Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 720
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Peaden moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (646884) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 16 and 17
    5  insert:
    6         Section 1. Section 458.3312, Florida Statutes, is amended
    7  to read:
    8         458.3312 Specialties.—A physician licensed under this
    9  chapter may not hold himself or herself out as a board-certified
   10  specialist unless the physician has received formal recognition
   11  as a specialist from a specialty board of the American Board of
   12  Medical Specialties or other recognizing agency that has been
   13  approved by the board, subject to triennial board review of such
   14  approval and reauthorization by the board. However, a physician
   15  may indicate the services offered and may state that his or her
   16  practice is limited to one or more types of services when this
   17  accurately reflects the scope of practice of the physician. A
   18  physician may not hold himself or herself out as a board
   19  certified specialist in dermatology unless the recognizing
   20  agency, whether authorized in statute or by rule, is triennially
   21  reviewed and reauthorized by the Board of Medicine.
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   23  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   24         And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete line 2
   26  and insert:
   27         An act relating to physician practice; amending s.
   28         458.3312, F.S.; requiring that the Board of Medicine
   29         review and authorize a recognizing agency’s ability to
   30         certify a physician as a board-certified specialist in
   31         dermatology;