Senate Bill 0416

    Florida Senate - 2000                                   SB 416

    By Senator Diaz-Balart





    37-300-00                                           See HB 183

  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, are amended to read:

12         395.0191  Staff membership and clinical privileges.--

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

14  upon an application for staff membership or clinical

15  privileges, shall deny the application of a qualified doctor

16  of medicine licensed under chapter 458, a doctor of

17  osteopathic medicine licensed under chapter 459, a doctor of

18  dentistry licensed under chapter 466, a doctor of podiatric

19  medicine licensed under chapter 461, a certified doctor of

20  optometry licensed under chapter 463, or a psychologist

21  licensed under chapter 490 for such staff membership or

22  clinical privileges within the scope of his or her respective

23  licensure solely because the applicant is licensed under any

24  of such chapters. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted

25  to allow a doctor of optometry to perform any procedures

26  beyond the scope of practice as defined in chapter 463.

27  Hospital staff membership granted to a certified doctor of

28  optometry does not include admitting privileges.

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

30  authority of the medical staff of a licensed facility to

31  review for approval or disapproval all applications for

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                   SB 416
    37-300-00                                           See HB 183




  1  appointment and reappointment to all categories of staff and

  2  to make recommendations on each applicant to the governing

  3  board, including the delineation of privileges to be granted

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

  5  delineation of privileges, each applicant shall be considered

  6  individually pursuant to criteria for a doctor licensed under

  7  chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 461, chapter 463, or chapter

  8  466, or for an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed

  9  and certified under chapter 464, or for a psychologist

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

11  eligibility for staff membership or clinical privileges shall

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

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

14  adherence to applicable professional ethics; the applicant's

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

16  and by such other elements as determined by the governing

17  board, consistent with this part.

18         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2000.

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21                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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

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