Bill Text: FL H1205 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Veterinary Practice

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H1205 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H1205-Introduced.html

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HB 1205

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to veterinary practice; amending 474.202,
3	F.S.; defining the term "limited service veterinary
4	vaccination clinic"; amending s. 474.215, F.S.; revising
5	terminology; requiring that the Board of Veterinary
6	Medicine establish minimum standards for limited service
7	veterinary vaccination clinics rather than limited service
8	veterinary medical practices; providing an effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1.  Subsection (6) of section 474.202, Florida
13	Statutes, is amended to read:
14	474.202  Definitions.-As used in this chapter:
15	(6)  "Limited-service veterinary vaccination clinic medical
16	practice" means a veterinary practice at which a veterinarian
17	performs vaccinations or immunizations on multiple animals at a
18	temporary location and operates for a limited time offering or
19	providing veterinary services at any location that has a primary
20	purpose other than that of providing veterinary medical service
21	at a permanent or mobile establishment permitted by the board;
22	provides veterinary medical services for privately owned animals
23	that do not reside at that location; operates for a limited
24	time; and provides limited types of veterinary medical services.
25	Section 2.  Subsection (7) of section 474.215, Florida
26	Statutes, is amended to read:
27	474.215  Premises permits.-
28	(7)  The board by rule shall establish minimum standards
29	for the operation of limited service veterinary vaccination
30	clinics medical practices. Such rules shall not restrict limited
31	service veterinary medical practices and shall be consistent
32	with the type of limited veterinary vaccination and immunization
33	services medical service provided.
34	(a)  Any person that offers or provides limited service
35	veterinary vaccination clinics medical practice shall obtain a
36	biennial permit from the board the cost of which shall not
37	exceed $250. The limited service permittee shall register each
38	location where a limited service veterinary vaccination clinic
39	is held and shall pay a fee set by rule not to exceed $25 to
40	register each such location.
41	(b)  All permits issued under this subsection are subject
42	to the provisions of ss. 474.213 and 474.214.
43	(c)  Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection to
44	the contrary, any temporary rabies vaccination effort operated
45	by a county health department in response to a public health
46	threat, as declared by the State Health Officer in consultation
47	with the State Veterinarian, is not subject to any
48	preregistration, time limitation, or fee requirements, but must
49	adhere to all other requirements for limited service veterinary
50	vaccination clinics medical practice as prescribed by rule. The
51	fee charged to the public for a rabies vaccination administered
52	during such temporary rabies vaccination effort may not exceed
53	the actual cost of administering the rabies vaccine. Such rabies
54	vaccination efforts may not be used for any purpose other than
55	to address the public health consequences of the rabies
56	outbreak. The board shall be immediately notified in writing of
57	any temporary rabies vaccination effort operated under this
58	paragraph.
59	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.