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SB 718: Health Care

GENERAL BILL by Bennett

Health Care; Authorizing the Board of Optometry to adopt rules for the administration and prescription of ocular pharmaceutical agents rather than topical ocular pharmaceutical agents; authorizing certified optometrists to administer and prescribe ocular pharmaceutical agents under certain circumstances; amending provisions relating to licensure and regulation of clinical laboratories operated by practitioners for exclusive use; providing applicability to clinical laboratories operated by practitioners licensed to practice optometry; requiring clinical laboratories to accept human specimens submitted by practitioners licensed to practice under ch. 463, F.S.; revising the burden of proof that a claimant must demonstrate in order to prove medical negligence by a health care provider or an emergency health care provider; prohibiting certified optometrists from administering and prescribing certain controlled substances, etc.

Effective Date: except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Health Regulation
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Regulation (HR)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Budget (BC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/27/2011 Senate • Filed
    11/16/2011 Senate • Referred to Health Regulation; Judiciary; Budget -SJ 61
    1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 61
    3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Health Regulation

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  • SB 718, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/27/2011 at 8:47 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (5)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 261 Eye Health Care Caldwell Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (HSQS)     		Track This Bill
    S 788 Eye Health Care Bennett Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Health Regulation
    Location: In committee/council (HR)     		Track This Bill
    S 1014 Health Care Bennett Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Health Regulation
    Location: In committee/council (HR)     		Track This Bill
    S 1316 (c2) Health Care Gaetz Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 517 (Ch. 2012-61), CS/CS/HB 653 (Ch. 2012-64), CS/CS/CS/HB 711 (Ch. 2012-66), CS/CS/CS/HB 943 (Ch. 2012-73), CS/CS/CS/HB 1263 (Ch. 2012-184)
    Location: On Special Order Calendar     		Track This Bill
    S 1506 (c1) Health Care Thrasher Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
    Location: In committee/council (BHA)     		Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (11)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    463.002 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    463.005 Authority of the board. Page 3 (pdf)
    463.0055 Administration and prescription of topical ocular pharmaceutical agents; committee. Page 3 (pdf)
    463.0057 Optometric faculty certificate. Page 5 (pdf)
    463.006 Licensure and certification by examination. Page 6 (pdf)
    483.035 Clinical laboratories operated by practitioners for exclusive use; licensure and regulation. Page 6 (pdf)
    483.041 Definitions. Page 7 (pdf)
    483.181 Acceptance, collection, identification, and examination of specimens. Page 7 (pdf)
    766.102 Medical negligence; standards of recovery; expert witness. Page 8 (pdf)
    893.02 Definitions. Page 9 (pdf)
    893.05 Practitioners and persons administering controlled substances in their absence. Page 9 (pdf)

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