HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 475 Barcode 724989
Amendment No. 12 (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 The Committee on Judicial Oversight offered the following:
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13 Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 20. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and
18 paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 743.0645, Florida
19 Statutes, are amended to read:
20 743.0645 Other persons who may consent to medical care
21 or treatment of a minor.--
22 (1) As used in this section, the term:
23 (b) "Medical care and treatment" includes ordinary and
24 necessary medical and dental examination and treatment,
25 including blood testing, preventive care including ordinary
26 immunizations, tuberculin testing, and well-child care, but
27 does not include surgery, general anesthesia, provision of
28 psychotropic medications, or other extraordinary procedures
29 for which a separate court order, power of attorney, or
30 informed consent as provided by law is required.
31 (2) Any of the following persons, in order of priority
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1 listed, may consent to the medical care or treatment of a
2 minor who is not committed to the Department of Children and
3 Family Services or the Department of Juvenile Justice or in
4 their custody under chapter 39, chapter 984, or chapter 985
5 when, after a reasonable attempt, a person who has the power
6 to consent as otherwise provided by law cannot be contacted by
7 the treatment provider and actual notice to the contrary has
8 not been given to the provider by that person:
9 (a) A person who possesses a power of attorney to
10 provide medical consent for the minor. A power of attorney to
11 provide medical consent for a minor executed after July 1,
12 2001, includes the power to consent to medically necessary
13 surgical and general anesthesia services for the minor unless
14 such services are excluded by the individual executing the
15 power of attorney.
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17 There shall be maintained in the treatment provider's records
18 of the minor documentation that a reasonable attempt was made
19 to contact the person who has the power to consent.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
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25 "programs;"
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29 amending s. 743.0645, F.S.; providing that a
30 power of attorney to provide such consent
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