| 1 | Representative Kreegel offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 361 and 362, insert: |
| 5 | Section 3. Paragraph (i) of subsection (4) of section |
| 6 | 400.9905, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 400.9905 Definitions.-- |
| 8 | (4) "Clinic" means an entity at which health care services |
| 9 | are provided to individuals and which tenders charges for |
| 10 | reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic and a |
| 11 | portable equipment provider. For purposes of this part, the term |
| 12 | does not include and the licensure requirements of this part do |
| 13 | not apply to: |
| 14 | (i) Entities that provide only oncology or radiation |
| 15 | therapy services by physicians licensed under chapter 458 or |
| 16 | chapter 459, or entities that provide oncology or radiation |
| 17 | therapy services by physicians licensed under chapter 458 or |
| 18 | chapter 459 which are owned by a corporation whose shares are |
| 19 | publicly traded on a recognized stock exchange, or entities that |
| 20 | provide oncology or radiation therapy services, whether at a |
| 21 | single location or multiple locations, by or under the |
| 22 | supervision of physicians licensed under chapter 458 or chapter |
| 23 | 459, where the entity derives more than 50 percent of its total |
| 24 | revenues from those services. |
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| 27 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 28 | Remove line 9 and insert: |
| 29 | Criminal Punishment Code; amending s. 400.9905, F.S.; redefining |
| 30 | the term "clinic" for purposes of the Health Care Clinic Act to |
| 31 | exclude from coverage under the act those entities deriving a |
| 32 | certain percentage of gross annual revenue from oncology |
| 33 | services or radiation therapy; providing an effective date. |