SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 924
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 471030
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11  Senator Webster moved the following substitute for amendment
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 1, lines 17-29, delete those lines
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18         (nn)  Except as otherwise provided herein, delegating
19  ocular post-operative responsibilities to a person other than
20  an ophthalmologist licensed as a physician under this chapter
21  or chapter 459. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit
22  an ophthalmologist performing cataract surgery from delegating
23  ocular post-operative responsibilities relating to that
24  cataract surgery to a board certified optometrist licensed
25  under chapter 463 provided that the delegation occurs no
26  sooner than 28 days following cataract surgery, the board
27  certified optometrist is supervised by the operating surgeon
28  or an equivalently trained ophthalmologist, and the operating
29  surgeon remains responsible for the management of the
30  patient's post-operative care.
31         Section 2.  Paragraph (pp) is added to subsection (1)
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 924
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 471030
 1  of section 459.015, Florida Statutes, to read:
 2         459.015  Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the
 3  board and department.--
 4         (1)  The following acts shall constitute grounds for
 5  which the disciplinary actions specified in subsection (2) may
 6  be taken:
 7         (pp)  Except as otherwise provided herein, delegating
 8  ocular post-operative responsibilities to a person other than
 9  an ophthalmologist licensed as a physician under this chapter
10  or chapter 458. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit
11  an ophthalmologist performing cataract surgery from delegating
12  ocular post-operative responsibilities relating to that
13  cataract surgery to a board certified optometrist licensed
14  under chapter 463 provided that the delegation occurs no
15  sooner than 28 days following cataract surgery, the board
16  certified optometrist is supervised by the operating surgeon
17  or an equivalently trained ophthalmologist, and the operating
18  surgeon remains responsible for the management of the
19  patient's post-operative care.
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