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    The Florida Department of Health released guidance recommending against certain treatments for gender dysphoria in children and adolescents due to a lack of evidence and high risks of long-term harm. The Agency for Health Care Administration conducted a review and concluded the medical literature provides insufficient evidence that sex reassignment through medical interventions is safe and effective. The State Surgeon General encourages the Florida Board of Medicine to review the Agency's findings and establish a standard of care for these complex and irreversible procedures.

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    The Florida Department of Health released guidance recommending against certain treatments for gender dysphoria in children and adolescents due to a lack of evidence and high risks of long-term harm. The Agency for Health Care Administration conducted a review and concluded the medical literature provides insufficient evidence that sex reassignment through medical interventions is safe and effective. The State Surgeon General encourages the Florida Board of Medicine to review the Agency's findings and establish a standard of care for these complex and irreversible procedures.

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    Ron DeSantis

    Mission: Governor
    To protect, promote & improve the health
    of all people in Florida through integrated
    state, county & community efforts. Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD
    State Surgeon General

    Vision: To be the Healthiest State in the Nation

    June 2, 2022

    Florida Board of Medicine


    4052 Bald Cypress Way Bin C-03
    Tallahassee, FL 32399-3253

    Members of the Board,

    On April 20, 2022, the Florida Department of Health (Department) released guidance on the
    treatment of gender dysphoria for children and adolescents. As State Surgeon General, I
    recommended against certain pharmaceutical, non-pharmaceutical, and surgical treatments for
    gender dysphoria. The recommendations are based on a lack of conclusive evidence and the
    high risk for long-term, irreversible harms from these treatments.

    Since then, the Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency) has conducted a full review to
    determine if these treatments are “consistent with generally accepted professional medical
    standards (GAPMS) and not experimental or investigational.” The Agency’s review included an
    overview of systematic reviews on puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, surgeries, or a
    combination of interventions.

    While some professional organizations, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the
    Endocrine Society, recommend these treatments for “gender affirming” care, the scientific
    evidence supporting these complex medical interventions is extraordinarily weak. For instance,
    the overview conducted by Dr. Brignardello-Peterson and Dr. Wiercioch states that “there is
    great uncertainty about the effects of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries in
    young people with gender dysphoria.”

    The current standards set by numerous professional organizations appear to follow a preferred
    political ideology instead of the highest level of generally accepted medical science. Florida
    must do more to protect children from politics-based medicine. Otherwise, children and
    adolescents in our state will continue to face a substantial risk of long-term harm.

    The Agency ultimately concluded that “Available medical literature provides insufficient evidence
    that sex reassignment through medical interventions is a safe and effective treatment for gender
    dysphoria.” I encourage the Board to review the Agency’s findings and the Department’s
    guidance to establish a standard of care for these complex and irreversible procedures.

    Sincerely,

    Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD


    State Surgeon General

    Florida Department of Health


    Office of the State Surgeon General
    4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-00 • Tallahassee, FL 32399-1701
    PHONE: 850/245-4210 • FAX: 850/922-9453
    FloridaHealth.gov

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