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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2220
Amendment No. 11
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11 The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 56. Section 468.304, Florida Statutes, 1998
19 Supplement, is amended to read:
20 468.304 Certification examination; admission.--The
21 department shall admit to examination for certification any
22 applicant who pays to the department a nonrefundable fee not
23 to exceed $100 plus the actual per-applicant cost to the
24 department for purchasing the examination from a national
25 organization and submits satisfactory evidence, verified by
26 oath or affirmation, that she or he:
27 (1) Is at least 18 years of age at the time of
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29 (2) Is a high school graduate or has successfully
30 completed the requirements for a graduate equivalency diploma
31 (GED) or its equivalent;
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1 (3) Is of good moral character; and
2 (4)(a) Has successfully completed an educational
3 program, which program may be established in a hospital
4 licensed pursuant to chapter 395 or in an accredited
5 postsecondary academic institution which is subject to
6 approval by the department as maintaining a satisfactory
7 standard; or
8 (b)1. With respect to an applicant for a basic X-ray
9 machine operator's certificate, has completed a course of
10 study approved by the department with appropriate study
11 material provided the applicant by the department;
12 2. With respect to an applicant for a basic X-ray
13 machine operator-podiatric medicine certificate, has completed
14 a course of study approved by the department, provided that
15 such course of study shall be limited to that information
16 necessary to perform radiographic procedures within the scope
17 of practice of a podiatric physician licensed pursuant to
18 chapter 461;
19 3. With respect only to an applicant for a general
20 radiographer's certificate who is a basic X-ray machine
21 operator certificateholder, has completed an educational
22 program or a 2-year training program that takes into account
23 the types of procedures and level of supervision usually and
24 customarily practiced in a hospital, which educational or
25 training program complies with the rules of the department; or
26 4. With respect only to an applicant for a nuclear
27 medicine technologist's certificate who is a general
28 radiographer certificateholder, has completed an educational
29 program or a 2-year training program that takes into account
30 the types of procedures and level of supervision usually and
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3 No application for a limited computed tomography certificate
4 shall be accepted. All persons holding valid computed
5 tomography certificates as of October 1, 1984, are subject to
6 the provisions of s. 468.309.
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12 And the title is amended as follows:
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16 amending s. 468.304, F.S.; revising the
17 application fees to be paid for radiologic
18 technology certification examination;
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