HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                        Bill No. HB 1867, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. 53 (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Farkas offered the following:
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13         Amendment to Amendment (390469) (with title amendment) 
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15  remove from the amendment:  all of said lines
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18         Section 74.  Subsection (2) of section 458.315, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         458.315  Temporary certificate for practice in areas of
21  critical need.--Any physician who is licensed to practice in
22  any other state, whose license is currently valid, and who
23  pays an application fee of $300 may be issued a temporary
24  certificate to practice in communities of Florida where there
25  is a critical need for physicians.  A certificate may be
26  issued to a physician who will be employed by a county health
27  department, correctional facility, community health center
28  funded by s. 329, s. 330, or s. 340 of the United States
29  Public Health Services Act, or other entity that provides
30  health care to indigents and that is approved by the State
31  Health Officer.  The Board of Medicine may issue this
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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                        Bill No. HB 1867, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. 53 (for drafter's use only)
 1  temporary certificate with the following restrictions:
 2         (2)  The board may administer an abbreviated oral
 3  examination to determine the physician's competency, but no
 4  written regular examination is necessary. Within 60 days after
 5  receipt of an application for a temporary certificate, the
 6  board shall review the application and issue the temporary
 7  certificate or notify the applicant of denial.
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13  And the title is amended as follows:
14         On page 304, lines 14 through 19, of the amendment
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18         458.315, F.S.; providing requirements for the
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