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House Bill 1855




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1855

        By Representative Flanagan






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to medical practice; creating

  3         s. 458.351, F.S.; requiring licensure of any

  4         physician, wherever located, who has primary

  5         authority over the care or diagnosis of a

  6         patient located in this state; providing an

  7         exception; providing applicability with respect

  8         to transmission of radiographic images;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Section 458.351, Florida Statutes, is

14  created to read:

15         458.351  Telemedicine; licensure required;

16  exception.--In addition to any other provision of this chapter

17  defining or otherwise regulating the practice of medicine, any

18  physician, wherever located, who has primary authority over

19  the care or diagnosis of a patient located in this state is

20  practicing medicine in this state and shall be subject to

21  licensure as required by this chapter. A physician lawfully

22  licensed in another state or territory of the United States or

23  in a foreign country who engages in consultation with a

24  physician duly licensed in this state and does not exercise

25  primary authority over the patient's care and diagnosis is

26  exempt from licensure, as provided in s. 458.303(1)(b). In the

27  case of electronic transmission of radiographic images, a

28  physician who provides, through an ongoing regular

29  arrangement, official authenticated interpretations of

30  radiographic images to any health care practitioner or patient

31  located in this state shall be regarded as exercising primary

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1855

    570-133A-97






  1  authority over the diagnosis of the involved patient and

  2  subject to licensure as required by this chapter.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 1998.

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  6                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Requires licensure of any physician, wherever located,
  8    who has primary authority over the care or diagnosis of a
      patient located in this state. Exempts any nonresident
  9    physician who consults with a physician licensed in this
      state and does not exercise such authority. Provides that
10    any physician who provides, through an ongoing regular
      arrangement, official authenticated interpretations of
11    radiographic images to any health care practitioner or
      patient located in this state shall be regarded as
12    exercising such authority and therefore is subject to
      licensure.
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