SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 1500

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11  Senator Diaz-Balart moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 5, between lines 12 and 13,

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17         Section 1.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the

18  contrary, any foreign-trained physician who was approved by

19  the Board of Medicine to take, and who completed, in November

20  1990 or November 1992, a special preparatory medical update

21  course authorized by the Board of Medicine and the University

22  of Miami Medical School and who subsequently passed the final

23  course examination and the MOCK FLEX examination, or who was

24  approved by the Board of Medicine to take one of those courses

25  and has a certificate of successful completion of the course

26  from the University of Miami, or the Kaplan Course in 1992 is

27  exempt from any licensure examination required by section

28  458.311 or section 458.3115, Florida Statutes, including the

29  licensure examinations of the National Board of Medical

30  Examiners, the Federation of State Medical Boards of the

31  United States, Inc. (FLEX), the United States Medical

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 1  Licensing Examination (USMLE), or the Special Purpose

 2  Examination (SPEX).

 3         (1)  Any such foreign-trained physician shall be issued

 4  a restricted license if the physician:

 5         (a)  Applies to the Agency for Health Care

 6  Administration and submits a nonrefundable application fee

 7  that is equivalent to that for licensure by examination; 

 8         (b)  Graduated from an allopathic medical school or

 9  allopathic college; and

10         (c)  Is not under discipline, investigation, or

11  prosecution in any jurisdiction for an action that would be a

12  violation of chapter 455, Florida Statutes, or chapter 458,

13  Florida Statutes, and that substantially threatened the public

14  health, safety, or welfare.

15         (2)  The board or the agency may require an applicant

16  to appear before issuing the restricted license and may impose

17  reasonable conditions on the applicant's license. The

18  conditions may include:

19         (a)  Periodic and random departmental audits of the

20  licensee's patient records and review of those records by the

21  board or the agency.

22         (b)  Periodic appearances of the licensee before the

23  board or the agency.

24         (c)  Submission of written reports by the licensee to

25  the board or the agency.

26         (3)  A restricted licensee must practice under the

27  direct supervision of a full licensee.

28         (4)(a)  A restricted license is valid for 2 years. A

29  restricted licensee is subject to the requirements of chapters

30  455 and 458, Florida Statutes, and any other law not in

31  conflict with this section. Upon expiration of the restricted

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 1  license, the licensee shall be issued a nonrestricted license

 2  if he:

 3         1.  Is not under discipline, investigation, or

 4  prosecution for a violation that posed a substantial threat to

 5  the public health, safety, or welfare; and

 6         2.  Pays all renewal fees required of a nonrestricted

 7  licensee.

 8         (b)  The agency shall renew a restricted license upon

 9  payment of the same fees required for renewal of a

10  nonrestricted license if the restricted licensee is under

11  discipline, investigation, or prosecution for a violation that

12  posed a substantial threat to the public health, safety, or

13  welfare and the board or the agency has not permanently

14  revoked the restricted license. A restricted licensee who has

15  renewed his license is eligible for full licensure when he is

16  no longer under discipline, investigation, or prosecution.

17         (5)  The board shall adopt rules to administer this

18  section.

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20  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 1, line 12, after the semicolon

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28         providing for the restricted licensure of

29         certain foreign-trained physicians; providing

30         for fees and the adoption of rules;

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