Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1690
                        Barcode 074190
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11  The Committee on Health Care (Saunders) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17  and insert:  
18         Section 1.  Subsection (10) is added to section
19  458.331, Florida Statutes, to read:
20         458.331  Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the
21  board and department.--
22         (10)  A probable cause panel convened to consider
23  disciplinary action against a physician assistant alleged to
24  have violated s. 456.072 or this section must include one
25  physician assistant. The physician assistant must hold a valid
26  license to practice as a physician assistant in this state and
27  be appointed to the panel by the Council of Physician
28  Assistants. The physician assistant may hear only cases
29  involving disciplinary actions against a physician assistant.
30  If the appointed physician assistant is not present at the
31  disciplinary hearing, the panel may consider the matter and
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1690 Barcode 074190 1 vote on the case in the absence of the physician assistant. 2 The training requirements set forth in s. 458.307(4) do not 3 apply to the appointed physician assistant. Rules need not be 4 adopted to implement this subsection. 5 Section 2. Subsection (10) is added to section 6 459.015, Florida Statutes, to read: 7 459.015 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the 8 board and department.-- 9 (10) A probable cause panel convened to consider 10 disciplinary action against a physician assistant alleged to 11 have violated s. 456.072 or this section must include one 12 physician assistant. The physician assistant must hold a valid 13 license to practice as a physician assistant in this state and 14 be appointed to the panel by the Council of Physician 15 Assistants. The physician assistant may hear only cases 16 involving disciplinary actions against a physician assistant. 17 If the appointed physician assistant is not present at the 18 disciplinary hearing, the panel may consider the matter and 19 vote on the case in the absence of the physician assistant. 20 The training requirements set forth in s. 458.307(4) do not 21 apply to the appointed physician assistant. Rules need not be 22 adopted to implement this subsection. 23 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. 24 25 26 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 27 And the title is amended as follows: 28 Delete everything before the enacting clause 29 30 and insert: 31 A bill to be entitled 2 9:27 AM 03/20/06 s1690d-he37-koa
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1690 Barcode 074190 1 An act relating to physician assistants; 2 amending ss. 458.331 and 459.015, F.S.; 3 appointing a physician assistant to probable 4 cause panels of the Board of Medicine and the 5 Board of Osteopathic Medicine considering 6 discipline of physician assistants; providing 7 qualifications for the physician assistants 8 appointed to the panels; exempting the 9 appointed physician assistants from certain 10 training requirements concerning the grounds 11 for disciplinary action; providing an effective 12 date. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 9:27 AM 03/20/06 s1690d-he37-koa