Overview
- Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Erik Martindale is no longer a registered nurse in the state after his now-deleted posts about refusing anesthesia to Republican patients.
- The Florida Department of Health’s license portal shows Martindale voluntarily relinquished his credential, a status the agency notes does not constitute discipline, with no prior emergency actions or public complaints listed.
- Martindale contends his Facebook and related accounts were hacked, and multiple outlets reported his social-media profiles were later deactivated.
- Fox News, citing an unnamed state official, reported that Martindale moved to Indiana without notifying Florida’s Board of Nursing, which could raise nursing-compact issues.
- The episode unfolded alongside a separate case in which nurse Lexie Lawler was barred from practicing in Florida after a video wishing harm on White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.