SENATE AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 395.003, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 395.003 Licensure; issuance, renewal, denial,
20 modification, suspension, and revocation.--
21 (1)(a) A No person may not shall establish, conduct,
22 or maintain a hospital, ambulatory surgical center, or mobile
23 surgical facility in this state without first obtaining a
24 license under this part.
25 (b)1. It is unlawful for a any person to use or
26 advertise to the public, in any way or by any medium
27 whatsoever, any facility as a "hospital," "ambulatory surgical
28 center," or "mobile surgical facility" unless such facility
29 has first secured a license under the provisions of this part.
30 2. Nothing in This part does not apply applies to
31 veterinary hospitals or to commercial business establishments
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1 using the word "hospital," "ambulatory surgical center," or
2 "mobile surgical facility" as a part of a trade name if no
3 treatment of human beings is performed on the premises of such
4 establishments.
5 3. By December 31, 2004, the agency shall submit a
6 report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
7 House of Representatives recommending whether it is in the
8 public interest to allow a hospital to license or operate an
9 emergency department located off the premises of the hospital.
10 If the agency finds it to be in the public interest, the
11 report shall also recommend licensure criteria for such
12 medical facilities, including criteria related to quality of
13 care and, if deemed necessary, the elimination of the
14 possibility of confusion related to the service capabilities
15 of such facility in comparison to the service capabilities of
16 an emergency department located on the premises of the
17 hospital. Until July 1, 2005, additional emergency departments
18 located off the premises of licensed hospitals may not be
19 authorized by the agency.
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25 And the title is amended as follows:
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29 An act relating to human health; amending s.
30 381.005, F.S.; requiring hospitals to offer
31 immunizations against the influenza virus and
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1 pneumococcal bacteria to all patients 65 years
2 of age or older during specified time periods,
3 subject to the availability of the vaccines;
4 amending s. 395.003, F.S.; requiring a report
5 by the Agency for Health Care Administration
6 regarding the licensure of emergency
7 departments located off the premises of
8 hospitals; prohibiting the issuance of licenses
9 for such departments before July 1, 2005;
10 amending s. 395.0193, F.S., relating
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