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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2128
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11 Senator Forman moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 44. Subsection (1) of section 458.337, Florida
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19 458.337 Reports of disciplinary actions by medical
20 organizations and hospitals.--
21 (1)(a) The department shall be notified when any
22 physician:
23 1. Has been removed or suspended or has had any other
24 disciplinary action taken by his or her peers within any
25 professional medical association, society, body, or
26 professional standards review organization established
27 pursuant to Pub. L. No. 92-603, s. 249F, or similarly
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29 association, society, body, or organization is local,
30 regional, state, national, or international in scope; or
31 2. Has been disciplined by a licensed hospital, health
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1 maintenance organization, prepaid health clinic, ambulatory
2 surgical center, or nursing home or the medical staff of such
3 a hospital, health maintenance organization, prepaid health
4 clinic, ambulatory surgical center, or nursing home, including
5 allowing the physician to resign, for any act that constitutes
6 a violation of this chapter. If a physician resigns or
7 withdraws from privileges when such facility notifies the
8 physician that it is conducting an investigation or inquiry
9 regarding an act which is potentially a violation of this
10 chapter, the facility shall complete its investigation or
11 inquiry and shall notify the department of the physician's
12 resignation or withdrawal from privileges if the completed
13 investigation or inquiry results in a finding that such act
14 constitutes a violation of this chapter for which the facility
15 would have disciplined the physician or allowed the physician
16 to resign or withdraw from privileges.
17 (b) Within 20 days of receipt of such notification,
18 the department shall notify all hospitals and health
19 maintenance organizations in the state of any disciplinary
20 action which is severe enough for expulsion or resignation
21 reported pursuant to subparagraph (a)2., identifying the
22 disciplined physician, the action taken, and the reason for
23 such action.
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29 And the title is amended as follows:
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2 amending s. 458.337, F.S.; requiring the
3 Department of Health to notify health
4 maintenance organizations of specified
5 disciplinary action against physicians;
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