| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Health Care Clinic Act; amending s. |
| 3 | 400.9905, F.S.; providing that pt. X of ch. 400, F.S., |
| 4 | does not apply to certain clinical facilities owned by |
| 5 | publicly traded corporations; providing a definition; |
| 6 | providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (4) of |
| 11 | section 400.9905, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 12 | 400.9905 Definitions.-- |
| 13 | (4) "Clinic" means an entity at which health care services |
| 14 | are provided to individuals and which tenders charges for |
| 15 | reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic and a |
| 16 | portable equipment provider. For purposes of this part, the term |
| 17 | does not include and the licensure requirements of this part do |
| 18 | not apply to: |
| 19 | (l) Clinical facilities that are wholly owned, directly or |
| 20 | indirectly, by a publicly traded corporation. As used in this |
| 21 | paragraph, a "publicly traded corporation" is a corporation that |
| 22 | issues securities traded on an exchange registered with the |
| 23 | United States Securities and Exchange Commission as a national |
| 24 | securities exchange. |
| 25 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |