Senate Bill sb2342

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2342

    By Senator Peaden





    2-844A-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to rules of the Board of

  3         Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine;

  4         amending ss. 458.309 and 459.005, F.S.;

  5         revising an exception to the requirement that

  6         the Department of Health annually inspect a

  7         physician's office if the physician performs

  8         certain surgical procedures; providing an

  9         effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 458.309, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended to read:

15         458.309  Rulemaking authority.--

16         (3)  All physicians who perform level 2 procedures

17  lasting more than 5 minutes and all level 3 surgical

18  procedures in an office setting must register the office with

19  the department unless that office is licensed as a facility

20  pursuant to chapter 395. The department shall inspect the

21  physician's office annually unless the office is accredited by

22  a nationally recognized accrediting agency or an accrediting

23  organization subsequently approved by the Board of Medicine.

24  The actual costs for registration and inspection or

25  accreditation shall be paid by the person seeking to register

26  and operate the office setting in which office surgery is

27  performed.

28         Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 459.005, Florida

29  Statutes, is amended to read:

30         459.005  Rulemaking authority.--

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2342
    2-844A-07




 1         (2)  All physicians who perform level 2 procedures

 2  lasting more than 5 minutes and all level 3 surgical

 3  procedures in an office setting must register the office with

 4  the department unless that office is licensed as a facility

 5  pursuant to chapter 395. The department shall inspect the

 6  physician's office annually unless the office is accredited by

 7  a nationally recognized accrediting agency or an accrediting

 8  organization subsequently approved by the Board of Osteopathic

 9  Medicine. The actual costs for registration and inspection or

10  accreditation shall be paid by the person seeking to register

11  and operate the office setting in which office surgery is

12  performed.

13         Section 3.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2007.

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      perform certain surgical procedures in an office setting.
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