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Florida House of Representatives - 2001 CS/HB 87
By the Committee on Health Regulation and Representative
Meadows
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to orthotics, prosthetics, and
3 pedorthics; amending s. 468.805, F.S.; revising
4 grandfathering requirements for licensure to
5 practice orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics
6 by extending the period in which an applicant
7 must complete the examination process;
8 providing an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Subsections (3) and (5) of section 468.805,
13 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
14 468.805 Grandfathering.--
15 (3) An applicant who has received certification as an
16 orthotist, a prosthetist, a prosthetist-orthotist, or a
17 pedorthist from a national certifying body which requires the
18 successful completion of an examination, may be licensed under
19 this section without taking an additional examination. An
20 applicant who has not received certification from a national
21 certifying body which requires the successful completion of an
22 examination shall be required to take an examination as
23 determined by the board. This examination shall be designed to
24 determine if the applicant has the minimum qualifications
25 needed to be licensed under this section. The applicant has
26 until July 1, 2003, to complete the examination process. The
27 board may charge an examination fee and the actual per
28 applicant cost to the department for purchase or development
29 of the examination.
30 (5) This section is repealed July 1, 2003 2002.
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Florida House of Representatives - 2001 CS/HB 87
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