Senate Bill sb2078
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Florida Senate - 2003 SB 2078
By Senator Villalobos
38-723-03 See HB
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to medical practice; creating
3 s. 458.3137, F.S.; authorizing issuance of
4 temporary certificates for visiting physicians
5 to obtain medical privileges for instructional
6 purposes in conjunction with certain plastic
7 surgery training programs and plastic surgery
8 educational symposiums; providing for issuance
9 of such certificates without examination to
10 applicants who meet specified requirements;
11 specifying the validity period of such
12 certificates; providing an effective date.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1. Section 458.3137, Florida Statutes, is
17 created to read:
18 458.3137 Temporary certificate for visiting physicians
19 to obtain medical privileges for instructional purposes in
20 conjunction with certain plastic surgery training programs and
21 plastic surgery educational symposiums.--
22 (1) Any physician who has been invited by both:
23 (a) A plastic surgery training program that is
24 affiliated with a Florida medical school and approved by the
25 American Board of Medical Specialties; and
26 (b) An educational symposium cosponsored by the
27 American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Plastic Surgery
28 Educational Foundation, or the American Society for Aesthetic
29 Plastic Surgery,
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1 may be issued a temporary certificate for limited privileges
2 solely for purposes of providing educational training in
3 plastic surgery in accordance with the restrictions set forth
4 in this section.
5 (2) A temporary certificate to practice medicine for
6 educational purposes to help teach plastic surgery residents
7 of a Florida medical school in conjunction with a nationally
8 sponsored educational symposium may be issued without
9 examination to any individual who meets all of the following
10 requirements:
11 (a) Is a graduate of an accredited medical school or
12 its equivalent or is a graduate of a foreign medical school
13 listed with the World Health Organization.
14 (b) Holds a valid and unencumbered license to practice
15 medicine in another state or country.
16 (c) Is a recognized expert in a specific area of
17 plastic surgery as demonstrated by peer-review publications,
18 invited lectureships, and academic affiliations.
19 (d) Has completed an application form adopted by the
20 board and remitted a nonrefundable application fee not to
21 exceed $300.
22 (e) Has not committed an act in this or any other
23 jurisdiction that would constitute a basis for disciplining a
24 physician under s. 456.072 or s. 458.331.
25 (f) Meets the financial responsibility requirements of
26 s. 458.320.
27 (g) Is applying only in connection with both an
28 American Board of Medical Specialties approved plastic surgery
29 training program affiliated with a Florida medical school and
30 an educational symposium sponsored by the American Society of
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1 Plastic Surgeons, the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation,
2 or the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
3 (3) A temporary certificate issued under this section
4 is valid for no more than 3 days per year.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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