Bill > H0713

Introduced Session

An act relating to health regulation; amending s. 39.303, F.S.; specifying direct reporting requirements for certain positions within the Children's Medical Services Program; amending s. 381.0042, F.S.; revising the purpose of patient care networks from serving patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome to serving those with human immunodeficiency virus; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; deleting obsolete language; amending s. 381.4018, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to develop strategies to maximize federal-state partnerships that provide incentives for physicians to practice in medically underserved or rural areas; authorizing the department to adopt certain rules; amending s. 381.915, F.S.; revising term limits for Tier 3 cancer center designations within the Florida Consortium of National Cancer Institute Centers Program; amending s. 401.35, F.S.; revising provisions related to the department's rules governing minimum standards for ground ambulances and emergency medical services vehicles; deleting the requirement that the department base rules governing medical supplies and equipment required in ambulances and emergency medical services vehicles on a certain association's standards; hb0713-07-er ENROLLED CS/, Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature deleting the requirement that the department base rules governing ambulance or emergency medical services vehicle design and construction on a certain agency's standards and instead requiring the department to base such rules on national standards recognized by the department; amending s. 404.031, F.S.; defining the term â?³useful beamâ?³; amending s. 404.22, F.S.; providing limitations on the maintenance, operation, and modification of certain radiation machines; providing conditions for the authorized exposure of human beings to the radiation emitted from a radiation machine; amending s. 456.013, F.S.; revising health care practitioner licensure application requirements; authorizing the board or department to issue a temporary license to certain applicants which expires after 60 days; amending s. 456.053, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "referral"; creating s. 408.064, F.S.; requiring the agency to create a webpage to provide information to patients and their families about direct care workers; providing requirements for the webpage; requiring the agency to display a link on its website to the webpage; repealing s. 456.0721, F.S., relating to health care practitioners in default on student loan or scholarship obligations; amending s. 456.074, F.S.; hb0713-07-er ENROLLED CS/, Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 458.3145, F.S.; revising the list of individuals who may be issued a medical faculty certificate without examination; amending s. 458.3312, F.S.; removing a prohibition against physicians representing themselves as board-certified specialists in dermatology unless the recognizing agency is reviewed and reauthorized on a specified basis by the Board of Medicine; amending ss. 458.347 and 459.022, F.S.; revising requirements relating to the Council on Physician Assistants membership; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 459.0055, F.S.; revising licensure requirements for a person seeking licensure or certification as an osteopathic physician; repealing s. 460.4166, F.S., relating to registered chiropractic assistants; amending s. 464.019, F.S.; authorizing the Board of Nursing to adopt specified rules; extending through 2025 the Florida Center for Nursing's responsibility to study and issue an annual report on the implementation of nursing education programs; authorizing certain nursing education programs to apply for an extension for accreditation within a specified timeframe; providing limitations on and eligibility criteria for the extension; providing a tolling provision; amending hb0713-07-er ENROLLED CS/, Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature s. 464.202, F.S.; requiring the Board of Nursing to adopt rules that include disciplinary procedures and standards of practice for certified nursing assistants; amending s. 464.203, F.S.; revising certification requirements for nursing assistants; amending s. 464.204, F.S.; revising grounds for board- imposed disciplinary sanctions; amending s. 466.006, F.S.; revising certain examination requirements for applicants seeking dental licensure; reviving, reenacting, and amending s. 466.0067, F.S., relating to the application for a health access dental license; reviving, reenacting, and amending s. 466.00671, F.S., relating to the renewal of such a license; reviving and reenacting s. 466.00672, F.S., relating to the revocation of such license; amending s. 466.007, F.S.; revising requirements for dental hygienist licensure; amending s. 466.017, F.S.; requiring dentists and certified registered dental hygienists to report in writing certain adverse incidents to the department within a specified timeframe; providing for disciplinary action by the Board of Dentistry for violations; defining the term "adverse incident"; authorizing the board to adopt rules; amending s. 466.031, F.S.; making technical changes; authorizing an employee or an independent contractor of a dental hb0713-07-er ENROLLED CS/, Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature laboratory, acting as an agent of that dental laboratory, to engage in onsite consultation with a licensed dentist during a dental procedure; amending s. 466.036, F.S.; revising the frequency of dental laboratory inspections during a specified period; amending s. 468.701, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "athletic trainer"; deleting a requirement that is relocated to another section; amending s. 468.707, F.S.; revising athletic trainer licensure requirements; amending s. 468.711, F.S.; requiring certain athletic trainer licensees to maintain certification in good standing without lapse as a condition of license renewal; amending s. 468.713, F.S.; requiring that an athletic trainer work within a specified scope of practice; relocating an existing requirement that was stricken from another section; amending s. 468.723, F.S.; requiring the direct supervision of an athletic training student to be in accordance with rules adopted by the Board of Athletic Training; amending s. 468.803, F.S.; revising orthotic, prosthetic, and pedorthic licensure, registration, and examination requirements; amending s. 480.033, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "apprentice"; amending s. 480.041, F.S.; revising qualifications for licensure as a massage therapist; hb0713-07-er ENROLLED CS/, Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature specifying that massage apprentices licensed before a specified date may continue to perform massage therapy as authorized under their licenses; authorizing massage apprentices to apply for full licensure upon completion of their apprenticeships, under certain conditions; repealing s. 480.042, F.S., relating to examinations for licensure as a massage therapist; amending s. 490.003, F.S.; revising the definition of the terms "doctoral-level psychological education" and "doctoral degree in psychology"; amending s. 490.005, F.S.; revising requirements for licensure by examination of psychologists and school psychologists; amending s. 490.006, F.S.; revising requirements for licensure by endorsement of psychologists and school psychologists; amending s. 491.0045, F.S.; exempting clinical social worker interns, marriage and family therapist interns, and mental health counselor interns from registration requirements, under certain circumstances; amending s. 491.005, F.S.; revising requirements for the licensure by examination of marriage and family therapists; revising requirements for the licensure by examination of mental health counselors; amending s. 491.006, F.S.; revising requirements for licensure by endorsement or certification for specified professions; amending s. hb0713-07-er ENROLLED CS/, Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature 491.007, F.S.; removing a biennial intern registration fee; amending s. 491.009, F.S.; authorizing the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling or, under certain circumstances, the department to enter an order denying licensure or imposing penalties against an applicant for licensure under certain circumstances; amending ss. 491.0046 and 945.42, F.S.; conforming cross-references; reenacting s. 459.021(6), F.S., relating to registration of osteopathic resident physicians, interns, and fellows, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 459.0055, F.S., in a reference thereto; amending s. 514.0115, F.S.; providing that certain surf pools are exempt from supervision for specified provisions under certain circumstances; providing construction; defining the term "surf pool"; amending s. 553.77, F.S.; conforming a cross- reference; amending s. 408.809, F.S.; providing that battery on a specified victim is a disqualifying offense for employment in certain health care facilities; amending s. 456.0135, F.S.; providing that battery on a specified victim is a disqualifying offense for licensure as a health care practitioner; providing for retroactive applicability of specified provisions; providing effective dates. hb0713-07-er ENROLLED CS/, Engrossed 3 2020 Legislature

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Ana Maria Rodriguez (R)*, 

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Chapter No. 2020-133 (on 06/30/2020)

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