Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2214
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11  The Committee on Children and Families (Fasano) recommended
12  the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 33, lines 12-24, delete those lines
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18         Section 7.  Paragraphs (e) and (i) of subsection (4) of
19  section 400.9905, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
20         400.9905  Definitions.--
21         (4)  "Clinic" means an entity at which health care
22  services are provided to individuals and which tenders charges
23  for reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic
24  and a portable equipment provider. For purposes of this part,
25  the term does not include and the licensure requirements of
26  this part do not apply to:
27         (e)  An entity that is exempt from federal taxation
28  under 26 U.S.C. s. 501(c)(3) or s. 501(c)(4), an employee
29  stock ownership plan under 26 U.S.C. s. 409 having a board of
30  trustees of which no fewer than two-thirds are
31  Florida-licensed health care practitioners and providing only
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    Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2214
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 1  physical therapy services under physician orders, any
 2  community college or university clinic, and any entity owned
 3  or operated by the federal or state government, including
 4  agencies, subdivisions, or municipalities thereof.
 5         (i)  Entities that provide only oncology or radiation
 6  therapy services by physicians licensed under chapter 458 or
 7  chapter 459 which are owned by a corporation whose shares are
 8  publicly traded on a registered stock exchange.
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12  And the title is amended as follows:
13         On page 4, line 7, after the semicolon,
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16         providing that the term "clinic" does not
17         include certain employee stock ownership plans
18         for purposes of the Health Care Clinic Act;
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