Senate Bill 2022
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Florida Senate - 1998 SB 2022
By Senator Childers
1-1297-98
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to Florida State University;
3 creating a medical school at the university;
4 amending s. 458.3145, F.S.; providing for the
5 issuance of medical faculty certificates to
6 faculty members at the school; providing an
7 effective date.
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9 WHEREAS, more than 3.5 million residents of this state
10 are older than 60 years of age, and
11 WHEREAS, almost one million of these residents are
12 older than 80, and
13 WHEREAS, these residents account for 25 percent of the
14 population of this state and a majority of the visits to
15 physicians, and
16 WHEREAS, the health needs of older persons require
17 health care providers who have been trained in primary care
18 with a clinical focus on geriatric medicine, NOW, THEREFORE,
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20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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22 Section 1. (1) There is established a medical school
23 at Florida State University.
24 (2) The initial 2-year academic program will be
25 provided at the Leon County campus, with rotations in local
26 hospitals.
27 (3) The second 2-year clinical clerkship rotation will
28 be coordinated with the Mayo Clinic in Duval County.
29 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 458.3145, Florida
30 Statutes, is amended to read:
31 458.3145 Medical faculty certificate.--
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1 (1) A medical faculty certificate may be issued
2 without examination to an individual who:
3 (a) Is a graduate of an accredited medical school or
4 its equivalent, or is a graduate of a foreign medical school
5 listed with the World Health Organization;
6 (b) Holds a valid, current license to practice
7 medicine in another jurisdiction;
8 (c) Has completed the application form and remitted a
9 nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $500;
10 (d) Has completed an approved residency or fellowship
11 of at least 1 year or has received training which has been
12 determined by the board to be equivalent to the 1-year
13 residency requirement;
14 (e) Is at least 21 years of age;
15 (f) Is of good moral character;
16 (g) Has not committed any act in this or any other
17 jurisdiction which would constitute the basis for disciplining
18 a physician under s. 458.331;
19 (h) For any applicant who has graduated from medical
20 school after October 1, 1992, has completed, before entering
21 medical school, the equivalent of 2 academic years of
22 preprofessional, postsecondary education, as determined by
23 rule of the board, which must include, at a minimum, courses
24 in such fields as anatomy, biology, and chemistry; and
25 (i) Has been offered and has accepted a full-time
26 faculty appointment to teach in a program of medicine at:
27 1. The University of Florida,
28 2. The University of Miami,
29 3. The University of South Florida, or
30 4. Florida State University, or
31 5.4. The Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida.
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1 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.
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4 SENATE SUMMARY
5 Creates a medical school at Florida State University,
with clinical rotations coordinated with the Mayo Clinic
6 in Duval County. Provides for the issuance of medical
faculty certificates without examination for faculty at
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