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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30         (5)  This section is repealed July 1, 2003 2002.

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