HB 0545 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to medical practice; creating s. 458.3137,
3	F.S.; authorizing issuance of temporary certificates for
4	visiting physicians to obtain medical privileges for
5	instructional purposes in conjunction with certain plastic
6	surgery training programs and plastic surgery educational
7	symposiums; providing for issuance of such certificates
8	without examination to applicants who meet specified
9	requirements; specifying the validity period of such
10	certificates; providing an effective date.
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12	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	Section 1. Section 458.3137, Florida Statutes, is created
15	to read:
16	458.3137 Temporary certificate for visiting physicians to
17	obtain medical privileges for instructional purposes in
18	conjunction with certain plastic surgery training programs and
19	plastic surgery educational symposiums.--
20	(1) Any physician who has been invited by both:
21	(a) A plastic surgery training program that is affiliated
22	with a Florida medical school and approved by the American Board
23	of Medical Specialties; and
24	(b) An educational symposium cosponsored by the American
25	Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Plastic Surgery Educational
26	Foundation, or the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic
27	Surgery,
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29	may be issued a temporary certificate for limited privileges
30	solely for purposes of providing educational training in plastic
31	surgery in accordance with the restrictions set forth in this
32	section.
33	(2) A temporary certificate to practice medicine for
34	educational purposes to help teach plastic surgery residents of
35	a Florida medical school in conjunction with a nationally
36	sponsored educational symposium may be issued without
37	examination to any individual who meets all of the following
38	requirements:
39	(a) Is a graduate of an accredited medical school or its
40	equivalent or is a graduate of a foreign medical school listed
41	with the World Health Organization.
42	(b) Holds a valid and unencumbered license to practice
43	medicine in another state or country.
44	(c) Is a recognized expert in a specific area of plastic
45	surgery as demonstrated by peer-review publications, invited
46	lectureships, and academic affiliations.
47	(d) Has completed an application form adopted by the board
48	and remitted a nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $300.
49	(e) Has not committed an act in this or any other
50	jurisdiction that would constitute a basis for disciplining a
51	physician under s. 456.072 or s. 458.331.
52	(f) Meets the financial responsibility requirements of s.
53	458.320.
54	(g) Is applying only in connection with both an American
55	Board of Medical Specialties approved plastic surgery training
56	program affiliated with a Florida medical school and an
57	educational symposium sponsored by the American Society of
58	Plastic Surgeons, the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, or
59	the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
60	(3) A temporary certificate issued under this section is
61	valid for no more than 3 days per year.
62	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.