Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 194
                        Barcode 154070
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11  The Committee on Commerce (Ring) recommended the following
12  amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 10, lines 7-9, delete those lines
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17  and insert:  (b) "Qualified person" means a person holding a
18  state license and working within their scope of practice
19  certified by a recognized national organization to provide the
20  instruction for which a tax credit is being sought. In the
21  case of fitness instruction, for which licensure does not
22  exist, "qualified person" means a person who holds either a
23  minimum of an associate's degree from an accredited university
24  in a health- or fitness-related field or at least one current
25  fitness instruction certification from a certifying
26  organization or agency that has at least begun third-party
27  accreditation of its certification procedures and protocols
28  from the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, or an
29  equivalent accrediting organization recognized by the Council
30  for Higher Education Accreditation or the United States
31  Department of Education.
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