Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 584
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/18/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Harrell) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 16 - 66
    4  and insert:
    5         (a) The council shall consist of six five members appointed
    6  as follows:
    7         1. The chairperson of the Board of Medicine shall appoint
    8  two three members who are physicians and members of the Board of
    9  Medicine. At least one of the physicians must supervise a
   10  physician assistant in the physician’s practice.
   11         2. The chairperson of the Board of Osteopathic Medicine
   12  shall appoint one member who is a physician and a member of the
   13  Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
   14         3. The State Surgeon General or his or her designee shall
   15  appoint three a fully licensed physician assistants assistant
   16  licensed under this chapter or chapter 459.
   17         (b) At least two of the members appointed to the council
   18  must be physicians who supervise physician assistants in their
   19  practice. Members shall be appointed to terms of 4 years, except
   20  that of the initial appointments, two members shall be appointed
   21  to terms of 2 years, two members shall be appointed to terms of
   22  3 years, and one member shall be appointed to a term of 4 years,
   23  as established by rule of the boards. Council members may not
   24  serve more than two consecutive terms. The council shall
   25  annually elect a chairperson from among its members. For any
   26  given year, if the election of a chairperson ends in a tie vote,
   27  the State Surgeon General shall select the chairperson from
   28  among the council members.
   29         Section 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (9) of
   30  section 459.022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   31         459.022 Physician assistants.—
   32         (9) COUNCIL ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—The Council on
   33  Physician Assistants is created within the department.
   34         (a) The council shall consist of six five members appointed
   35  as follows:
   36         1. The chairperson of the Board of Medicine shall appoint
   37  two three members who are physicians and members of the Board of
   38  Medicine. At least one of the physicians must supervise a
   39  physician assistant in the physician’s practice.
   40         2. The chairperson of the Board of Osteopathic Medicine
   41  shall appoint one member who is a physician and a member of the
   42  Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
   43         3. The State Surgeon General or her or his designee shall
   44  appoint three a fully licensed physician assistants assistant
   45  licensed under chapter 458 or this chapter.
   46         (b) At least two of the members appointed to the council
   47  must be physicians who supervise physician assistants in their
   48  practice. Members shall be appointed to terms of 4 years, except
   49  that of the initial appointments, two members shall be appointed
   50  to terms of 2 years, two members shall be appointed to terms of
   51  3 years, and one member shall be appointed to a term of 4 years,
   52  as established by rule of the boards. Council members may not
   53  serve more than two consecutive terms. The council shall
   54  annually elect a chairperson from among its members. For any
   55  given year, if the election of a chairperson ends in a tie vote,
   56  the State Surgeon General shall select the chairperson from
   57  among the council members.