Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 730
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/17/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Benacquisto) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 76 - 80
    4  and insert:
    5  student receives written clearance to return from a physician
    6  who is licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459. Before issuing
    7  a written clearance to return to practice or competition, a
    8  physician may:
    9         a. Delegate the performance of medical acts to a health
   10  care practitioner who is licensed or certified under s. 464.012,
   11  s. 458.347, s. 459.022, or s. 468.701, with whom the physician
   12  maintains a formal supervisory relationship or established
   13  written protocol that identifies the medical care or evaluations
   14  to be performed, the conditions for their performance, and
   15  attests to proficiency in the evaluation and management of
   16  concussions; and
   17         b. May consult with or use testing and the evaluation of
   18  cognitive functions performed by a neuropsychologist licensed
   19  under chapter 490.
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   22         And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Delete line 23
   24  and insert:
   25         the student resumes athletic activities; authorizing a
   26         physician to delegate the performance of medical acts
   27         to certain licensed or certified health care
   28         practitioner and consult with or use testing and the
   29         evaluation of cognitive functions performed by a
   30         licensed neuropsychologist; providing an