{"id":2386,"date":"2020-09-11T15:15:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T15:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterhoppenfeld.flywheelsites.com\/?p=2386"},"modified":"2020-09-14T23:24:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T23:24:51","slug":"health-advice-is-free-speech-no-says-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterhoppenfeld.com\/health-advice-is-free-speech-no-says-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Advice is Free Speech? \u201cNo,\u201d Says Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Florida-based Health Coach Loses Case After Arguing First Amendment<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">Many of you have read or heard about the decision involving a<\/span> <span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z h-ldquo\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z h-ldquo\"><a class=\"attrlink\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2019\/07\/unlicensed-health-coach-claims-health-advice-is-free-speech-court-disagrees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-target-href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2019\/07\/unlicensed-health-coach-claims-health-advice-is-free-speech-court-disagrees\/\"><u>health<\/u><\/a><\/span><span class=\"attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\"><a class=\"attrlink\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2019\/07\/unlicensed-health-coach-claims-health-advice-is-free-speech-court-disagrees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-target-href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2019\/07\/unlicensed-health-coach-claims-health-advice-is-free-speech-court-disagrees\/\"><u> coach<\/u><\/a><\/span><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">\u201d from Florida who attempted to defend her unlicensed rendering of nutritional advice as a violation of free speech.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">The coach first worked in California and then moved to Florida. California had no applicable regulations for health coaches. Florida does.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">First, there is nothing novel about the fact that various states regulate nutritional guidance, and require, depending on the state, specific educational degrees, clinical training, registration, licensing, etc.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">The bottom line here is that:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"listtype-bullet listindent1 list-bullet1\">\n<li><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">This coach moved to a state that has a stringent licensing requirement.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">She didn\u2019t get a license.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">She was caught.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">She was barred from giving nutritional\/diet advice and was fined.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">A public interest law firm took on her case and argued that she had a right to offer nutritional advice as a<\/span> <span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z h-ldquo\">\u201cfreedom<\/span><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\"> of speech\u201d issue. The court rejected this.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">This is not an attack on the health and wellness industry.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">This is not a reason for mass panic.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">This decision simply states the obvious. States have the right to protect the health of their citizens through the licensing of health and wellness practitioners. Freedom of speech? I think not.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">What&#8217;s the takeaway?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">As I have been advising graduates of a variety of training programs for years and years \u2013 it is their responsibility to know what their certification, diploma or course completion allows them to do in their home state.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">In my opinion, regulation of<\/span> <span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z h-quot\">&#8220;health<\/span><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\"> coaching&#8221; will be at the forefront of new regulations, and rightfully so. There is, unfortunately, a proliferation of training programs that really don\u2019t do the trick<\/span> <span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z h-lparen\">(I&#8217;m<\/span><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\"> not referring to any one in particular), and a large number of coaches who don&#8217;t do their homework about what they can and can&#8217;t do.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">Let&#8217;s not forget, the elephant in the room is the health of the individual patient, and it is in all of our interests that coaches be qualified.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">Check out the specifics of the case <\/span><span class=\"attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\"><a class=\"attrlink\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2019\/07\/unlicensed-health-coach-claims-health-advice-is-free-speech-court-disagrees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-target-href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2019\/07\/unlicensed-health-coach-claims-health-advice-is-free-speech-court-disagrees\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a><\/span><span class=\" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66zkz122zf0z85z6iy8z90zcz84zu8z68znl6z88zz86zz76zz78zertr2z74zz87z\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida-based Health Coach Loses Case After Arguing First Amendment Many of you have read or heard about the decision involving a \u201chealth coach\u201d from Florida who attempted to defend her unlicensed rendering of nutritional advice as a violation of free speech. \u00a0 The coach first worked in California and then moved to Florida. California had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2387,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[3,4,39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterhoppenfeld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterhoppenfeld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterhoppenfeld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterhoppenfeld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterhoppenfeld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peterhoppenfeld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterhoppenfeld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterhoppenfeld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterhoppenfeld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterhoppenfeld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}