Bill Text: FL H1489 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Medical Telecommunications and Transportation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Health Care Regulation Policy (HFPC) [H1489 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1489-Introduced.html

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HB 1489

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to medical telecommunications and
3	transportation; amending s. 381.0034, F.S.; deleting the
4	requirement that any person who applies to be certified or
5	is certified as an emergency medical technician,
6	paramedic, 911 emergency dispatcher, emergency medical
7	technician, or paramedic must complete an educational
8	course approved by the Department of Health regarding the
9	human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune
10	deficiency syndrome; amending s. 401.2701, F.S.; deleting
11	a requirement that an institution seeking approval of a
12	program for the education of emergency medical technicians
13	and paramedics show documentation of the inclusion of
14	instruction in HIV/AIDS training in its curriculum;
15	providing an effective date.
16
17	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19	Section 1. Section 381.0034, Florida Statutes, is amended
20	to read:
21	381.0034 Requirement for instruction on HIV and AIDS.-
22	(1) As of July 1, 1991, the Department of Health shall
23	require each person licensed or certified under chapter 401,
24	chapter 467, part IV of chapter 468, or chapter 483, as a
25	condition of biennial relicensure, to complete an educational
26	course approved by the department on the modes of transmission,
27	infection control procedures, clinical management, and
28	prevention of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune
29	deficiency syndrome. Such course shall include information on
30	current state Florida law on acquired immune deficiency syndrome
31	and its impact on testing, confidentiality of test results, and
32	treatment of patients. Each such licensee or certificateholder
33	shall submit confirmation of having completed the said course,
34	on a form provided by the department, when submitting fees or
35	application for each biennial renewal.
36	(2) Failure to complete the requirements of this section
37	shall be grounds for disciplinary action contained in the
38	chapters specified in subsection (1). In addition to discipline
39	by the department, the licensee or certificateholder shall be
40	required to complete the said course specified in subsection
41	(1).
42	(3) The department shall require, as a condition of
43	granting a license under the chapters specified in subsection
44	(1), that an applicant making initial application for licensure
45	complete an educational course acceptable to the department on
46	human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency
47	syndrome. An applicant who has not taken a course at the time of
48	licensure shall, upon an affidavit showing good cause, be
49	allowed 6 months to complete this requirement.
50	(4) The department may shall have the authority to adopt
51	rules to administer carry out the provisions of this section.
52	(5) Any professional holding two or more licenses or
53	certificates subject to the provisions of this section shall be
54	permitted to show proof of having taken one department-approved
55	course on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune
56	deficiency syndrome, for purposes of relicensure or
57	recertification for the additional licenses.
58	Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 401.2701, Florida
59	Statutes, is amended to read:
60	401.2701 Emergency medical services training programs.-
61	(1) Any private or public institution in this state
62	Florida desiring to conduct an approved program for the
63	education of emergency medical technicians and paramedics shall:
64	(a) Submit a completed application on a form provided by
65	the department, which must include:
66	1. Evidence that the institution is in compliance with all
67	applicable requirements of the Department of Education.
68	2. Evidence of an affiliation agreement with a hospital
69	that has an emergency department staffed by at least one
70	physician and one registered nurse.
71	3. Evidence of an affiliation agreement with a current
72	Florida-licensed emergency medical services provider. Such
73	agreement shall include, at a minimum, a commitment by the
74	provider to conduct the field experience portion of the
75	education program.
76	4. Documentation verifying faculty, including:
77	a. A medical director who is a licensed physician meeting
78	the applicable requirements for emergency medical services
79	medical directors as outlined in this chapter and rules of the
80	department. The medical director shall have the duty and
81	responsibility of certifying that graduates have successfully
82	completed all phases of the education program and are proficient
83	in basic or advanced life support techniques, as applicable.
84	b. A program director responsible for the operation,
85	organization, periodic review, administration, development, and
86	approval of the program.
87	5. Documentation verifying that the curriculum:
88	a. Meets the course guides and instructor's lesson plans
89	in the most recent Emergency Medical Technician-Basic National
90	Standard Curricula for emergency medical technician programs and
91	Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic National Standard
92	Curricula for paramedic programs.
93	b. Includes 2 hours of instruction on the trauma scorecard
94	methodologies for assessment of adult trauma patients and
95	pediatric trauma patients as specified by the department by
96	rule.
97	c. Includes 4 hours of instruction on HIV/AIDS training
98	consistent with the requirements of chapter 381.
99	6. Evidence of sufficient medical and educational
100	equipment to meet emergency medical services training program
101	needs.
102	(b) Receive a scheduled site visit from the department to
103	the applicant's institution. Such site visit shall be conducted
104	within 30 days after notification to the institution that the
105	application was accepted. During the site visit, the department
106	must determine the applicant's compliance with the following
107	criteria:
108	1. Emergency medical technician programs must be a minimum
109	of 110 hours, with at least 20 hours of supervised clinical
110	supervision, including 10 hours in a hospital emergency
111	department.
112	2. Paramedic programs must be available only to Florida-
113	certified emergency medical technicians or an emergency medical
114	technician applicant who will obtain Florida certification prior
115	to completion of phase one of the paramedic program. Paramedic
116	programs must be a minimum of 700 hours of didactic and skills
117	practice components, with the skills laboratory student-to-
118	instructor ratio not exceeding six to one. Paramedic programs
119	must provide a field internship experience aboard an advanced
120	life support permitted ambulance. However, a portion of the
121	field internship experience may be satisfied aboard an advanced
122	life support permitted vehicle other than an ambulance as
123	determined by rule of the department.
124	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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