to explore reaching to the section membership in new ways.

Continuing Legal Education is central to the mission of our section. The popularity of our education programs continues to grow. This year, the section also elected to change up some of the locations of its CLEs and meetings. This was to enhance comfort and amenities to further incentivize members of the section to attend CLEs and meetings. Importantly, locations were selected to include Florida's east and west coasts in Cocoa Beach and Sarasota, respectively, to draw upon and facilitate attendance for members of those regions, which are oft-overlooked.

The CLEs were very successful this year, largely as a result of the dedication of the section's CLE chair, Radha Bachman. The section sponsored four live CLE programs over this last year:

1) "Legal Emergencies in Health Care" was held on September 14, 2018, in Cocoa Beach. This is a revamped program, and many thanks to Barry Herrin for spearheading this CLE, which was both timely and informative. It was well received and will be expanded next year to include issues that not only affect health care providers and institutions, but lawyers as well.

2) The "Health Care Regulatory Compliance Program" was held on November 2, 2018, in Orlando. This program is increasing in popularity and addresses timely developments in the areas of compliance and state and federal regulation and oversight. Much gratitude to Co-Chair Grant Dearborn and Co-Chair Myla Reizen for the success of this program.

3) "Representing the Physician Entrepreneur: Ever Improving Your Practice and Knowledge" was held on January 18 in Sarasota. This CLE offered insight and observation on the difficulties often encountered with...