Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 358
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/22/2022           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
       (Rodriguez) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (126144) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 555 - 601
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 6. Effective upon this act becoming a law,
    7  subsection (6) of section 491.0045, Florida Statutes, is amended
    8  to read:
    9         491.0045 Intern registration; requirements.—
   10         (6) A registration issued on or before March 31, 2017,
   11  expires March 31, 2022, and may not be renewed or reissued. Any
   12  registration issued after March 31, 2017, expires 60 months
   13  after the date it is issued. The board may make a one-time
   14  exception to the requirements of this subsection in emergency or
   15  hardship cases, as defined by board rule, if the candidate has
   16  passed the theory and practice examination described in s.
   17  491.005(1)(d), (3)(d), and (4)(d).
   18         Section 7. Effective July 1, 2022, section 491.0045,
   19  Florida Statutes, as amended by this act, is amended to read:
   20         491.0045 Associate Intern registration; requirements.—
   21         (1) An individual who has not satisfied the postgraduate or
   22  post-master’s level experience requirements, as specified in s.
   23  491.005(1)(c), (3)(c), or (4)(c), must register as an associate
   24  intern in the profession for which he or she is seeking
   25  licensure before commencing the post-master’s experience
   26  requirement or an individual who intends to satisfy part of the
   27  required graduate-level practicum, associateship internship, or
   28  field experience, outside the academic arena for any profession,
   29  and must register as an associate intern in the profession for
   30  which he or she is seeking licensure before commencing the
   31  practicum, associateship internship, or field experience.
   32         (2) The department shall register as an associate a
   33  clinical social worker intern, associate marriage and family
   34  therapist intern, or associate mental health counselor intern
   35  each applicant who the board certifies has:
   36         (a) Completed the application form and remitted a
   37  nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $200, as set by
   38  board rule;
   39         (b)1. Completed the education requirements as specified in
   40  s. 491.005(1)(c), (3)(c), or (4)(c) for the profession for which
   41  he or she is applying for licensure, if needed; and
   42         2. Submitted an acceptable supervision plan, as determined
   43  by the board, for meeting the practicum, associateship
   44  internship, or field work required for licensure that was not
   45  satisfied in his or her graduate program.
   46         (c) Identified a qualified supervisor.
   47         (3) An individual registered under this section must remain
   48  under supervision while practicing under registered associate
   49  intern status.
   50         (4) An individual who fails to comply with this section may
   51  not be granted a license under this chapter, and any time spent
   52  by the individual completing the experience requirement as
   53  specified in s. 491.005(1)(c), (3)(c), or (4)(c) before
   54  registering as an associate intern does not count toward
   55  completion of the requirement.
   56         (5) An associate intern registration is valid for 5 years.
   57         (6) A registration issued on or before March 31, 2017,
   58  expires March 31, 2022, and may not be renewed or reissued. Any
   59  registration issued after March 31, 2017, expires 60 months
   60  after the date it is issued. The board may make a one-time
   61  exception to the requirements of this subsection in emergency or
   62  hardship cases, as defined by board rule.
   63  
   64  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   65  And the title is amended as follows:
   66         Delete lines 1216 - 1219
   67  and insert:
   68         491.0045, F.S.; revising circumstances under which the
   69         board may grant a certain one-time exemption from
   70         associate registration requirements; conforming
   71         provisions to changes made by the act; amending ss.