Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1241, 1st Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 1/AD/2R . Floor: SENAT/C
03/03/2016 12:31 PM . 03/09/2016 12:24 PM
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Senator Grimsley moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 120 - 222
4 and insert:
5 of chapter 400, notwithstanding any provisions in chapter 465 or
6 chapter 893 which may prohibit this delegation. For the purpose
7 of this paragraph, an order is not considered a prescription. A
8 licensed physician assistant working in a facility that is
9 licensed under chapter 395 may order any medication under the
10 direction of the supervisory physician.
11 Section 3. Paragraph (f) of subsection (4) of section
12 459.022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 459.022 Physician assistants.—
14 (4) PERFORMANCE OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—
15 (f) A supervisory physician may delegate to a licensed
16 physician assistant the authority to, and the licensed physician
17 assistant acting under the direction of the supervisory
18 physician may, order any medication medications for
19 administration to the supervisory physician’s patient during his
20 or her care in a facility licensed under chapter 395 or part II
21 of chapter 400, notwithstanding any provisions in chapter 465 or
22 chapter 893 which may prohibit this delegation. For the purpose
23 of this paragraph, an order is not considered a prescription. A
24 licensed physician assistant working in a facility that is
25 licensed under chapter 395 may order any medication under the
26 direction of the supervisory physician.
27 Section 4. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (3) of
28 section 464.012, Florida Statutes, to read:
29 464.012 Certification of advanced registered nurse
30 practitioners; fees.—
31 (3) An advanced registered nurse practitioner shall perform
32 those functions authorized in this section within the framework
33 of an established protocol that is filed with the board upon
34 biennial license renewal and within 30 days after entering into
35 a supervisory relationship with a physician or changes to the
36 protocol. The board shall review the protocol to ensure
37 compliance with applicable regulatory standards for protocols.
38 The board shall refer to the department licensees submitting
39 protocols that are not compliant with the regulatory standards
40 for protocols. A practitioner currently licensed under chapter
41 458, chapter 459, or chapter 466 shall maintain supervision for
42 directing the specific course of medical treatment. Within the
43 established framework, an advanced registered nurse practitioner
44 may:
45 (e) Order any medication for administration to a patient in
46 a facility licensed under chapter 395 or part II of chapter 400,
47 notwithstanding any provisions in chapter 465 or chapter 893.
48 Section 5. Subsections (1) and (22) of section 893.02,
49 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
50 893.02 Definitions.—The following words and phrases as used
51 in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the
52 context otherwise requires:
53 (1) “Administer” or “administration” means the direct
54 application of a controlled substance, whether by injection,
55 inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a
56 person or animal.
57 (22) “Prescription” means and includes any an order for
58 drugs or medicinal supplies which is written, signed, or
59 transmitted by any word of mouth, telephone, telegram, or other
60 means of communication by a duly licensed practitioner
61 authorized licensed by the laws of this the state to prescribe
62 such drugs or medicinal supplies, is issued in good faith and in
63 the course of professional practice, is intended to be filled,
64 compounded, or dispensed by a another person authorized licensed
65 by the laws of this the state to do so, and meets meeting the
66 requirements of s. 893.04.
67 (a) The term also includes an order for drugs or medicinal
68 supplies so transmitted or written by a physician, dentist,
69 veterinarian, or other practitioner licensed to practice in a
70 state other than Florida, but only if the pharmacist called upon
71 to fill such an order determines, in the exercise of his or her
72 professional judgment, that the order was issued pursuant to a
73 valid patient-physician relationship, that it is authentic, and
74 that the drugs or medicinal supplies so ordered are considered
75 necessary for the continuation of treatment of a chronic or
76 recurrent illness.
77 (b) However, If the physician writing the prescription is
78 not known to the pharmacist, the pharmacist shall obtain proof
79 to a reasonable certainty of the validity of the said
80 prescription.
81 (c) A prescription order for a controlled substance may
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84 And the title is amended as follows:
85 Delete lines 17 - 21
86 and insert:
87 amending s. 893.02, F.S.; revising the term
88 “administer” to include the term “administration”;
89 revising the definition of the term “prescription”;
90 amending s. 893.04, F.S.; conforming