SENATE AMENDMENT
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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senators Smith and Horne moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
14 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17 Section 1. Paragraphs (nn) and (oo) are added to
18 subsection (1) of section 458.331, Florida Statutes, to read:
19 458.331 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the
20 board and department.--
21 (1) The following acts shall constitute grounds for
22 which the disciplinary actions specified in subsection (2) may
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24 (nn) Delegating post-operative responsibilities to a
25 person not licensed as a physician under this chapter or
26 chapter 459, except where delegation to another licensed
27 health care practitioner is deemed medically appropriate by
28 the delegating physician and the other licensed health care
29 practitioner is required by law to conform to the same level
30 of care provided by medical practitioners in accordance with
31 the same or similar community standards. Such delegation shall
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1 be subject to the written informed consent of the patient, and
2 the post-operative care shall be performed pursuant to a
3 co-management protocol which requires regular reporting to the
4 surgeon and immediate consultation with a surgeon when the
5 care required by the patient exceeds the care which the other
6 licensed health care practitioner is authorized or trained to
7 perform.
8 (oo) Failing to report to the department any person
9 licensed under this chapter, chapter 459, or the chapter
10 regulating the alleged violator, whose failure to provide
11 appropriate post-operative care has caused a patient to
12 require emergency room treatment.
13 Section 2. Paragraphs (pp) and (qq) are added to
14 subsection (1) of section 459.015, Florida Statutes, to read:
15 459.015 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the
16 board and department.--
17 (1) The following acts shall constitute grounds for
18 which the disciplinary actions specified in subsection (2) may
19 be taken:
20 (pp) Delegating post-operative responsibilities to a
21 person not licensed as a physician under this chapter or
22 chapter 459, except where delegation to another licensed
23 health care practitioner is deemed medically appropriate by
24 the delegating physician and the other licensed health care
25 practitioner is required by law to conform to the same level
26 of care provided by medical practitioners in accordance with
27 the same or similar community standards. Such delegation shall
28 be subject to the written informed consent of the patient, and
29 the post-operative care shall be performed pursuant to a
30 co-management protocol which requires regular reporting to the
31 surgeon and immediate consultation with a surgeon when the
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1 care required by the patient exceeds the care which the other
2 licensed health care practitioner is authorized or trained to
3 perform.
4 (qq) Failing to report to the department any person
5 licensed under this chapter, chapter 458, or the chapter
6 regulating the alleged violator, whose failure to provide
7 appropriate post-operative care has caused a patient to
8 require emergency room treatment.
9 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
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13 And the title is amended as follows:
14 On page 1, line 4, strike the words "an additional
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18 additional grounds
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