Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 230
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Harrell) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 252 and 253
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 458.3145, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read
    7         458.3145 Medical faculty certificate.—
    8         (1) A medical faculty certificate may be issued without
    9  examination to an individual who:
   10         (a) Is a graduate of an accredited medical school or its
   11  equivalent, or is a graduate of a foreign medical school listed
   12  with the World Health Organization;
   13         (b) Holds a valid, current license to practice medicine in
   14  another jurisdiction;
   15         (c) Has completed the application form and remitted a
   16  nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $500;
   17         (d) Has completed an approved residency or fellowship of at
   18  least 1 year or has received training which has been determined
   19  by the board to be equivalent to the 1-year residency
   20  requirement;
   21         (e) Is at least 21 years of age;
   22         (f) Is of good moral character;
   23         (g) Has not committed any act in this or any other
   24  jurisdiction which would constitute the basis for disciplining a
   25  physician under s. 458.331;
   26         (h) For any applicant who has graduated from medical school
   27  after October 1, 1992, has completed, before entering medical
   28  school, the equivalent of 2 academic years of preprofessional,
   29  postsecondary education, as determined by rule of the board,
   30  which must include, at a minimum, courses in such fields as
   31  anatomy, biology, and chemistry; and
   32         (i) Has been offered and has accepted a full-time faculty
   33  appointment to teach in a program of medicine at:
   34         1. The University of Florida;
   35         2. The University of Miami;
   36         3. The University of South Florida;
   37         4. The Florida State University;
   38         5. The Florida International University;
   39         6. The University of Central Florida;
   40         7. The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in
   41  Jacksonville, Florida;
   42         8. The Florida Atlantic University; or
   43         9. The Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St.
   44  Petersburg, Florida;
   45         10. Nova Southeastern University; or
   46         11. Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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   48  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   49  And the title is amended as follows:
   50         Between lines 9 and 10
   51  insert:
   52         458.3145, F.S.; revising the list of individuals who
   53         may be issued a medical faculty certificate without
   54         examination; amending s.