| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to chiropractic education; amending s. |
| 3 | 400.9905, F.S.; providing that pt. XIII of ch. 400, F.S., |
| 4 | the Health Care Clinic Act, does not apply to clinical |
| 5 | facilities affiliated with certain chiropractic colleges; |
| 6 | creating s. 460.4064, F.S.; providing legislative intent; |
| 7 | authorizing chiropractic college-based internships; |
| 8 | providing eligibility requirements for registration of |
| 9 | chiropractic interns; providing requirements for approval |
| 10 | of chiropractic college-based internship programs; |
| 11 | requiring an annual report to the Board of Chiropractic |
| 12 | Medicine; requiring the board to adopt implementing rules; |
| 13 | providing an effective date. |
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| 15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 17 | Section 1. Paragraph (j) is added to subsection (4) of |
| 18 | section 400.9905, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 19 | 400.9905 Definitions.-- |
| 20 | (4) "Clinic" means an entity at which health care services |
| 21 | are provided to individuals and which tenders charges for |
| 22 | reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic and a |
| 23 | portable equipment provider. For purposes of this part, the term |
| 24 | does not include and the licensure requirements of this part do |
| 25 | not apply to: |
| 26 | (j) Clinical facilities affiliated with a college of |
| 27 | chiropractic accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education |
| 28 | at which training is provided for chiropractic students. |
| 29 | Section 2. Section 460.4064, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 30 | to read: |
| 31 | 460.4064 Chiropractic college-based internships; |
| 32 | registration of participating chiropractic interns.-- |
| 33 | (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize and |
| 34 | encourage the participation of chiropractic students in |
| 35 | internship programs based in clinics associated with colleges of |
| 36 | chiropractic accredited by the Council on Chiropractic |
| 37 | Education. Such chiropractic college-based internships are an |
| 38 | alternative to the community-based internships provided in s. |
| 39 | 460.402(6). |
| 40 | (2) Any chiropractic student desiring to provide |
| 41 | chiropractic treatment as a chiropractic intern participating in |
| 42 | a chiropractic college-based internship program shall apply to |
| 43 | the department to be registered as a chiropractic intern and |
| 44 | remit a fee, not to exceed $100, as set by the board. The |
| 45 | department shall register any applicant the board certifies |
| 46 | meets the following requirements: |
| 47 | (a) Is at least 21 years of age. |
| 48 | (b) Has not committed any act or offense within or outside |
| 49 | the state that would constitute the basis for disciplinary |
| 50 | action under this chapter or chapter 456. |
| 51 | (c) Is not currently under investigation in any state for |
| 52 | an act or offense that would constitute the basis for |
| 53 | disciplinary action under this chapter or chapter 456. |
| 54 | (3) Registration under this section is valid for a period |
| 55 | of 1 year and may be renewed upon payment of a renewal fee, not |
| 56 | to exceed $100, as set by the board. |
| 57 | (4) A chiropractic student is eligible to register as a |
| 58 | chiropractic intern under this section only if the chiropractic |
| 59 | college-based internship program has been approved by the board. |
| 60 | The board shall approve a chiropractic college-based internship |
| 61 | program if the program meets the following requirements: |
| 62 | (a) The program shall meet current Council on Chiropractic |
| 63 | Education standards for consumer protection. |
| 64 | (b) The program shall be an established component of the |
| 65 | curriculum offered by the college of chiropractic. |
| 66 | (c) The program shall require all interns who participate |
| 67 | in the program to meet all requirements for internship as |
| 68 | established by the Council on Chiropractic Education. |
| 69 | (d) The program shall provide for supervision of interns |
| 70 | by full-time or adjunct faculty members, pursuant to a |
| 71 | supervision plan submitted by the college and approved by the |
| 72 | board. The plan shall specify the procedures that may be |
| 73 | performed by interns, the degree of supervision over each |
| 74 | intern, the number of interns that may be supervised by any one |
| 75 | faculty member, the qualifications required for faculty members |
| 76 | to participate in the program, the legal liability for the acts |
| 77 | or omissions of the intern, and such other matters as the board |
| 78 | requires by rule. |
| 79 | (5) A college of chiropractic operating a college-based |
| 80 | internship program shall annually report to the board the names |
| 81 | and license or certificate numbers of all faculty members |
| 82 | participating in the program. |
| 83 | (6) The board shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) |
| 84 | and 120.54 to implement this section. |
| 85 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |