Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1472
                        Barcode 651264
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11  The Committee on Health Care (Peaden) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 3, lines 1 through 4, delete those lines
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18         Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and
19  paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section 395.003, Florida
20  Statutes, are amended to read:
21         395.003  Licensure; issuance, renewal, denial,
22  modification, suspension, and revocation.--
23         (1)
24         (b)1.  It is unlawful for a person to use or advertise
25  to the public, in any way or by any medium whatsoever, any
26  facility as a "hospital," "ambulatory surgical center," or
27  "mobile surgical facility" unless such facility has first
28  secured a license under the provisions of this part.
29         2.  This part does not apply to veterinary hospitals or
30  to commercial business establishments using the word
31  "hospital," "ambulatory surgical center," or "mobile surgical
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1472 Barcode 651264 1 facility" as a part of a trade name if no treatment of human 2 beings is performed on the premises of such establishments. 3 3. By December 31, 2004, the agency shall submit a 4 report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 5 House of Representatives recommending whether it is in the 6 public interest to allow a hospital to license or operate an 7 emergency department located off the premises of the hospital. 8 If the agency finds it to be in the public interest, the 9 report shall also recommend licensure criteria for such 10 medical facilities, including criteria related to quality of 11 care and, if deemed necessary, the elimination of the 12 possibility of confusion related to the service capabilities 13 of such facility in comparison to the service capabilities of 14 an emergency department located on the premises of the 15 hospital. Until July 1, 2006 2005, additional emergency 16 departments located off the premises of licensed hospitals may 17 not be authorized by the agency. 18 19 20 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 21 And the title is amended as follows: 22 On page 1, lines 5 and 6, delete those lines 23 24 and insert: 25 from certain requirements; amending s. 395.003, 26 F.S.; extending by 1 year the moratorium on 27 approving additional emergency departments 28 located off the premises of a licensed 29 hospital; amending s. 408.061, F.S.; conforming 30 a cross-reference; 31 2 10:05 AM 03/08/05 s1472c-he02-t01