Senate Bill sb1788c1

    Florida Senate - 2001                           CS for SB 1788

    By the Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; and
    Senators Wasserman Schultz, Peaden, Sanderson, Clary and Cowin




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to continuing dental education;

  3         amending s. 456.031, F.S.; providing an

  4         alternative by which licensees may comply with

  5         a general requirement that they take

  6         domestic-violence education courses; amending

  7         s. 456.033, F.S.; providing an alternative by

  8         which licensees may comply with a general

  9         requirement that they take AIDS/HIV education

10         courses; providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 456.031, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         456.031  Requirement for instruction on domestic

17  violence.--

18         (3)

19         (a)  In lieu of completing a course as required in

20  subsection (1), a licensee or certificateholder may complete a

21  course in end-of-life care and palliative health care, if the

22  licensee or certificateholder has completed an approved

23  domestic violence course in the immediately preceding

24  biennium.

25         (b)  In lieu of completing a course as required by

26  subsection (1), a person licensed under chapter 466, who has

27  completed an approved domestic-violence education course in

28  the immediately preceding 2 years may complete a course

29  approved by the Board of Dentistry.

30         Section 2.  Subsection (9) of section 456.033, Florida

31  Statutes, is amended to read:

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    Florida Senate - 2001                           CS for SB 1788
    317-1652-01




  1         456.033  Requirement for instruction for certain

  2  licensees on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune

  3  deficiency syndrome.--

  4         (9)(a)  In lieu of completing a course as required in

  5  subsection (1), the licensee may complete a course in

  6  end-of-life care and palliative health care, so long as the

  7  licensee completed an approved AIDS/HIV course in the

  8  immediately preceding biennium.

  9         (b)  In lieu of completing a course as required by

10  subsection (1), a person licensed under chapter 466 who has

11  completed an approved AIDS/HIV course in the immediately

12  preceding 2 years may complete a course approved by the Board

13  of Dentistry.

14         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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16          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
17                         Senate Bill 1788

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19  The Committee Substitute amends the AIDS/HIV continuing
    education requirements for certain health care professionals
20  in s. 456.033, F.S., to provide a licensed dentist or dental
    hygienist the option of completing a course approved by the
21  Board of Dentistry in lieu of an AIDS/HIV course for licensure
    renewal, if the licensed dentist or dental hygienist has
22  completed an AIDS/HIV course in the immediately preceding 2
    years.
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