Senate Bill 0262

    Florida Senate - 1999        (corrected copy)           SB 262

    By Senator Geller





    29-325-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to hospitals; amending s.

  3         395.0191, F.S.; providing staff membership and

  4         clinical privileges for licensed optometrists;

  5         providing certain limitations; providing an

  6         effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (4) of section

11  395.0191, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are amended to

12  read:

13         395.0191  Staff membership and clinical privileges.--

14         (1)  No licensed facility, in considering and acting

15  upon an application for staff membership or clinical

16  privileges, shall deny the application of a qualified doctor

17  of medicine licensed under chapter 458, a doctor of

18  osteopathic medicine licensed under chapter 459, a doctor of

19  dentistry licensed under chapter 466, a doctor of podiatric

20  medicine licensed under chapter 461, a certified doctor of

21  optometry licensed under chapter 463, or a psychologist

22  licensed under chapter 490 for such staff membership or

23  clinical privileges within the scope of his or her respective

24  licensure solely because the applicant is licensed under any

25  of such chapters. Nothing in this section shall allow a doctor

26  of optometry to perform any procedures beyond the scope of

27  practice as defined in chapter 463. Hospital staff membership

28  granted to a certified doctor of optometry shall not include

29  admitting privileges.

30         (4)  Nothing herein shall restrict in any way the

31  authority of the medical staff of a licensed facility to

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    Florida Senate - 1999        (corrected copy)           SB 262
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  1  review for approval or disapproval all applications for

  2  appointment and reappointment to all categories of staff and

  3  to make recommendations on each applicant to the governing

  4  board, including the delineation of privileges to be granted

  5  in each case.  In making such recommendations and in the

  6  delineation of privileges, each applicant shall be considered

  7  individually pursuant to criteria for a doctor licensed under

  8  chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 461, chapter 463, or chapter

  9  466, or for an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed

10  and certified under chapter 464, or for a psychologist

11  licensed under chapter 490, as applicable.  The applicant's

12  eligibility for staff membership or clinical privileges shall

13  be determined by the applicant's background, experience,

14  health, training, and demonstrated competency; the applicant's

15  adherence to applicable professional ethics; the applicant's

16  reputation; and the applicant's ability to work with others

17  and by such other elements as determined by the governing

18  board, consistent with this part.

19         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1999.

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22                          SENATE SUMMARY

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      Prohibits hospitals and other facilities licensed under
24    chapter 395, F.S., from denying staff membership and
      clinical privileges to certified optometrists licensed
25    under chapter 463, F.S., within the scope of said
      licensure, solely because of said licensure. Restricts
26    such clinical privileges to the scope of practice under
      said licensure.  Provides that such staff membership does
27    not include admitting privileges.

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