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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 994

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11  Senator Clary moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 3, between lines 2 and 3,

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17         Section 2.  Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (9) of

18  section 458.347, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         458.347  Physician assistants.--

20         (9)  COUNCIL ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.--The Council on

21  Physician Assistants is created within the department.

22         (d)  If the council finds that an applicant for

23  licensure has failed to meet each of the requirements for

24  licensure set forth in this section to the satisfaction of the

25  council, the council may enter an order to:

26         1.  Refuse to certify the applicant for licensure;

27         2.  Approve the applicant for licensure with

28  restrictions on the scope of practice or licensure; or

29         3.  Approve the applicant for conditional licensure.

30  Such conditions may include placement of the licensee on

31  probation for a period of time and conditions specified by the

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 1  council, including, but not limited to, requiring the licensee

 2  to undergo treatment, to attend continuing education courses,

 3  to work under the direct supervision of a physician licensed

 4  in this state, or to take corrective action.

 5         Section 3.  Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (9) of

 6  section 459.022, Florida Statutes, to read:

 7         459.022  Physician assistants.--

 8         (9)  COUNCIL ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.--The Council on

 9  Physician Assistants is created within the department.

10         (d)  If the council finds that an applicant for

11  licensure has failed to meet each of the requirements for

12  licensure set forth in this section to the satisfaction of the

13  council, the council may enter an order to:

14         1.  Refuse to certify the applicant for licensure;

15         2.  Approve the applicant for licensure with

16  restrictions on the scope of practice or licensure; or

17         3.  Approve the applicant for conditional licensure.

18  Such conditions may include placement of the licensee on

19  probation for a period of time and conditions specified by the

20  council, including, but not limited to, requiring the licensee

21  to undergo treatment, to attend continuing education courses,

22  to work under the direct supervision of a physician licensed

23  in this state, or to take corrective action.

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25  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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29  And the title is amended as follows:

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 1  and insert:

 2         An act relating to physician licensure;

 3         amending ss. 458.347, 459.022, F.S.; providing

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