SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 924
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 822694
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11  Senator Webster moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
14         On page 1, lines 17-29, delete those lines
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17         (nn)  Except as otherwise provided herein, delegating
18  ocular post-operative responsibilities to a person other than
19  an ophthalmologist licensed as a physician under this chapter
20  or chapter 459. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit
21  an ophthalmologist performing cataract surgery from delegating
22  ocular post-operative responsibilities relating to that
23  cataract surgery to a board certified optometrist licensed
24  under chapter 463 provided that the delegation occurs no
25  sooner than 28 days following cataract surgery, the board
26  certified optometrist is supervised by the operating surgeon
27  or an equivalently trained ophthalmologist, and the operating
28  surgeon remains responsible for the management of the
29  patient's post-operative care.
30         Section 2.  Paragraph (pp) is added to subsection (1)
31  of section 459.015, Florida Statutes, to read:
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 924
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 822694
 1         459.015  Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the
 2  board and department.--
 3         (1)  The following acts shall constitute grounds for
 4  which the disciplinary actions specified in subsection (2) may
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 6         (pp)  Except as otherwise provided herein, delegating
 7  ocular post-operative responsibilities to a person other than
 8  an ophthalmologist licensed as a physician under this chapter
 9  or chapter 458. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit
10  an ophthalmologist performing cataract surgery from delegating
11  ocular post-operative responsibilities relating to that
12  cataract surgery to a board certified optometrist licensed
13  under chapter 463 provided that the delegation occurs no
14  sooner than 28 days following cataract surgery, the board
15  certified optometrist is supervised by the operating surgeon
16  or an equivalently trained ophthalmologist, and the operating
17  surgeon remains responsible for the management of the
18  patient's post-operative care.
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