SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1092
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 130920
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11  Senator Campbell moved the following amendment to amendment
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14         Senate Amendment 
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17  insert:  The term "broker" does not include a person or entity
18  that certifies, upon request of an insurer, that:
19         (a)  it is a clinic registered under s. 456.0375;
20         (b)  it is a 100 percent owner of medical equipment;
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22         (c)  the owner's only part-time lease of medical
23  equipment for personal injury protection patients is on a
24  temporary basis not to exceed 30 days in a 12-month period,
25  and such lease is solely for the purposes of necessary repair
26  or maintenance of the 100 percent owned medical equipment, or
27  for patients for whom, because of physical size or
28  claustrophia, it is determined by the medical director or
29  clinical director to be medically necessary that the test be
30  performed in medical equipment that is open-style. The leased
31  medical equipment cannot be used by patients who are not
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1092
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 130920
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