| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to medical practice; creating s. 458.3094, |
| 3 | F.S.; requiring the Board of Medicine to adopt rules |
| 4 | requiring physician training in cultural competency; |
| 5 | specifying rules related to required training for students |
| 6 | in colleges of medicine in this state and for physicians |
| 7 | licensed in this state; providing exceptions; providing an |
| 8 | effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Section 458.3094, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 13 | to read: |
| 14 | 458.3094 Requirements for training in cultural |
| 15 | competency.-- |
| 16 | (1) The Board of Medicine shall adopt rules for physician |
| 17 | training in cultural competency which include the following |
| 18 | requirements: |
| 19 | (a) The curriculum in each college of medicine in this |
| 20 | state must include instruction in cultural competency which is |
| 21 | designed to address race and gender-based disparities in medical |
| 22 | treatment decisions. The rules shall be developed in |
| 23 | consultation with the Association of American Medical Colleges |
| 24 | or another nationally recognized organization that reviews |
| 25 | medical school curricula. |
| 26 | (b) A medical student must complete training in cultural |
| 27 | competency before he or she may receive a diploma from a college |
| 28 | of medicine in this state. |
| 29 | (c) A college of medicine that provides instruction in |
| 30 | cultural competency must also offer cultural competency training |
| 31 | as continuing medical education. The training may be provided |
| 32 | through classroom instruction, workshops, or other educational |
| 33 | programs sponsored by the college which meet criteria |
| 34 | established by the board. |
| 35 | (d) A physician licensed to practice medicine in this |
| 36 | state who has not completed instruction in cultural competency |
| 37 | as part of a medical school curriculum must, as a condition of |
| 38 | relicensure, complete training in cultural competency which is |
| 39 | offered pursuant to this section by July 1, 2009. |
| 40 | (2) The board may waive the educational requirements of |
| 41 | this section if an applicant for relicensure demonstrates that |
| 42 | he or she has received the substantial equivalent of this |
| 43 | requirement through completion of a similar course in |
| 44 | postsecondary education which meets criteria established by the |
| 45 | board. |
| 46 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |