Florida Laws and Rules

Speakers in this session...

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  Kim Driggers-Jaffee

  

  Kim Driggers-Jaffee Esq.

  Kimberly A. Driggers-Jaffee is the owner of Driggers Law, PA, where she represents the Florida Chiropractic Association as its General Counsel and serves as one of their Lobbyists.  For the prior twenty-plus years, Ms. Driggers was in private practice in Orlando and Tallahassee, Florida, initially representing the interests of insurance companies in their defense of injury and insurance claims.  After many years and for the majority of her practice, she put her insurance knowledge to use in representing medical providers, injured patients, and homeowners in the denial of insurance benefits, and litigating insurance claims in courts throughout Florida.

  Kim is well known in the area of Personal Injury Protection insurance law (No-Fault or PIP insurance) and has authored numerous articles, testifies regularly in the Florida Legislature, and lectures for the Florida Chiropractic Association throughout the State of Florida.  She is a longstanding member of the National Association of Chiropractic Attorneys.

  In August 2019, Ms. Driggers became the first Non-Chiropractor and the seventh woman since 1963, to be elected to the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the international testing agency for the chiropractic profession that develops, administers and scores standardized exams for the chiropractic profession.

  She received her B.A. in Psychology Magna Cum Laude from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida in 1990.  Ms. Driggers attended the Florida State University College of Law, receiving her J.D. in 1994.

  Sessions...

  Florida Laws and Rules

  Regional Event: nw

  Start Date: 02/08/2025 4:50 pm

  End Date: 02/08/2025 6:30 pm

  Location: Capi Ballroom

  Session details

  Chiropractors will be briefed on the many recent legislative changes and potential impacts to their practices on both the state and federal level.  Disciplinary pitfalls are also highlighted, along with strategies to steer clear of them. Attendees will have their recollections refreshed on the regulations surrounding advertisement requirements.

   

  With the Federal Rule on noncompete agreements in flux, chiropractors will learn about potential alternatives such as non-solicitation agreements that might be a feasible alternative solution to provide protection for an employer.  

  Attendees will learn about the court decision that impacts how chiropractors can use LMTs in the office.  We will discuss the law after HB 837 and how it impacts treatment of PI patients.  And attendees will learn the status of “animal chiropractic” in Florida This is a lecture that you will not want to miss!

  Learning Objectives

  1. Identify recent state and federal legislative changes impacting the profession, and potential implications for chiropractors in the from the legislative session.
  2. Review the requirements of the state of the law regarding noncompete agreements and discuss alternative options.
  3. Review of the top laws and regulations affecting Florida chiropractors and practice owners, such as permissible advertising content and sexual misconduct in the workplace.
  4. Review the practice of personal injury and how the new GEICO decision and House Bill 837 impacts your practice.
  5. Review the laws surrounding “animal chiropractic”