Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2214
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11  The Committee on Health Care (Saunders) recommended the
12  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.  Paragraph (i) of subsection (4) of section
19  400.9905, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (k) is
20  added to that subsection, to read:
21         400.9905  Definitions.--
22         (4)  "Clinic" means an entity at which health care
23  services are provided to individuals and which tenders charges
24  for reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic
25  and a portable equipment provider. For purposes of this part,
26  the term does not include and the licensure requirements of
27  this part do not apply to:
28         (i)  Entities that provide only oncology or radiation
29  therapy services by physicians licensed under chapter 458 or
30  chapter 459 which are owned by a corporation whose shares are
31  publicly traded on a recognized stock exchange.
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    Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2214
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 1         (k)  Entities that provide licensed practitioners to
 2  staff emergency departments or to deliver anesthesia services
 3  in facilities licensed under chapter 395 and that derive at
 4  least 90 percent of their gross annual revenues from the
 5  provision of such services. Entities claiming exemption from
 6  licensure under this paragraph must provide documentation
 7  demonstrating compliance.
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11  And the title is amended as follows:
12         On page 4, line 11, following the semicolon
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15         excluding certain entities providing emergency
16         department staff or anesthesia services in
17         facilities licensed under chapter 395, F.S.,
18         from the definition of "clinic";
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