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Florida House of Representatives - 1998 HB 4175
By Representatives Peaden, Thrasher, King, Feeney,
Turnbull, Crist, Maygarden, Lynn, Tamargo, Minton, Westbrook,
Melvin, Goode, Brooks, Arnall, Kelly, Spratt, Ball, Futch,
Trovillion, Bainter, Burroughs, Reddick, Smith, Fuller, Morse,
(Additional Sponsors on Last Printed Page)
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the postsecondary education;
3 establishing a 4-year medical school at Florida
4 State University; providing legislative
5 findings and intent; amending s. 458.3145,
6 F.S.; providing for the issuance of a medical
7 faculty certificate without examination to an
8 individual who has received a full-time faculty
9 appointment to teach a program of medicine at
10 Florida State University; providing an
11 effective date.
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13 WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that more than 3.5
14 million Florida residents are over 60 years of age, and
15 WHEREAS, of those 3.5 million people, almost one
16 million are over 80 years of age, and
17 WHEREAS, while this segment of Florida's citizenry
18 represents almost one-fourth of Florida's total population, it
19 accounts for the majority of visits to physicians, and
20 WHEREAS, it is therefore the finding of the Legislature
21 that the health needs of this population are significant,
22 unique, and require specialized medical training, and
23 WHEREAS, it is the further finding of the Legislature
24 that the medical education of physicians serving this segment
25 of Florida's population should be focused on primary care with
26 a clinical orientation in geriatric medicine, and
27 WHEREAS, it is therefore the intent of the Legislature
28 to establish a medical school whose primary focus is
29 recruiting and training medical professionals to serve this
30 population and to serve as a resource for providing and
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1 directing medical care for the elderly in this state, NOW,
2 THEREFORE,
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4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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6 Section 1. There is established a 4-year medical
7 school within Florida State University. The initial 2-year
8 academic education will be provided at Florida State
9 University, in Leon County, with rotation in local community
10 hospitals. The second 2-year clinical clerkship rotation will
11 be coordinated with the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.
12 Section 2. Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) and
13 subsection (4) of section 458.3145, Florida Statutes, is
14 amended to read:
15 458.3145 Medical faculty certificate.--
16 (1) A medical faculty certificate may be issued
17 without examination to an individual who:
18 (a) Is a graduate of an accredited medical school or
19 its equivalent, or is a graduate of a foreign medical school
20 listed with the World Health Organization;
21 (b) Holds a valid, current license to practice
22 medicine in another jurisdiction;
23 (c) Has completed the application form and remitted a
24 nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $500;
25 (d) Has completed an approved residency or fellowship
26 of at least 1 year or has received training which has been
27 determined by the board to be equivalent to the 1-year
28 residency requirement;
29 (e) Is at least 21 years of age;
30 (f) Is of good moral character;
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1 (g) Has not committed any act in this or any other
2 jurisdiction which would constitute the basis for disciplining
3 a physician under s. 458.331;
4 (h) For any applicant who has graduated from medical
5 school after October 1, 1992, has completed, before entering
6 medical school, the equivalent of 2 academic years of
7 preprofessional, postsecondary education, as determined by
8 rule of the board, which must include, at a minimum, courses
9 in such fields as anatomy, biology, and chemistry; and
10 (i) Has been offered and has accepted a full-time
11 faculty appointment to teach in a program of medicine at:
12 1. The University of Florida,
13 2. The University of Miami,
14 3. The University of South Florida, or
15 4. Florida State University, or
16 5.4. The Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida.
17 (2) The certificate authorizes the holder to practice
18 only in conjunction with his or her faculty position at an
19 accredited medical school and its affiliated clinical
20 facilities or teaching hospitals that are registered with the
21 Board of Medicine as sites at which holders of medical faculty
22 certificates will be practicing. Such certificate
23 automatically expires when the holder's relationship with the
24 medical school is terminated or after a period of 24 months,
25 whichever occurs sooner, and is renewable every 2 years by a
26 holder who applies to the board on a form prescribed by the
27 board and provides certification by the dean of the medical
28 school that the holder is a distinguished medical scholar and
29 an outstanding practicing physician.
30 (3) The holder of a medical faculty certificate issued
31 under this section has all rights and responsibilities
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1 prescribed by law for the holder of a license issued under s.
2 458.311, except as specifically provided otherwise by law.
3 Such responsibilities include compliance with continuing
4 medical education requirements as set forth by rule of the
5 board. A hospital or ambulatory surgical center licensed under
6 chapter 395, health maintenance organization certified under
7 chapter 641, insurer as defined in s. 624.03,
8 multiple-employer welfare arrangement as defined in s.
9 624.437, or any other entity in this state, in considering and
10 acting upon an application for staff membership, clinical
11 privileges, or other credentials as a health care provider,
12 may not deny the application of an otherwise qualified
13 physician for such staff membership, clinical privileges, or
14 other credentials solely because the applicant is a holder of
15 a medical faculty certificate under this section.
16 (4) In any year, the maximum number of extended
17 medical faculty certificate holders as provided in subsection
18 (2) may not exceed 15 persons at each institution named in
19 subparagraphs (1)(i)1.-4.3. and at the facility named in s.
20 240.512 and may not exceed 5 persons at the institution named
21 in subparagraph (1)(i)5.4.
22 5. Annual review of all such certificate recipients
23 will be made by the deans of the accredited 4-year medical
24 schools within this state and reported to the Board of
25 Medicine.
26 (5) Notwithstanding subsection (1), any physician,
27 when providing medical care or treatment in connection with
28 the education of students, residents, or faculty at the
29 request of the dean of an accredited medical school within
30 this state or at the request of the medical director of a
31 statutory teaching hospital as defined in s. 408.07, may do so
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1 upon registration with the board and demonstration of
2 financial responsibility pursuant to s. 458.320(1) or (2)
3 unless such physician is exempt under s. 458.320(5)(a). The
4 performance of such medical care or treatment must be limited
5 to a single period of time, which may not exceed 180
6 consecutive days, and must be rendered within a facility
7 registered under subsection (2) or within a statutory teaching
8 hospital as defined in s. 408.07. A registration fee not to
9 exceed $300, as set by the board, is required of each
10 physician registered under this subsection. However, no more
11 than three physicians per year per institution may be
12 registered under this subsection, and an exemption under this
13 subsection may not be granted to a physician more than once in
14 any given 5-year period.
15 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
16 law.
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19 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Establishes a 4-year medical school at Florida State
21 University. Provides legislative findings and intent.
Amends current provisions of law to provide for the
22 issuance of a medical faculty certificate without
examination to an individual who has received a full-time
23 faculty appointment to teach a program of medicine at
Florida State University.
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ADDITIONAL SPONSORS
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Flanagan, Murman, Wallace, Starks, Fasano, Sembler, Bitner,
29 Crady, Boyd, Argenziano, Ogles, Carlton, Heyman, Andrews,
Sindler, Posey, Brown, D. Prewitt, Villalobos, Bullard,
30 Stabins, Littlefield, Betancourt, Sanderson, Horan, Wiles,
Stafford, Healey, Barreiro, Jacobs, Merchant, Jones, Mackey,
31 Morroni, Culp, Harrington, Livingston, Tobin, Rojas, Lacasa,
Wise, Bloom, Rodriguez-Chomat, Garcia and Gay
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