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The Committee on Higher Education (Constantine) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete everything after the enacting clause

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and insert:

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     Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (4) of section 458.3145,

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Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

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458.3145  Medical faculty certificate.--

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     (1)  A medical faculty certificate may be issued without

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examination to an individual who:

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     (a)  Is a graduate of an accredited medical school or its

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equivalent, or is a graduate of a foreign medical school listed

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with the World Health Organization;

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     (b)  Holds a valid, current license to practice medicine in

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another jurisdiction;

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     (c)  Has completed the application form and remitted a

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nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $500;

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     (d)  Has completed an approved residency or fellowship of at

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least 1 year or has received training which has been determined

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by the board to be equivalent to the 1-year residency

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requirement;

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     (e)  Is at least 21 years of age;

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     (f)  Is of good moral character;

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     (g)  Has not committed any act in this or any other

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jurisdiction which would constitute the basis for disciplining a

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physician under s. 458.331;

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     (h)  For any applicant who has graduated from medical school

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after October 1, 1992, has completed, before entering medical

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school, the equivalent of 2 academic years of preprofessional,

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postsecondary education, as determined by rule of the board,

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which must include, at a minimum, courses in such fields as

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anatomy, biology, and chemistry; and

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     (i)  Has been offered and has accepted a full-time faculty

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appointment to teach in a program of medicine at:

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     1.  The University of Florida,

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     2.  The University of Miami,

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     3.  The University of South Florida,

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     4. The Florida State University, or

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5. The Florida International University,

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6. The University of Central Florida, or

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     7. The Mayo Medical School at the Mayo Clinic in

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Jacksonville, Florida.

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     (4)  In any year, the maximum number of extended medical

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faculty certificateholders as provided in subsection (2) may not

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exceed 15 persons at each institution named in subparagraphs

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(1)(i)1.-6 4. and at the facility named in s. 1004.43 and may not

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exceed 5 persons at the institution named in subparagraph (1)(i)7

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5; however, Florida International University and the University

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of Central Florida may exceed the cap until July 1, 2013.

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

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete everything before the enacting clause

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and insert:

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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to medical faculty certificates; amending

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s. 458.3145, F.S.; authorizing additional universities to

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employ medical faculty certificateholders; providing a

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limitation on the number of certificateholders per

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university; providing an effective date.

4/7/2008  12:11:00 PM     HE.HE.06795