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    CS for SB 924                            First Engrossed (ntc)



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to health care providers;

  3         amending ss. 458.331, 459.015, F.S.; providing

  4         an additional ground for discipline of persons

  5         licensed under ch. 458, F.S., or ch. 459, F.S.;

  6         providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Paragraph (nn) is added to subsection (1)

11  of section 458.331, Florida Statutes, to read:

12         458.331  Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the

13  board and department.--

14         (1)  The following acts shall constitute grounds for

15  which the disciplinary actions specified in subsection (2) may

16  be taken:

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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    CS for SB 924                            First Engrossed (ntc)



  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

  5  be taken:

  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.

19         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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