Florida Senate - 2012                              CS for SB 544
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Health Regulation; and Senator Sobel
       
       
       
       
       588-01573-12                                           2012544c1
    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 to 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 January 3, 2013.