Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1198 Barcode 126352 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 01/31/2012 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Health Regulation (Diaz de la Portilla) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments) 2 3 Between lines 36 and 37 4 insert: 5 (2) REGISTRATION.—Effective January 1, 2012, a physician 6 licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 461, or chapter 7 466 who prescribes any controlled substance listed in Schedule 8 II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV ofas defined ins. 893.03, for 9 the treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain, must: 10 (a) Designate himself or herself as a controlled substance 11 prescribing practitioner on the physician’s practitioner 12 profile. 13 (b) Comply with the requirements of this section and 14 applicable board rules. 15 16 ====== D I R E C T O R Y C L A U S E A M E N D M E N T ====== 17 And the directory clause is amended as follows: 18 Delete lines 24 - 25 19 and insert: 20 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsections 21 (2) and (3) of section 456.44, Florida Statutes, are amended to 22 read: 23 24 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 25 And the title is amended as follows: 26 Delete line 6 27 and insert: 28 a physiatrist; providing requirements that a physician 29 who prescribes certain specific controlled substances 30 for the treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain must 31 fulfill; providing that the management of pain