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Senate Bill 0392
    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 392

    By Senator Holzendorf





    2-491-98                                                See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to substance abuse services;

  3         amending s. 397.311, F.S.; redefining the term

  4         "qualified professional" for purposes of

  5         providing certain substance abuse assessment or

  6         treatment services; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (25) of section 397.311, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         397.311  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, except

14  part VIII:

15         (25)  "Qualified professional" means a physician

16  licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459; or a person who has

17  at least an earned master's degree in a social or behavioral

18  science in a human services discipline with a minimum of 2

19  years' experience in the assessment or treatment of substance

20  abuse or who is certified through a department-recognized

21  certification process for substance abuse treatment services.

22         Section 2.  This act shall take effect on October 1 of

23  the year in which enacted.

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26                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Eliminates from the definition of "qualified
28    professional," for purposes of providing substance abuse
      assessment or treatment services under chapter 397, F.S.,
29    persons who are not either licensed as physicians or
      certified to provide such services under a process
30    recognized by the Department of Children and Family
      Services.
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