Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1824
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/08/2012 06:41 PM       .                                
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       Senator Sobel moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 2636 and 2637
    4  insert:
    5         Section 73. Effective January 3, 2013, subsection (3) of
    6  section 458.309, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         458.309 Rulemaking authority.—
    8         (3) A physician All physicians who performs liposuction
    9  procedures in which more than 1,000 cubic centimeters of
   10  supernatant fat is removed, perform level 2 procedures lasting
   11  more than 5 minutes, and all level 3 surgical procedures in an
   12  office setting must register the office with the department
   13  unless that office is licensed as a facility under pursuant to
   14  chapter 395. The department shall inspect the physician’s office
   15  annually unless the office is accredited by a nationally
   16  recognized accrediting agency or an accrediting organization
   17  subsequently approved by the Board of Medicine. The actual costs
   18  for registration and inspection or accreditation shall be paid
   19  by the person seeking to register and operate the office setting
   20  in which office surgery is performed.
   21         Section 74. Effective January 3, 2013, subsection (2) of
   22  section 459.005, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   23         459.005 Rulemaking authority.—
   24  (2) A physician All physicians who performs liposuction
   25  procedures in which more than 1,000 cubic centimeters of
   26  supernatant fat is removed, perform level 2 procedures lasting
   27  more than 5 minutes, and all level 3 surgical procedures in an
   28  office setting must register the office with the department
   29  unless that office is licensed as a facility under pursuant to
   30  chapter 395. The department shall inspect the physician’s office
   31  annually unless the office is accredited by a nationally
   32  recognized accrediting agency or an accrediting organization
   33  subsequently approved by the Board of Osteopathic Medicine. The
   34  actual costs for registration and inspection or accreditation
   35  shall be paid by the person seeking to register and operate the
   36  office setting in which office surgery is performed.
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   38  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   39         And the title is amended as follows:
   40         Delete line 277
   41  and insert:
   42         Committee and established its responsibilities;
   43         amending ss. 458.309 and 459.005, F.S.; requiring that
   44         a physician or osteopathic physician who performs
   45         certain medical procedures in an office setting
   46         register the office with the Department of Health
   47         unless that office is licensed as a facility under ch.
   48         395, F.S., relating to hospital licensing and
   49         regulation;