Bill Amendment: FL H0941 | 2016 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Department of Health

Status: 2016-04-14 - Chapter No. 2016-230, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5103 (Ch. 2016-25) [H0941 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-H0941-Senate_Floor_Amendment_818524.html

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       Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 941, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Richter moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 515 - 666
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 12. Subsection (3) of section 456.024, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         456.024 Members of Armed Forces in good standing with
    8  administrative boards or the department; spouses; licensure.—
    9         (3)(a) A person is eligible for licensure as a health care
   10  practitioner in this state if he or she:
   11         1. who Serves or has served as a health care practitioner
   12  in the United States Armed Forces, the United States Reserve
   13  Forces, or the National Guard;
   14         2. or a person who Serves or has served on active duty with
   15  the United States Armed Forces as a health care practitioner in
   16  the United States Public Health Service; or
   17         3. Is a health care practitioner, other than a dentist, in
   18  another state, the District of Columbia, or a possession or
   19  territory of the United States and is the spouse of a person
   20  serving on active duty with the United States Armed Forces, is
   21  eligible for licensure in this state.
   22  
   23  The department shall develop an application form, and each
   24  board, or the department if there is no board, shall waive the
   25  application fee, licensure fee, and unlicensed activity fee for
   26  such applicants. For purposes of this subsection, “health care
   27  practitioner” means a health care practitioner as defined in s.
   28  456.001 and a person licensed under part III of chapter 401 or
   29  part IV of chapter 468.
   30         (b)(a) The board, or the department if there is no board,
   31  shall issue a license to practice in this state to a person who:
   32         1. Submits a complete application.
   33         2. If he or she is member of the United States Armed
   34  Forces, the United States Reserve Forces, or the National Guard,
   35  submits proof that he or she has received Receives an honorable
   36  discharge within 6 months before, or will receive an honorable
   37  discharge within 6 months after, the date of submission of the
   38  application.
   39         3.a. Holds an active, unencumbered license issued by
   40  another state, the District of Columbia, or a possession or
   41  territory of the United States and who has not had disciplinary
   42  action taken against him or her in the 5 years preceding the
   43  date of submission of the application;
   44         b. Is a military health care practitioner in a profession
   45  for which licensure in a state or jurisdiction is not required
   46  to practice in the United States Armed Forces, if he or she
   47  submits to the department evidence of military training or
   48  experience substantially equivalent to the requirements for
   49  licensure in this state in that profession and evidence that he
   50  or she has obtained a passing score on the appropriate
   51  examination of a national or regional standards organization if
   52  required for licensure in this state; or
   53         c. Is the spouse of a person serving on active duty in the
   54  United States Armed Forces and is a health care practitioner in
   55  a profession, excluding dentistry, for which licensure in
   56  another state or jurisdiction is not required, if he or she
   57  submits to the department evidence of training or experience
   58  substantially equivalent to the requirements for licensure in
   59  this state in that profession and evidence that he or she has
   60  obtained a passing score on the appropriate examination of a
   61  national or regional standards organization if required for
   62  licensure in this state.
   63         4. Attests that he or she is not, at the time of submission
   64  of the application, the subject of a disciplinary proceeding in
   65  a jurisdiction in which he or she holds a license or by the
   66  United States Department of Defense for reasons related to the
   67  practice of the profession for which he or she is applying.
   68         5. Actively practiced the profession for which he or she is
   69  applying for the 3 years preceding the date of submission of the
   70  application.
   71         6. Submits a set of fingerprints for a background screening
   72  pursuant to s. 456.0135, if required for the profession for
   73  which he or she is applying.
   74  
   75  The department shall verify information submitted by the
   76  applicant under this subsection using the National Practitioner
   77  Data Bank.
   78         (c)(b) Each applicant who meets the requirements of this
   79  subsection shall be licensed with all rights and
   80  responsibilities as defined by law. The applicable board, or the
   81  department if there is no board, may deny an application if the
   82  applicant has been convicted of or pled guilty or nolo
   83  contendere to, regardless of adjudication, any felony or
   84  misdemeanor related to the practice of a health care profession
   85  regulated by this state.
   86         (d)(c) An applicant for initial licensure under this
   87  subsection must submit the information required by ss.
   88  456.039(1) and 456.0391(1) no later than 1 year after the
   89  license is issued.
   90  
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   92  And the title is amended as follows:
   93         Delete lines 58 - 61
   94  and insert:
   95         a health care practitioner in this state; creating s.
   96         456.0241,