1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to health care; amending ss. 458.309 |
3 | and 459.005, F.S.; requiring that any physician or |
4 | osteopathic physician who performs certain medical |
5 | procedures in an office setting register the office |
6 | with the Department of Health unless that office is |
7 | licensed as a facility under ch. 395, F.S., relating |
8 | to hospital licensing and regulation; providing an |
9 | effective date. |
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11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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13 | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 458.309, Florida |
14 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
15 | 458.309 Rulemaking authority.- |
16 | (3) Any physician All physicians who performs liposuction |
17 | procedures in which more than 1,000 cubic centimeters of |
18 | supernatant fat is removed, perform level 2 procedures lasting |
19 | more than 5 minutes, and all level 3 surgical procedures in an |
20 | office setting must register the office with the department |
21 | unless that office is licensed as a facility under pursuant to |
22 | chapter 395. The department shall inspect the physician's office |
23 | annually unless the office is accredited by a nationally |
24 | recognized accrediting agency or an accrediting organization |
25 | subsequently approved by the Board of Medicine. The actual costs |
26 | for registration and inspection or accreditation shall be paid |
27 | by the person seeking to register and operate the office setting |
28 | in which office surgery is performed. |
29 | Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 459.005, Florida |
30 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
31 | 459.005 Rulemaking authority.- |
32 | (2) Any physician All physicians who performs liposuction |
33 | procedures in which more than 1,000 cubic centimeters of |
34 | supernatant fat is removed, perform level 2 procedures lasting |
35 | more than 5 minutes, and all level 3 surgical procedures in an |
36 | office setting must register the office with the department |
37 | unless that office is licensed as a facility under pursuant to |
38 | chapter 395. The department shall inspect the physician's office |
39 | annually unless the office is accredited by a nationally |
40 | recognized accrediting agency or an accrediting organization |
41 | subsequently approved by the Board of Osteopathic Medicine. The |
42 | actual costs for registration and inspection or accreditation |
43 | shall be paid by the person seeking to register and operate the |
44 | office setting in which office surgery is performed. |
45 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |