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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 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
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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
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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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24 And the title is amended as follows:
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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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