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11  Senators Gutman, Casas and Myers moved the following amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 102, between lines 28 and 29,

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18         Section 57.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1)

19  of section 458.3115, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are

20  amended to read:

21         458.3115  Restricted license; certain foreign-licensed

22  physicians; United States Medical Licensing Examination

23  (USMLE) or agency-developed examination; restrictions on

24  practice; full licensure.--

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26         (b)  A person who is eligible to take and elects to

27  take the USMLE who has previously passed part 1 or part 2 of

28  the previously administered FLEX shall not be required to

29  retake or pass the equivalent parts of the USMLE up to the

30  year 2002 2000.

31         (c)  A person shall be eligible to take such

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 1  examination for restricted licensure if the person:

 2         1.  Has taken, upon approval by the board, and

 3  completed, in November 1990 or November 1992, one of the

 4  special preparatory medical update courses authorized by the

 5  board and the University of Miami Medical School and

 6  subsequently passed the final course examination; upon

 7  approval by the board to take the course completed in 1990 or

 8  in 1992, has a certificate of successful completion of that

 9  course from the University of Miami or the Stanley H. Kaplan

10  course; or can document to the department that he or she was

11  one of the persons who took and successfully completed the

12  Stanley H. Kaplan course that was approved by the Board of

13  Medicine and supervised by the University of Miami. At a

14  minimum, the documentation must include class attendance

15  records and the test score on the final course examination;

16         2.  Applies to the agency and submits an application

17  fee that is nonrefundable and equivalent to the fee required

18  for full licensure;

19         3.  Documents no less than 2 years of the active

20  practice of medicine in any jurisdiction another jurisdiction;

21         4.  Submits an examination fee that is nonrefundable

22  and equivalent to the fee required for full licensure plus the

23  actual per-applicant cost to the agency to provide either

24  examination described in this section;

25         5.  Has not committed any act or offense in this or any

26  other jurisdiction that would constitute a substantial basis

27  for disciplining a physician under this chapter or part II of

28  chapter 455; and

29         6.  Is not under discipline, investigation, or

30  prosecution in this or any other jurisdiction for an act that

31  would constitute a violation of this chapter or part II of

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 1  chapter 455 and that substantially threatened or threatens the

 2  public health, safety, or welfare.

 3         Section 58.  Subsection (2) of section 458.3124,

 4  Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

 5         458.3124  Restricted license; certain experienced

 6  foreign-trained physicians.--

 7         (2)  A person applying for licensure under this section

 8  must submit to the Department of Health on or before December

 9  31, 2000 1998:

10         (a)  A completed application and documentation required

11  by the Board of Medicine to prove compliance with subsection

12  (1); and

13         (b)  A nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $500

14  and a nonrefundable examination fee not to exceed $300 plus

15  the actual cost to purchase and administer the examination.

16         Section 59.  Effective upon this act becoming a law,

17  section 301 of chapter 98-166, Laws of Florida, is amended to

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19         Section 301.  The sum of $1.2 million from the

20  unallocated balance in the Medical Quality Assurance Trust

21  Fund is appropriated to the Department of Health to allow the

22  department to develop the examination required for foreign

23  licensed physicians in section 458.3115(1)(a), Florida

24  Statutes, through a contract with the University of South

25  Florida. The department shall charge examinees a fee not to

26  exceed 25 percent of the cost of the actual costs of the first

27  examination administered pursuant to section 458.3115, Florida

28  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, and a fee not to exceed 75 percent

29  of the actual costs for any subsequent examination

30  administered pursuant to that section.

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 5  And the title is amended as follows:

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 9         amending s. 458.3115, F.S.; revising

10         requirements with respect to eligibility of

11         certain foreign-licensed physicians to take and

12         pass standardized examinations; amending s.

13         458.3124, F.S.; changing the date by which

14         application for a restricted license must be

15         submitted; amending s. 301, ch. 98-166, Laws of

16         Florida; prescribing fees for foreign-licensed

17         physicians taking a certain examination;

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