| 1 | The Health Care Regulation Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to psychologist specialties; creating s. |
| 7 | 490.0149, F.S.; providing a definition; specifying the |
| 8 | circumstances under which a psychologist may hold himself |
| 9 | or herself out as a certified psychology specialist or |
| 10 | psychology diplomate; requiring the Board of Psychology to |
| 11 | adopt rules and establish specified criteria for the |
| 12 | approval of certifying bodies; specifying that a person |
| 13 | licensed under ch. 490, F.S., may specify the types of |
| 14 | services he or she provides; providing an effective date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. Section 490.0149, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 19 | to read: |
| 20 | 490.0149 Specialties.-- |
| 21 | (1) As used in this section, the term "specialist" or |
| 22 | "diplomate" means a psychologist with recognized special |
| 23 | competency acquired through an organized sequence of formal |
| 24 | education, training, experience, and professional standing. |
| 25 | (2) A person licensed as a psychologist or school |
| 26 | psychologist may not hold himself or herself out as a certified |
| 27 | psychology specialist or psychology diplomate unless the person |
| 28 | has received formal recognition as a board-certified psychology |
| 29 | specialist or psychology diplomate from a recognized certifying |
| 30 | body that has been approved by the board. |
| 31 | (3) The board shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) |
| 32 | and 120.54 to establish criteria for approval of certifying |
| 33 | bodies pursuant to the requirements of subsection (2). The |
| 34 | criteria shall include: |
| 35 | (a) Peer review and self study. |
| 36 | (b) Established standards. |
| 37 | (c) Assessments of competencies characteristic of the |
| 38 | specialty. |
| 39 | (d) Administrative support. |
| 40 | (e) A unified relationship to the public and the |
| 41 | profession. |
| 42 | (4) A person licensed under this chapter may indicate the |
| 43 | services he or she offers and may indicate that his or her |
| 44 | practice is limited to one or more types of services when this |
| 45 | accurately reflects his or her scope of practice. |
| 46 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |