Senate Bill sb1758er

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  2         An act relating to hospitals; amending s.

  3         395.003, F.S.; prohibiting the licensing of

  4         additional emergency departments located off

  5         the premises of a licensed hospital until

  6         January 1, 2009; providing exceptions;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 395.003, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         395.003  Licensure; issuance, renewal, denial,

14  modification, suspension, and revocation.--

15         (1)(a)  A person may not establish, conduct, or

16  maintain a hospital, ambulatory surgical center, or mobile

17  surgical facility in this state without first obtaining a

18  license under this part.

19         (b)1.  It is unlawful for a person to use or advertise

20  to the public, in any way or by any medium whatsoever, any

21  facility as a "hospital," "ambulatory surgical center," or

22  "mobile surgical facility" unless such facility has first

23  secured a license under the provisions of this part.

24         2.  This part does not apply to veterinary hospitals or

25  to commercial business establishments using the word

26  "hospital," "ambulatory surgical center," or "mobile surgical

27  facility" as a part of a trade name if no treatment of human

28  beings is performed on the premises of such establishments.

29         3.  Until July 1, 2006, Additional emergency

30  departments located off the premises of licensed hospitals may

31  not be authorized by the agency until January 1, 2009, except


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    2007 Legislature                 CS for SB 1758, 1st Engrossed



 1  that a hospital which has commenced the licensure application

 2  process for an emergency department located off the premises

 3  of a licensed hospital, including the filing of initial

 4  documents on or before April 30, 2007, and has submitted Stage

 5  2 architectural plans for an emergency department located off

 6  the premises of a licensed hospital as of July 1, 2007, or has

 7  received approval of Stage 2 architectural plans for an

 8  emergency department located off the premises of a licensed

 9  hospital as of July 15, 2007, may be authorized and licensed

10  by the agency upon compliance with the same requirements as

11  were imposed on off-premises emergency departments licensed

12  prior to July 1, 2007.

13         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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