Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 10
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Floor: WD            .                                
             03/07/2012 12:02 PM       .                                
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       Senator Flores moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         In title, delete lines 51 - 65
    4  and insert:
    5         WHEREAS, for several hours during the afternoon of
    6  September 5, 1997, the dosage of Pitocin was consistently
    7  increased and Mitzi Roden began to experience contractions
    8  closer than every 2 minutes at 4:50 p.m., and began to
    9  experience excessive uterine contractility shortly before 6
   10  p.m., which should have been recognized by any reasonably
   11  competent obstetric care provider, and
   12         WHEREAS, in spite of Mitzi Roden’s excessive uterine
   13  contractility, the administration of Pitocin was inappropriately
   14  increased to 13 milliunits at 6:20 p.m. by Labor and Delivery
   15  Nurse Terry McKelvie, which was a deviation from the acceptable
   16  standard of care for obstetric health care providers because, in
   17  fact, it should have been discontinued, and
   18         WHEREAS, reasonable obstetric care required that Dr.
   19  DeVall, the obstetrician who was ultimately responsible for