{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-641.408","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 641.408","heading":"Use of certain words prohibited in the name of a prepaid health clinic.","body":"(1) No person issued a certificate of authority as a prepaid health clinic, other than a licensed insurer, insofar as its name is concerned, shall use in its name, contracts, or literature any of the words “health maintenance organization,” “HMO,” “insurance,” “casualty,” “surety,” or “mutual”; any other word descriptive of the health maintenance organization, insurance, casualty, or surety business; or any other word deceptively similar to the name or description of a health maintenance organization, insurance corporation, or surety corporation doing business in this state.\n(2) A person that has not been issued a certificate of authority under the provisions of this part shall not use in its name, logo, contracts, or literature the phrase “prepaid health clinic” or the initials “PHC”; nor imply, directly or indirectly, that it is a prepaid health clinic; nor hold itself out to be a prepaid health clinic.\nHistory.—ss. 10, 11, ch. 84-313; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429.","path":["CHAPTER 641 HEALTH CARE SERVICE PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0600-0699/0641/0641.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:11:09Z","sha256":"1b23154209e0896c34a3dea0508703a9d6d27e2b53773521a52ebc82351560a7","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-641.407","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-641.409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}