Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1690
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11 The Committee on Health Care (Saunders) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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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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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.
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27 And the title is amended as follows:
28 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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31 A bill to be entitled
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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
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