policy established in 2013 prohibits discrimination against multiple protected groups, including the LGBT community.
=== Medicine and preeminence ===
The Florida Legislature approved the creation of the allopathic Florida State University College of Medicine in June 2000 due to a need for medical doctors, especially in primary care fields. It was the first medical school approved in the United States in almost two decades. The King Life Sciences Building, located next to the College of Medicine, was added June 2008, to complement medical research with research in related fields.
In 2013 the Florida Legislature and the Florida Board of Governors designated Florida State University and the University of Florida as the first two "preeminent universities" among the twelve universities of the State University System of Florida. The status is based on objective criteria and must be earned annually. The shared goal of having top national universities in Florida is highly political, often centering on the use of the …
