HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                         Bill No. SB 782, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. 32 (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Farkas offered the following:
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13         Amendment to Amendment (600753) (with title amendment) 
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17         Section 85.  Subsection (2) of section 458.315, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         458.315  Temporary certificate for practice in areas of
20  critical need.--Any physician who is licensed to practice in
21  any other state, whose license is currently valid, and who
22  pays an application fee of $300 may be issued a temporary
23  certificate to practice in communities of Florida where there
24  is a critical need for physicians.  A certificate may be
25  issued to a physician who will be employed by a county health
26  department, correctional facility, community health center
27  funded by s. 329, s. 330, or s. 340 of the United States
28  Public Health Services Act, or other entity that provides
29  health care to indigents and that is approved by the State
30  Health Officer.  The Board of Medicine may issue this
31  temporary certificate with the following restrictions:
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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                         Bill No. SB 782, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. 32 (for drafter's use only)
 1         (2)  The board may administer an abbreviated oral
 2  examination to determine the physician's competency, but no
 3  written regular examination is necessary. Within 60 days after
 4  receipt of an application for a temporary certificate, the
 5  board shall review the application and issue the temporary
 6  certificate or notify the applicant of denial.
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12  And the title is amended as follows:
13         On page 138, line 30, after "claims;" of the amendment
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16         amending s. 458.315, F.S.;   providing
17         requirements for the Board of Medicine in
18         issuing temporary certificates;
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