Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1868
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11  The Committee on Health Care (Atwater) recommended the
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 1, lines 17 through 26, delete those lines
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18         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (3) of section
19  395.1027, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
20         395.1027  Regional poison control centers.--
21         (1)  There shall be created three certified accredited
22  regional poison control centers, one each in the north,
23  central, and southern regions of the state. Each regional
24  poison control center shall be affiliated with and physically
25  located in a certified Level I trauma center.  Each regional
26  poison control center shall be affiliated with an accredited
27  medical school or college of pharmacy.  The regional poison
28  control centers shall be coordinated under the aegis of the
29  Division of Children's Medical Services Prevention and
30  Intervention in the department.
31         (3)  Upon request, a licensed facility or health care
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1868
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 1  practitioner shall release to a regional poison control center
 2  any patient information that is relevant to the episode under
 3  evaluation for purposes of treatment or that is necessary for
 4  case management of poison cases and other patient information
 5  that is necessary to comply with the data-collection and
 6  reporting requirements of this section and the professional
 7  organization that certifies poison control centers in
 8  accordance with federal law.
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12  And the title is amended as follows:
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16         requiring that the regional poison control
17         centers be certified;
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