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HOUSE AMENDMENT
710-134AXA-31 Bill No. CS/HB 507
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11 Representative(s) Sobel offered the following:
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18 Section 17. Effective July 1, 2002, section 232.4255,
19 Florida Statutes, is created to read:
20 232.4255 Physical assessments for high school
21 athletes.--Prior to participation each year, each student who
22 participates in organized high school athletics must receive a
23 complete physical assessment. The assessment must be performed
24 by a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 and
25 must include a complete cardiovascular assessment, including,
26 but not limited to, an electrocardiogram. The
27 electrocardiogram must be analyzed by a person who is licensed
28 or trained as a specialist in electrocardiogram analysis. It
29 shall be the responsibility of the student to pay the costs of
30 such physical assessment with the exception of a student
31 enrolled in the Florida Kidcare program or Medicaid, in which
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1 case costs shall be covered by the program.
2 Section 18. Except as otherwise provided herein, this
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7 And the title is amended as follows:
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12 A bill to be entitled
13 An act relating to health; providing
14 legislative findings; amending s. 381.0011,
15 F.S.; revising duties of the Department of
16 Health; authorizing the State Health Officer to
17 take specified emergency actions to protect the
18 public health; amending s. 381.0034, F.S.;
19 providing a requirement for instruction of
20 certain health care licensees on conditions
21 caused by nuclear, biological, and chemical
22 terrorism, as a condition of initial licensure,
23 and, in lieu of the requirement for instruction
24 on HIV and AIDS, as a condition of relicensure;
25 amending s. 381.0035, F.S.; providing a
26 requirement for instruction of employees at
27 certain health care facilities on conditions
28 caused by nuclear, biological, and chemical
29 terrorism, upon initial employment, and, in
30 lieu of the requirement of instruction on HIV
31 and AIDS, as biennial continuing education;
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1 providing an exception; creating s. 381.0421,
2 F.S.; requiring postsecondary education
3 institutions to provide information on
4 hepatitis B; requiring individuals residing in
5 on-campus housing to document vaccinations
6 against hepatitis B or sign a waiver; amending
7 ss. 395.1027 and 401.245, F.S.; correcting
8 cross references; amending s. 401.23, F.S.;
9 revising definitions of "advanced life support"
10 and "basic life support" and defining
11 "emergency medical condition"; amending s.
12 401.252, F.S.; authorizing physician assistants
13 to conduct interfacility transfers in a
14 permitted ambulance under certain
15 circumstances; amending s. 401.27, F.S.;
16 providing that the course on conditions caused
17 by nuclear, biological, and chemical terrorism
18 shall count toward the total required hours for
19 biennial recertification of emergency medical
20 technicians and paramedics; amending s.
21 456.033, F.S.; providing a requirement for
22 instruction of certain health care
23 practitioners on conditions caused by nuclear,
24 biological, and chemical terrorism, as a
25 condition of initial licensure, and, in lieu of
26 the requirement for instruction on HIV and
27 AIDS, as part of biennial relicensure; creating
28 s. 456.0345, F.S.; providing continuing
29 education credits to health care practitioners
30 for certain life support training; amending s.
31 456.072, F.S.; conforming provisions relating
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1 to grounds for disciplinary actions to changes
2 in health care practitioners' course
3 requirements; amending s. 456.38, F.S.;
4 revising provisions relating to the health care
5 practitioner registry for disasters and
6 emergencies; prohibiting certain termination of
7 or discrimination against a practitioner
8 providing disaster medical assistance; amending
9 ss. 458.319 and 459.008, F.S.; conforming
10 provisions relating to exceptions to continuing
11 education requirements for physicians and
12 osteopathic physicians; creating s. 232.4255,
13 F.S.; requiring a complete physical assessment
14 for each student who participates in organized
15 public high school athletics; providing
16 requirements and responsibility for the payment
17 of costs of such assessments; providing
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