Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 160
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/06/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Grimsley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 22 and 23
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 468.304, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         468.304 Certification.—The department shall certify any
    8  applicant who meets the following criteria:
    9         (1) Pays to the department a nonrefundable fee that may not
   10  exceed $100, plus the actual per-applicant cost to the
   11  department for purchasing the examination from a national
   12  organization. The department shall waive the initial application
   13  fee for a military veteran who applies to the department for an
   14  initial certification within 24 months after being honorably
   15  discharged from any branch of the United States Armed Forces.
   16  The applicant must apply for the fee waiver using a form
   17  prescribed by the department and must submit supporting
   18  documentation as required by the department. This waiver does
   19  not include the fee for purchasing the examination from a
   20  national organization.
   21  
   22  The department may not certify any applicant who has committed
   23  an offense that would constitute a violation of any of the
   24  provisions of s. 468.3101 or applicable rules if the applicant
   25  had been certified by the department at the time of the offense.
   26  An application for a limited computed tomography certificate may
   27  not be accepted. A person holding a valid computed tomography
   28  certificate as of October 1, 1984, is subject to s. 468.309.
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   31         And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete lines 3 - 8
   33  and insert:
   34         military veterans; amending s. 456.013, F.S.;
   35         requiring that the Department of Health waive certain
   36         licensure fees for veterans; requiring the department
   37         to prescribe the format of the fee waivers; limiting
   38         the time period a veteran can apply to 24 months after
   39         discharge; requiring applying veterans to be honorably
   40         discharged; amending s. 468.304, F.S.; requiring that
   41         the department waive the initial application fee for
   42         veterans who apply for a radiological personnel
   43         certification; requiring the department to prescribe
   44         the form of the fee waiver; limiting the time period a
   45         veteran can apply to 24 months after honorable
   46         discharge; excluding a specific fee from the waiver;
   47         providing an