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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to physician assistants; amending s.

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458.347, F.S.; revising the requirements for the formulary

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established by the Council on Physician Assistants in

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order to allow physician assistants to prescribe

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antipsychotics and parenteral preparations; providing an

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effective date.

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

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     Section 1.  Paragraph (f) of subsection (4) of section

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458.347, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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     458.347  Physician assistants.--

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     (4)  PERFORMANCE OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.--

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     (f)1.  The council shall establish a formulary of medicinal

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drugs that a fully licensed physician assistant, licensed under

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this section or s. 459.022, may not prescribe. The formulary must

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include controlled substances as defined in chapter 893,

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antipsychotics, general anesthetics, and radiographic contrast

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materials, and all parenteral preparations except insulin and

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epinephrine.

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     2.  In establishing the formulary, the council shall consult

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with a pharmacist licensed under chapter 465, but not licensed

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under this chapter or chapter 459, who shall be selected by the

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State Surgeon General.

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     3.  Only the council shall add to, delete from, or modify

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the formulary. Any person who requests an addition, deletion, or

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modification of a medicinal drug listed on such formulary has the

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burden of proof to show cause why such addition, deletion, or

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modification should be made.

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     4.  The boards shall adopt the formulary required by this

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paragraph, and each addition, deletion, or modification to the

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formulary, by rule. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 120

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to the contrary, the formulary rule shall be effective 60 days

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after the date it is filed with the Secretary of State. Upon

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adoption of the formulary, the department shall mail a copy of

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such formulary to each fully licensed physician assistant,

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licensed under this section or s. 459.022, and to each pharmacy

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licensed by the state. The boards shall establish, by rule, a fee

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not to exceed $200 to fund the provisions of this paragraph and

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paragraph (e).

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     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.