HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1925
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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12	Representative Farkas offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Between lines 4253 and 4254, insert:
16	Section 105. (1) The Department of Health, in
17	consultation with the Miami-Dade Community College Physician
18	Assistant Program, the University of Florida Physician Assistant
19	Program, the Nova Southeastern University Physician Assistant
20	Program, and the Barry University Physician Assistant Program,
21	shall conduct a study to establish the most advantageous methods
22	to utilize the medical skills of foreign-trained physicians to
23	practice as physician assistants in this state. Such study shall
24	indicate:
25	(a) The existing pathways or methods for a foreign-trained
26	physician to receive a license to practice as a physician
27	assistant in Florida.
28	(b) National standards, national examinations, and
29	credentialing requirements for a foreign-trained physician to be
30	licensed to practice as a physician assistant in other states in
31	the United States.
32	(c) Training, education requirements, remedial courses,
33	and supervisory needs of a foreign-trained physician desiring to
34	become eligible to practice as a physician assistant.
35	(d) The scope of practice of a foreign-trained physician
36	assistant.
37	(e) Any other areas of study that the department and
38	educational institutions deem appropriate to further the intent
39	of this section.
40	(2) A copy of the study, including results and
41	recommendations, shall be presented to the Governor, the
42	President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
43	Representatives no later than January 1, 2004.
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46	Remove line 295, and insert:
47	of the Division of Administrative Hearings; requiring the
48	Department of Health, in consultation with specified educational
49	institutions, to conduct a study with respect to using skills of
50	foreign-trained physicians to practice as physician assistants
51	in this state and to report the results and recommendations to
52	the Governor and Legislature; repealing s.