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House Bill 0609

Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 609 By Representative Hafner 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to nursing home administration; 3 amending s. 468.1645, F.S.; revising provisions 4 that exempt from licensure requirements 5 administrators of nursing homes operated by and 6 for persons who rely upon treatment by 7 spiritual means through prayer; providing an 8 effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 468.1645, Florida 13 Statutes, is amended to read: 14 468.1645 Administrator license required.-- 15 (2) Nothing in this part or in the rules adopted 16 hereunder shall require an administrator of any facility or 17 institution operated by and a recognized church or religious 18 denomination for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment 19 by spiritual means through prayer, in accordance with the 20 creed or tenets of any organized church or religious 21 denomination, to be licensed as a nursing home administrator 22 if the administrator who is employed only to administer in 23 such facilities or institutions accredited by such church or 24 denomination for the care and treatment of the sick in 25 accordance with its teachings, to be licensed as a nursing 26 home administrator. 27 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 1997. 28 29 30 31 1 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 609 123-155-97 1 ***************************************** 2 SENATE SUMMARY 3 Revises provisions that exempt from licensure 4 requirements administrators of nursing homes operated by and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by 5 spiritual means through prayer. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2