Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. PCS for SB 940 (941384)
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11  The Committee on Health Care (Jones) recommended the following
12  amendment to amendment (243786):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 1, between lines 17 and 18,
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18         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 456.041, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         456.041  Practitioner profile; creation.--
21         (1)(a)  The Department of Health shall compile the
22  information submitted pursuant to s. 456.039 into a
23  practitioner profile of the applicant submitting the
24  information, except that the Department of Health shall
25  develop a format to compile uniformly any information
26  submitted under s. 456.039(4)(b). Beginning July 1, 2001, the
27  Department of Health may compile the information submitted
28  pursuant to s. 456.0391 into a practitioner profile of the
29  applicant submitting the information.
30         (b)  Beginning July 1, 2005, the department shall
31  verify the information submitted by the applicant under s.
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. PCS for SB 940 (941384) Barcode 221288 1 456.039 concerning disciplinary history and medical 2 malpractice claims at the time of initial licensure and 3 license renewal using the National Practitioner Data Bank. The 4 physician profiles shall reflect the disciplinary action and 5 medical malpractice claims as reported by the National 6 Practitioner Data Bank. 7 (c)(b) Within 30 calendar days after receiving an 8 update of information required for the practitioner's profile, 9 the department shall update the practitioner's profile in 10 accordance with the requirements of subsection (7). 11 12 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 13 14 15 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 16 And the title is amended as follows: 17 On page 9, line 4, after the first semicolon, 18 19 insert: 20 amending s. 456.041, F.S.; requiring the 21 Department of Health to verify information 22 submitted by a person who applies for initial 23 or renewal licensure as a physician; 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 10:22 AM 03/22/05 s0940c-he13-t45