Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SJR 1918
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11 The Committee on Judiciary (Geller) recommended the following
12 amendment to amendment (773348):
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 On page 121, lines 13 through 31, delete those lines
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18 SECTION 26. Prohibition of medical license after
19 repeated medical malpractice.--
20 (a) No person who has been found to have committed
21 three or more incidents of medical malpractice shall be
22 licensed or continue to be licensed by the State of Florida to
23 provide health care services as a medical doctor.
24 (b) For purposes of this section, the following terms
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26 (1) The phrase "medical malpractice" means both the
27 failure to practice medicine in Florida with that level of
28 care, skill, and treatment recognized in general law related
29 to health care providers' licensure, and any similar wrongful
30 act, neglect, or default in other states or countries which,
31 if committed in Florida, would have been considered medical
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SJR 1918
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2 (2) The phrase "found to have committed" means that
3 the malpractice has been found in a final judgment of a court
4 of law, final administrative agency decision, or decision of
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9 And the title is amended as follows:
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13 to repeal Section 26 of Article X, which
14 prohibits licensure of medical doctors after
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