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.
Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Health Regulation
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Health Regulation (HR)
- Judiciary (JU)
- 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)
S 788 Eye Health Care Bennett Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Health Regulation
Location: In committee/council (HR)
S 1014 Health Care Bennett Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Health Regulation
Location: In committee/council (HR)
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
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)
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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