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11  Senator Silver moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
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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
20         medical physics;
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