HB 0781 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to psychotherapist-patient privilege;
3	amending s. 90.503, F.S.; redefining the term
4	"psychotherapist" to include certain advanced registered
5	nurse practitioners for purposes of the psychotherapist-
6	patient privilege of the Florida Evidence Code; providing
7	an effective date.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
12	90.503, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13	90.503 Psychotherapist-patient privilege.--
14	(1) For purposes of this section:
15	(a) A "psychotherapist" is:
16	1. A person authorized to practice medicine in any state
17	or nation, or reasonably believed by the patient so to be, who
18	is engaged in the diagnosis or treatment of a mental or
19	emotional condition, including alcoholism and other drug
20	addiction;
21	2. A person licensed or certified as a psychologist under
22	the laws of any state or nation, who is engaged primarily in the
23	diagnosis or treatment of a mental or emotional condition,
24	including alcoholism and other drug addiction;
25	3. A person licensed or certified as a clinical social
26	worker, marriage and family therapist, or mental health
27	counselor under the laws of this state, who is engaged primarily
28	in the diagnosis or treatment of a mental or emotional
29	condition, including alcoholism and other drug addiction; or
30	4. Treatment personnel of facilities licensed by the state
31	pursuant to chapter 394, chapter 395, or chapter 397, of
32	facilities designated by the Department of Children and Family
33	Services pursuant to chapter 394 as treatment facilities, or of
34	facilities defined as community mental health centers pursuant
35	to s. 394.907(1), who are engaged primarily in the diagnosis or
36	treatment of a mental or emotional condition, including
37	alcoholism and other drug addiction; or
38	5. An advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed
39	under s. 464.012 whose primary scope of practice is the
40	diagnosis or treatment of mental or emotional conditions,
41	including chemical abuse, and limited only to actions performed
42	in accordance with part I of chapter 464.
43	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.