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17 Section 36. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1)
18 of section 458.3115, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are
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20 458.3115 Restricted license; certain foreign-licensed
21 physicians; United States Medical Licensing Examination
22 (USMLE) or agency-developed examination; restrictions on
23 practice; full licensure.--
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25 (b) A person who is eligible to take and elects to
26 take the USMLE who has previously passed part 1 or part 2 of
27 the previously administered FLEX shall not be required to
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29 year 2002 2000.
30 (c) A person shall be eligible to take such
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1 1. Has taken, upon approval by the board, and
2 completed, in November 1990 or November 1992, one of the
3 special preparatory medical update courses authorized by the
4 board and the University of Miami Medical School and
5 subsequently passed the final course examination; upon
6 approval by the board to take the course completed in 1990 or
7 in 1992, has a certificate of successful completion of that
8 course from the University of Miami or the Stanley H. Kaplan
9 course; or can document to the department that he or she was
10 one of the persons who took and successfully completed the
11 Stanley H. Kaplan course that was approved by the Board of
12 Medicine and supervised by the University of Miami. At a
13 minimum, the documentation must include class attendance
14 records and the test score on the final course examination;
15 2. Applies to the agency and submits an application
16 fee that is nonrefundable and equivalent to the fee required
17 for full licensure;
18 3. Documents no less than 2 years of the active
19 practice of medicine in any another jurisdiction;
20 4. Submits an examination fee that is nonrefundable
21 and equivalent to the fee required for full licensure plus the
22 actual per-applicant cost to the agency to provide either
23 examination described in this section;
24 5. Has not committed any act or offense in this or any
25 other jurisdiction that would constitute a substantial basis
26 for disciplining a physician under this chapter or part II of
27 chapter 455; and
28 6. Is not under discipline, investigation, or
29 prosecution in this or any other jurisdiction for an act that
30 would constitute a violation of this chapter or part II of
31 chapter 455 and that substantially threatened or threatens the
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1 public health, safety, or welfare.
2 Section 37. Subsection (2) of section 458.3124,
3 Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:
4 458.3124 Restricted license; certain experienced
5 foreign-trained physicians.--
6 (2) A person applying for licensure under this section
7 must submit to the Department of Health on or before December
8 31, 2000 1998:
9 (a) A completed application and documentation required
10 by the Board of Medicine to prove compliance with subsection
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12 (b) A nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $500
13 and a nonrefundable examination fee not to exceed $300 plus
14 the actual cost to purchase and administer the examination.
15 Section 38. Effective upon this act becoming a law,
16 section 301 of chapter 98-166, Laws of Florida, is amended to
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18 Section 301. The sum of $1.2 million from the
19 unallocated balance in the Medical Quality Assurance Trust
20 Fund is appropriated to the Department of Health to allow the
21 department to develop the examination required for foreign
22 licensed physicians in section 458.3115(1)(a), Florida
23 Statutes, through a contract with the University of South
24 Florida. The department shall charge examinees a fee not to
25 exceed 25 percent of the cost of the actual costs of the first
26 examination administered pursuant to section 458.3115, Florida
27 Statutes, 1998 Supplement, and a fee not to exceed 75 percent
28 of the actual costs for any subsequent examination
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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6 An act relating to health care; amending s.
7 458.3115, F.S.; revising requirements with
8 respect to eligibility of certain
9 foreign-licensed physicians to take and pass
10 standardized examinations; amending s.
11 458.3124, F.S.; changing the date by which
12 application for a restricted license must be
13 submitted; amending s. 301, ch. 98-166, Laws of
14 Florida; prescribing fees for foreign-licensed
15 physicians taking a certain examination;
16 providing legislative findings with respect to
17 end-of-life care; authorizing the Secretary
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