Senate Bill 0994c1

    Florida Senate - 2000                            CS for SB 994

    By the Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; and
    Senator Clary




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the International Cancer

  3         Physician Visitor Program; creating s.

  4         458.3135, F.S.; providing for the issuance of

  5         temporary certificates to foreign medical

  6         graduates studying at National Cancer

  7         Institute-designated cancer centers; requiring

  8         a fee; providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 458.3135, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         (1)  The International Cancer Physician Visitor Program

15  is established at the National Cancer Institute-designated

16  cancer centers in the state for the purpose of providing

17  advanced education and training to internationally respected

18  and highly qualified international medical graduates on cancer

19  treatment techniques developed at the cancer center. Each

20  education and training course of study offered under this

21  section must be approved and certified to the board by a

22  National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center.

23         (2)  Physicians who wish to participate in the

24  International Cancer Physician Visitor Program must obtain a

25  temporary medical education certificate from the department.

26  The department may annually issue 10 temporary medical

27  education certificates to allow qualified international

28  medical graduates to practice in conjunction with a course of

29  study at each of the National Cancer Institute-designated

30  cancer centers in this state. The department shall issue a

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  1  temporary medical education certificate to an applicant that

  2  the board certifies meets the following requirements:

  3         (a)  Has been accepted by a National Cancer

  4  Institute-designated cancer center to attend a course of study

  5  certified to the board pursuant to subsection (1);

  6         (b)  Pay an application fee of up to $300;

  7         (c)  Possesses a valid and unencumbered license to

  8  practice medicine in another country;

  9         (d)  Is not under investigation for any act in this or

10  any other jurisdiction which would constitute the basis for

11  disciplining a physician under s. 458.331;

12         (e)  Has graduated from an accredited medical school or

13  its equivalent as provided in s. 458.311(1)(f) 1.a., or

14  graduated from a foreign medical school listed with the World

15  Health Organization; and

16         (f)  Meets the financial responsibility requirements of

17  s. 458.320.

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19  An applicant may not be required to satisfy the practitioner

20  profile, background screening, and other requirements of ss.

21  455.565-455.5656. The temporary medical education certificate

22  permits a physician to practice medicine for the duration of a

23  course of study certified to the board pursuant to subsection

24  (1), but not exceeding 1 year. Such practice is limited to the

25  facility owned or operated by the National Cancer

26  Institute-designated cancer center and shall only be under the

27  direct supervision of a Florida licensed physician who is a

28  member of the National Cancer Institute-designated cancer

29  center. A holder of a temporary medical education certificate

30  is subject to discipline under chapters 455 and 458. Nothing

31  in this section is intended to enable a physician to qualify

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  1  for or otherwise engage in the practice of medicine in the

  2  state, except as provided herein.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  4  law.

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  6          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  7                         Senate Bill 994

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  9  The committee substitute revises requirements for the
    Department of Health to issue temporary medical education
10  certificates to allow foreign medical graduates to receive
    advanced education and training on cancer treatment techniques
11  developed at National Cancer Institute-designated cancer
    centers in Florida. The committee substitute will take effect
12  upon becoming law.

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