Florida Senate - 2011                                    SB 1990
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Health Regulation
       
       
       
       
       588-02273-11                                          20111990__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the ratification of rules;
    3         ratifying a specified rule for the sole and exclusive
    4         purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness
    5         established by s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires
    6         ratification of any rule that meets any of the
    7         specified thresholds that may likely have an adverse
    8         impact or excessive regulatory cost; providing an
    9         effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. (1) The following rule is ratified for the sole
   14  and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on
   15  effectiveness imposed under s. 120.541(3), Florida Statutes:
   16  rule 64B8-9.0131, Florida Administrative Code, relating to
   17  Standards of Practice for Physicians Practicing in Pain
   18  Management Clinics, for the Board of Medicine.
   19         (2) This act serves no other purpose and shall not be
   20  codified in the Florida Statutes. After this act becomes a law,
   21  its enactment and effective dates shall be noted in the Florida
   22  Administrative Code or the Florida Administrative Weekly or
   23  both, as appropriate. This act does not alter rulemaking
   24  authority delegated by prior law, does not constitute
   25  legislative preemption of or exception to any provision of law
   26  governing adoption or enforcement of the rule cited, and is
   27  intended to preserve the status of any cited rule as a rule
   28  under chapter 120, Florida Statutes. This act does not cure any
   29  rulemaking defect or preempt any challenge based on a lack of
   30  authority or a violation of the legal requirements governing the
   31  adoption of any rule cited.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.