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11  Senator Silver moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 187, between lines 2 and 3,

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17         Section 243.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (6) of

18  section 483.901, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         483.901  Medical physicists; definitions; licensure.--

20         (6)  LICENSE REQUIRED.--An individual may not engage in

21  the practice of medical physics, including the specialties of

22  diagnostic radiological physics, therapeutic radiological

23  physics, medical nuclear radiological physics, or medical

24  health physics, without a license issued by the department for

25  the appropriate specialty.

26         (e)  On receipt of an application and fee as specified

27  in this section, the department may issue a license to

28  practice medical physics in this state:

29         1.  Until October 1, 1998 1997, to a person who meets

30  any of the following requirements:

31         a.  Earned from an accredited college or university a

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 1  doctoral degree in physics, medical physics, biophysics,

 2  radiological physics, medical health physics, or nuclear

 3  engineering and has at least 2 years' experience in the

 4  practice of the medical physics specialty for which

 5  application is made.

 6         b.  Earned from an accredited college or university a

 7  master's degree in physics, medical physics, biophysics,

 8  radiological physics, medical health physics, or nuclear

 9  engineering and has at least 3 years' experience in the

10  practice of the medical physics specialty for which

11  application is made.

12         c.  Earned from an accredited college or university a

13  bachelor's degree in physics and has at least 5 years'

14  experience in the practice of the medical physics specialty

15  for which application is made.

16         d.  Has at least 8 years' experience in the practice of

17  the medical physics specialty for which application is made, 2

18  years of which must have been earned within the 4 years

19  immediately preceding application for licensure.

20         e.  Is board certified in the medical physics specialty

21  in which the applicant applies to practice by the American

22  Board of Radiology for diagnostic radiological physics,

23  therapeutic radiological physics, or medical nuclear

24  radiological physics; by the American Board of Medical Physics

25  or the Canadian Board of Medical Physics for diagnostic

26  radiological physics, therapeutic radiological physics, or

27  medical nuclear radiological physics; or by the American Board

28  of Health Physics or an equivalent certifying body approved by

29  the agency.

30         2.  On or after October 1, 1997, to a person who is

31  board certified in the medical physics specialty in which the

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 1  applicant applies to practice by the American Board of

 2  Radiology for diagnostic radiological physics, therapeutic

 3  radiological physics, or medical nuclear radiological physics;

 4  by the American Board of Medical Physics for diagnostic

 5  radiological physics, therapeutic radiological physics, or

 6  medical nuclear radiological physics; or by the American Board

 7  of Health Physics or an equivalent certifying body approved by

 8  the department.

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14  And the title is amended as follows:

15         On page 4, line 21, after the semicolon

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18         amending s. 483.901, F.S.; revising a deadline

19         for issuance of certain licenses to practice

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