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11 The Committee on Health Regulation (Peaden) recommended the
12 following amendment to amendment (481236):
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 4. Section 400.9936, Florida Statutes, is
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20 400.9936 Diagnostic testing facility.--
21 (1) As used in this section, the term "diagnostic
22 testing facility" means a clinic licensed under s. 400.991
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24 (a) Performs the technical component of magnetic
25 resonance imaging, computed tomography, or positron emission
26 tomography;
27 (b) Provides the professional component of such
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29 (c) Is located in a fixed facility;
30 (d) Is accredited by the Joint Commission on
31 Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the American
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2 (e) Does not directly or indirectly provide any
3 services to patients other than magnetic resonance imaging,
4 computed tomography, or positron emission tomography.
5 (2) Only a person having a financial interest in a
6 diagnostic testing facility, including the chief executive
7 officer, president, chief operations officer, vice president,
8 or other corporate officer, is subject to the background
9 screening requirements of part X of chapter 400.
10 (3)(a) The medical director or clinic director of a
11 clinic, in addition to the requirements of s. 400.9935, may
12 serve in that capacity only for a maximum of five clinics in a
13 diagnostic testing facility. In addition, a medical director
14 or clinic director in a diagnostic testing facility may not
15 supervise a clinic that is located more than 300 miles from
16 any other clinic supervised by that medical director or clinic
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18 (b) The agency may waive the requirements of this
19 subsection upon a showing of good cause if it determines that
20 the medical director or clinic director can adequately satisfy
21 the other requirements of s. 400.9935.
22 (c) Any variance approved by the agency for a
23 diagnostic testing facility as of May 1, 2007, remains in
24 effect for the term of the approved variance.
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30 And the title is amended as follows:
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2 creating s. 400.9936, F.S.; providing for the
3 regulation of diagnostic testing facilities;
4 providing a definition; providing for the
5 background screening of certain persons;
6 providing limitations and guidelines for the
7 medical director or clinic director of such
8 facilities; providing for the waiver of certain
9 requirements and providing for past waivers or
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