Senate Bill sb0962c1

    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 962

    By the Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; and
    Senator Diaz de la Portilla




    317-1587-01

  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         without meeting statutory educational

  7         requirements; providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsections (3) and (5) of section 468.805,

12  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

13         468.805  Grandfathering.--

14         (3)  An applicant who has received certification as an

15  orthotist, a prosthetist, a prosthetist-orthotist, or a

16  pedorthist from a national certifying body which requires the

17  successful completion of an examination, may be licensed under

18  this section without taking an additional examination. An

19  applicant who has not received certification from a national

20  certifying body which requires the successful completion of an

21  examination before March 1, 1998, shall be required to take an

22  examination as determined by the board. This examination shall

23  be designed to determine if the applicant has the minimum

24  qualifications needed to be licensed under this section, and

25  the board may not limit the number of times that an applicant

26  may sit for the examination. The applicant has until July 1,

27  2003, to complete the examination process. The board may

28  charge an examination fee and the actual per applicant cost to

29  the department for purchase or development of the examination.

30         (5)  This section is repealed July 1, 2003 2002.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 962
    317-1587-01




  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  4          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  5                         Senate Bill 962

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  7  The Committee Substitute revises grandfathering provisions in
    s. 468.805(3), F.S., to extend the deadline from July 1, 2002,
  8  to July 1, 2003, to allow certain applicants for licensure as
    an orthotist, a prosthetist, a prosthetist-orthotist, or a
  9  pedorthist who have not received certification from a
    certifying body which requires successful completion of an
10  examination before March 1, 1998, to waive the education
    requirements for licensure and to sit for the state licensure
11  examination. The bill provides the Board of Orthotists and
    Prosthetists may not limit the number of times that an
12  applicant may sit for the examination. An applicant has until
    July 1, 2003, to complete the examination process. To conform,
13  the repeal date of section 468.805, F.S., is extended from
    July 1, 2002, to July 1, 2003.
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