Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 2176
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11 Senator Peaden moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 18. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
18 395.003, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 395.003 Licensure; issuance, renewal, denial,
20 modification, suspension, and revocation.--
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22 (b)1. It is unlawful for a person to use or advertise
23 to the public, in any way or by any medium whatsoever, any
24 facility as a "hospital," "ambulatory surgical center," or
25 "mobile surgical facility" unless such facility has first
26 secured a license under the provisions of this part.
27 2. This part does not apply to veterinary hospitals or
28 to commercial business establishments using the word
29 "hospital," "ambulatory surgical center," or "mobile surgical
30 facility" as a part of a trade name if no treatment of human
31 beings is performed on the premises of such establishments.
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Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 2176
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1 3. Until July 1, 2007 2006, additional emergency
2 departments located off the premises of licensed hospitals may
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9 And the title is amended as follows:
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13 amending s. 395.003, F.S.; prohibiting
14 additional emergency departments located off
15 the premises of licensed hospitals from being
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