| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to physician assistants; amending s. |
| 3 | 458.347, F.S.; revising the requirements for the formulary |
| 4 | established by the Council on Physician Assistants in |
| 5 | order to allow physician assistants to prescribe |
| 6 | antipsychotics and parenteral preparations; providing an |
| 7 | effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (4) of section |
| 12 | 458.347, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 13 | 458.347 Physician assistants.-- |
| 14 | (4) PERFORMANCE OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.-- |
| 15 | (f)1. The council shall establish a formulary of medicinal |
| 16 | drugs that a fully licensed physician assistant, licensed under |
| 17 | this section or s. 459.022, may not prescribe. The formulary |
| 18 | must include controlled substances as defined in chapter 893, |
| 19 | antipsychotics, general anesthetics, and radiographic contrast |
| 20 | materials, and all parenteral preparations except insulin and |
| 21 | epinephrine. |
| 22 | 2. In establishing the formulary, the council shall |
| 23 | consult with a pharmacist licensed under chapter 465, but not |
| 24 | licensed under this chapter or chapter 459, who shall be |
| 25 | selected by the State Surgeon General. |
| 26 | 3. Only the council shall add to, delete from, or modify |
| 27 | the formulary. Any person who requests an addition, deletion, or |
| 28 | modification of a medicinal drug listed on such formulary has |
| 29 | the burden of proof to show cause why such addition, deletion, |
| 30 | or modification should be made. |
| 31 | 4. The boards shall adopt the formulary required by this |
| 32 | paragraph, and each addition, deletion, or modification to the |
| 33 | formulary, by rule. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 120 |
| 34 | to the contrary, the formulary rule shall be effective 60 days |
| 35 | after the date it is filed with the Secretary of State. Upon |
| 36 | adoption of the formulary, the department shall mail a copy of |
| 37 | such formulary to each fully licensed physician assistant, |
| 38 | licensed under this section or s. 459.022, and to each pharmacy |
| 39 | licensed by the state. The boards shall establish, by rule, a |
| 40 | fee not to exceed $200 to fund the provisions of this paragraph |
| 41 | and paragraph (e). |
| 42 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |