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11  The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity

12  recommended the following amendment:

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 11, between lines 4 and 5,

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18         Section 10.  Paragraph (k) of subsection (2) of section

19  455.557, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         455.557  Standardized credentialing for health care

21  practitioners.--

22         (2)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term:

23         (k)  "Health care practitioner" means any person

24  licensed, or, for credentialing purposes only, any person

25  applying for licensure,  under chapter 458, chapter 459,

26  chapter 460, or chapter 461 or any person licensed or applying

27  for licensure under a chapter subsequently made subject to

28  this section by the department with the approval of the

29  applicable board, except a person registered or applying for

30  registration pursuant to ss. 458.345 or 459.021.

31         Section 11.  Subsection (1) of section 455.565, Florida

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 1  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

 2         455.565  Designated health care professionals;

 3  information required for licensure.--

 4         (1)  Each person who applies for initial licensure as a

 5  physician under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, or

 6  chapter 461, except a person applying for registration

 7  pursuant to ss. 458.345 and 459.021 must, at the time of

 8  application, and each physician who applies for license

 9  renewal under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, or

10  chapter 461, except a person registered pursuant to ss.

11  458.345 and 459.021 must, in conjunction with the renewal of

12  such license and under procedures adopted by the Department of

13  Health, and in addition to any other information that may be

14  required from the applicant, furnish the following information

15  to the Department of Health:

16         (a)1.  The name of each medical school that the

17  applicant has attended, with the dates of attendance and the

18  date of graduation, and a description of all graduate medical

19  education completed by the applicant, excluding any coursework

20  taken to satisfy medical licensure continuing education

21  requirements.

22         2.  The name of each hospital at which the applicant

23  has privileges.

24         3.  The address at which the applicant will primarily

25  conduct his or her practice.

26         4.  Any certification that the applicant has received

27  from a specialty board that is recognized by the board to

28  which the applicant is applying.

29         5.  The year that the applicant began practicing

30  medicine.

31         6.  Any appointment to the faculty of a medical school

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 1  which the applicant currently holds and an indication as to

 2  whether the applicant has had the responsibility for graduate

 3  medical education within the most recent 10 years.

 4         7.  A description of any criminal offense of which the

 5  applicant has been found guilty, regardless of whether

 6  adjudication of guilt was withheld, or to which the applicant

 7  has pled guilty or nolo contendere.  A criminal offense

 8  committed in another jurisdiction which would have been a

 9  felony or misdemeanor if committed in this state must be

10  reported. If the applicant indicates that a criminal offense

11  is under appeal and submits a copy of the notice for appeal of

12  that criminal offense, the department must state that the

13  criminal offense is under appeal if the criminal offense is

14  reported in the applicant's profile. If the applicant

15  indicates to the department that a criminal offense is under

16  appeal, the applicant must, upon disposition of the appeal,

17  submit to the department a copy of the final written order of

18  disposition.

19         8.  A description of any final disciplinary action

20  taken within the previous 10 years against the applicant by

21  the agency regulating the profession that the applicant is or

22  has been licensed to practice, whether in this state or in any

23  other jurisdiction, by a specialty board that is recognized by

24  the American Board of Medical Specialities, the American

25  Osteopathic Association, or a similar national organization,

26  or by a licensed hospital, health maintenance organization,

27  prepaid health clinic, ambulatory surgical center, or nursing

28  home.  Disciplinary action includes resignation from or

29  nonrenewal of medical staff membership or the restriction of

30  privileges at a licensed hospital, health maintenance

31  organization, prepaid health clinic, ambulatory surgical

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 1  center, or nursing home taken in lieu of or in settlement of a

 2  pending disciplinary case related to competence or character.

 3  If the applicant indicates that the disciplinary action is

 4  under appeal and submits a copy of the document initiating an

 5  appeal of the disciplinary action, the department must state

 6  that the disciplinary action is under appeal if the

 7  disciplinary action is reported in the applicant's profile.

 8         (b)  In addition to the information required under

 9  paragraph (a), each applicant who seeks licensure under

10  chapter 458, chapter 459, or chapter 461, and who has

11  practiced previously in this state or in another jurisdiction

12  or a foreign country must provide the information required of

13  licensees under those chapters pursuant to s. 455.697.  An

14  applicant for licensure under chapter 460 who has practiced

15  previously in this state or in another jurisdiction or a

16  foreign country must provide the same information as is

17  required of licensees under chapter 458, pursuant to s.

18  455.697.

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20  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 2, line 10, after the semicolon

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28         amending ss. 455.57 and 455.565, F.S.; ensuring

29         that an intern in a hospital is not subject to

30         the credentialing or profiling laws;

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