Senate Bill sb1690er

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    2006 Legislature                                CS for SB 1690



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  2         An act relating to physician assistants;

  3         amending ss. 458.331 and 459.015, F.S.;

  4         appointing a physician assistant to probable

  5         cause panels of the Board of Medicine and the

  6         Board of Osteopathic Medicine considering

  7         discipline of physician assistants; providing

  8         qualifications for the physician assistants

  9         appointed to the panels; exempting the

10         appointed physician assistants from certain

11         training requirements concerning the grounds

12         for disciplinary action; providing an effective

13         date.

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15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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17         Section 1.  Subsection (10) is added to section

18  458.331, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         458.331  Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the

20  board and department.--

21         (10)  A probable cause panel convened to consider

22  disciplinary action against a physician assistant alleged to

23  have violated s. 456.072 or this section must include one

24  physician assistant. The physician assistant must hold a valid

25  license to practice as a physician assistant in this state and

26  be appointed to the panel by the Council of Physician

27  Assistants. The physician assistant may hear only cases

28  involving disciplinary actions against a physician assistant.

29  If the appointed physician assistant is not present at the

30  disciplinary hearing, the panel may consider the matter and

31  vote on the case in the absence of the physician assistant.


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 1  The training requirements set forth in s. 458.307(4) do not

 2  apply to the appointed physician assistant. Rules need not be

 3  adopted to implement this subsection.

 4         Section 2.  Subsection (10) is added to section

 5  459.015, Florida Statutes, to read:

 6         459.015  Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the

 7  board and department.--

 8         (10)  A probable cause panel convened to consider

 9  disciplinary action against a physician assistant alleged to

10  have violated s. 456.072 or this section must include one

11  physician assistant. The physician assistant must hold a valid

12  license to practice as a physician assistant in this state and

13  be appointed to the panel by the Council of Physician

14  Assistants. The physician assistant may hear only cases

15  involving disciplinary actions against a physician assistant.

16  If the appointed physician assistant is not present at the

17  disciplinary hearing, the panel may consider the matter and

18  vote on the case in the absence of the physician assistant.

19  The training requirements set forth in s. 458.307(4) do not

20  apply to the appointed physician assistant. Rules need not be

21  adopted to implement this subsection.

22         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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