Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 720
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             04/24/2009 04:48 PM       .                                
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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. However, a physician may indicate the
   14  services offered and may state that his or her practice is
   15  limited to one or more types of services when this accurately
   16  reflects the scope of practice of the physician. A physician may
   17  not hold himself or herself out as a board-certified specialist
   18  in dermatology unless the recognizing agency, whether authorized
   19  in statute or by rule, is triennially reviewed and reauthorized
   20  by the Board of Medicine.
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   23         And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete line 2
   25  and insert:
   26         An act relating to physician practice; amending s.
   27         458.3312, F.S.; revising provisions regarding board
   28         certification of a physician as a specialist;