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House Bill 0929



    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 929

        By Representatives Wise, Jones, Littlefield, Bronson,
    Morse, Gay, Eggelletion, Mackey, Merchant, Stabins, Burroughs,
    Feeney, Arnall, Lippman, Effman, Kelly, Brennan and Ogles




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to hospitals; amending s.

  3         395.0191, F.S.; providing for staff membership

  4         and clinical privileges for licensed

  5         optometrists; providing an effective date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (4) of section

10  395.0191, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

11         395.0191  Staff membership and clinical privileges.--

12         (1)  No licensed facility, in considering and acting

13  upon an application for staff membership or clinical

14  privileges, shall deny the application of a qualified doctor

15  of medicine licensed under chapter 458, a doctor of osteopathy

16  licensed under chapter 459, a doctor of dentistry licensed

17  under chapter 466, a doctor of podiatry licensed under chapter

18  461, a doctor of optometry licensed under chapter 463, or a

19  psychologist licensed under chapter 490 for such staff

20  membership or clinical privileges within the scope of his or

21  her respective licensure solely because the applicant is

22  licensed under any of such chapters.

23         (4)  Nothing herein shall restrict in any way the

24  authority of the medical staff of a licensed facility to

25  review for approval or disapproval all applications for

26  appointment and reappointment to all categories of staff and

27  to make recommendations on each applicant to the governing

28  board, including the delineation of privileges to be granted

29  in each case.  In making such recommendations and in the

30  delineation of privileges, each applicant shall be considered

31  individually pursuant to criteria for a doctor licensed under

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 929

    144-201-97






  1  chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 461, chapter 463, or chapter

  2  466, or for an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed

  3  and certified under chapter 464, or for a psychologist

  4  licensed under chapter 490, as applicable.  The applicant's

  5  eligibility for staff membership or clinical privileges shall

  6  be determined by the applicant's background, experience,

  7  health, training, and demonstrated competency; the applicant's

  8  adherence to applicable professional ethics; the applicant's

  9  reputation; and the applicant's ability to work with others

10  and by such other elements as determined by the governing

11  board, consistent with this part.

12         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1997.

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      Prohibits hospitals and other facilities licensed under
17    chapter 395, F.S., from denying staff membership and
      clinical privileges to optometrists licensed under
18    chapter 463, F.S., within the scope of said licensure,
      solely because of said licensure.
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