Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1198 Barcode 244070 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 title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 263 and 264 4 insert: 5 Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section 6 893.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 7 893.055 Prescription drug monitoring program.— 8 (5) When the following acts of dispensing or administering 9 occur, the following are exempt from reporting under this 10 section for that specific act of dispensing or administration: 11 (b) A pharmacist or health care practitioner when 12 administering a controlled substance to a patient who is 13 receiving hospice care or to a patient or resident receiving 14 care as a patient at a hospital, nursing home, ambulatory 15 surgical center, hospice, or intermediate care facility for the 16 developmentally disabled which is licensed in this state. 17 18 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 19 And the title is amended as follows: 20 Delete line 19 21 and insert: 22 board-certified psychiatrist or rheumatologist; 23 amending s. 893.055, F.S.; providing that a pharmacist 24 or health care practitioner is exempt from reporting a 25 dispensed controlled substance to the Department of 26 Health when administering the controlled substance to 27 a patient who is receiving hospice care or to a 28 patient or resident receiving care at certain medical 29 facilities licensed in this state;