Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1180, 1st Eng.
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11 Senator Jones moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 6. Subsection (4) of section 456.041, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 456.041 Practitioner profile; creation.--
20 (4) The Department of Health shall include, with
21 respect to a practitioner licensed under chapter 458 or
22 chapter 459, a statement of how the practitioner has elected
23 to comply with the financial responsibility requirements of s.
24 458.320 or s. 459.0085. The department shall include, with
25 respect to practitioners subject to s. 456.048, a statement of
26 how the practitioner has elected to comply with the financial
27 responsibility requirements of that section. The department
28 shall include, with respect to practitioners licensed under
29 chapter 461, information relating to liability actions which
30 has been reported under s. 456.049 or s. 627.912 within the
31 previous 10 years for any paid claim that exceeds $5,000. The
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Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1180, 1st Eng.
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1 department shall include, with respect to practitioners
2 licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, information
3 relating to liability actions which has been reported under
4 ss. 456.049 and 627.912 within the previous 10 years for any
5 paid claim that exceeds $100,000. Such claims information
6 shall be reported in the context of comparing an individual
7 practitioner's claims to the experience of other practitioners
8 within the same specialty, or profession if the practitioner
9 is not a specialist. The department must provide a hyperlink
10 in such practitioner's profile to all such comparison reports.
11 If information relating to a liability action is included in a
12 practitioner's practitioner profile, the profile must also
13 include the following statement: "Settlement of a claim may
14 occur for a variety of reasons that do not necessarily reflect
15 negatively on the professional competence or conduct of the
16 practitioner. A payment in settlement of a medical
17 malpractice action or claim should not be construed as
18 creating a presumption that medical malpractice has occurred."
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