Florida Senate - 2012 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for CS for HB 799 Barcode 416304 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: 2/AD/2R . Floor: SENA2/CA 03/09/2012 04:38 PM . 03/09/2012 08:53 PM ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Montford moved the following: 1 Senate Substitute for Amendment (317724) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete everything after the enacting clause 5 and insert: 6 Section 1. Section 486.0715, Florida Statutes, is created 7 to read: 8 486.0715 Physical therapist; issuance of temporary permit.— 9 (1) The board shall issue a temporary physical therapist 10 permit to an applicant who meets the following requirements: 11 (a) Completes an application for a temporary permit on a 12 form approved by the department. 13 (b) Is a graduate of an approved United States physical 14 therapy educational program and meets all the eligibility 15 requirements for licensure under ch. 456, s. 486.031(1)-(3)(a), 16 and related rules, except passage of a national examination 17 approved by the board is not required. 18 (c) Submits an application for licensure under s. 486.041. 19 (d) Demonstrates proof of possessing malpractice insurance. 20 (e) Submits documentation, under rules adopted by the 21 board, verifying that the applicant will practice under the 22 direct supervision of a licensed physical therapist as provided 23 in subsection (3). 24 (2) A temporary permit is not renewable and is valid until 25 a license is granted by the board. A temporary permit is void if 26 the permittee does not pass or sit for a national examination 27 approved by the board within 6 months after the date of 28 graduation from a physical therapy training program. 29 (3) An applicant for a temporary permit may not work as a 30 physical therapist until a temporary permit is issued by the 31 board. A physical therapist who is practicing under a temporary 32 permit must do so under the direct supervision of a licensed 33 physical therapist. A supervising physical therapist shall 34 supervise only one permittee at any given time. The supervising 35 physical therapist must be licensed for a minimum of 6 months 36 before the supervision period begins and must cosign all patient 37 records produced by the physical therapist who is practicing 38 under a temporary permit. 39 Section 2. Section 486.1065, Florida Statutes, is created 40 to read: 41 486.1065 Physical therapist assistant; issuance of 42 temporary permit.— 43 (1) The board shall issue a temporary physical therapist 44 assistant permit to an applicant who meets the following 45 requirements: 46 (a) Completes an application for a temporary permit on a 47 form approved by the department. 48 (b) Is a graduate of an approved United States physical 49 therapy assistant educational program and meets all the 50 eligibility requirements for licensure under ch. 456, s. 51 486.102(1)-(3)(a), and related rules, except passage of a 52 national examination approved by the board is not required. 53 (c) Submits an application for licensure under s. 486.103. 54 (d) Demonstrates proof of possessing malpractice insurance. 55 (e) Submits documentation, under rules adopted by the 56 board, verifying that the applicant will practice under the 57 direct supervision of a licensed physical therapist as provided 58 in subsection (3). 59 (2) A temporary permit is not renewable and is valid until 60 a license is granted by the board. A temporary permit is void if 61 the permittee does not pass or sit for a national examination 62 approved by the board within 6 months after the date of 63 graduation from a physical therapy assistant training program. 64 (3) An applicant for a temporary permit may not work as a 65 physical therapist assistant until a temporary permit is issued 66 by the board. A physical therapist assistant who is practicing 67 under a temporary permit must do so under the direct supervision 68 of a licensed physical therapist. A supervising physical 69 therapist shall supervise only one permittee at any given time. 70 The supervising physical therapist must be licensed for a 71 minimum of 6 months before the supervision period begins and 72 must cosign all patient records produced by the physical 73 therapist assistant who is practicing under a temporary permit. 74 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 486.151, Florida 75 Statutes, is amended to read: 76 486.151 Prohibited acts; penalty.— 77 (1) It is unlawful for any person to: 78 (a) Practice physical therapy or attempt to practice 79 physical therapy without an active license or temporary permit. 80 (b) Use or attempt to use a license or temporary permit to 81 practice physical therapy which is suspended,orrevoked, or 82 void. 83 (c) Obtain or attempt to obtain a license or temporary 84 permit to practice physical therapy by fraudulent 85 misrepresentation. 86 (d) Use the name or title “Physical Therapist” or “Physical 87 Therapist Assistant” or any other name or title which would lead 88 the public to believe that the person using the name or title is 89 licensed to practice physical therapy, unless such person holds 90 a valid license. 91 (e) Make any willfully false oath or affirmation whenever 92 an oath or affirmation is required by this chapter. 93 (f) Knowingly conceal information relating to violations of 94 this chapter. 95 Section 4. This act shall take effect June 1, 2012. 96 97 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 98 And the title is amended as follows: 99 Delete everything before the enacting clause 100 and insert: 101 A bill to be entitled 102 An act relating to physical therapy; creating ss. 103 486.0715 and 486.1065, F.S.; authorizing issuance of a 104 temporary permit to practice as a physical therapist 105 or physical therapist assistant; providing 106 requirements for issuing a temporary permit; providing 107 for voiding of a temporary permit; providing 108 requirements for the supervision of temporary 109 permittees; amending s. 486.151, F.S.; prohibiting 110 certain acts concerning temporary permits; providing 111 an effective date.