Here are five things to know.
1. Plaintiffs in a long-running legal battle filed a petition on Monday seeking rehearing before the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
2. The move came three weeks after a divided panel of the court upheld the law, the third such panel ruling.
3. The petition argued that last month’s 2-1 ruling would violate the First Amendment rights of physicians and post a “grave threat” to public health and safety.
4. The Dec. 14 panel ruling said lawmakers passed the measure after complaints about healthcare providers asking unwelcome questions about patients’ gun ownership and harassing patients.
5. Among the plaintiffs in the challenge are individual physicians and three physician groups.
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