Florida Senate - 2014                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 1254
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Garcia moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 455 and 456
    4  insert:
    5         Section 6. Present subsections (1) through (10) of section
    6  395.0191, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (2)
    7  through (11), respectively, present subsection (6) is amended,
    8  and new subsection (1) and subsection (12) are added to that
    9  section, to read:
   10         395.0191 Staff membership and clinical privileges.—
   11         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   12         (a) “Certified surgical assistant” means a surgical
   13  assistant who maintains a valid and active certification under
   14  one of the following designations:
   15         1. Certified surgical first assistant, from the National
   16  Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting.
   17         2. Certified surgical assistant, from the National Surgical
   18  Assistant Association.
   19         3. Surgical assistant-certified, from the American Board of
   20  Surgical Assistants.
   21         (b) “Certified surgical technologist” means a surgical
   22  technologist who maintains a valid and active certification as a
   23  certified surgical technologist from the National Board of
   24  Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting.
   25         (c) “Surgeon” means a health care practitioner as defined
   26  in s. 456.001 whose scope of practice includes performing
   27  surgery and who is listed as the primary surgeon in the
   28  operative record.
   29         (d) “Surgical assistant” means a person who provides aid in
   30  exposure, hemostasis, closures, and other intraoperative
   31  technical functions and who assists the surgeon in performing a
   32  safe operation with optimal results for the patient.
   33         (e) “Surgical technologist” means a person whose duties
   34  include, but are not limited to, maintaining sterility during a
   35  surgical procedure, handling and ensuring the availability of
   36  necessary equipment and supplies, and maintaining visibility of
   37  the operative site to ensure that the operating room environment
   38  is safe, that proper equipment is available, and that the
   39  operative procedure is conducted efficiently.
   40         (7)(6) Upon the written request of the applicant, a any
   41  licensed facility that has denied staff membership or clinical
   42  privileges to an any applicant specified in subsection (2) (1)
   43  or subsection (3) (2) shall, within 30 days of such request,
   44  provide the applicant with the reasons for such denial in
   45  writing. A denial of staff membership or clinical privileges to
   46  an any applicant shall be submitted, in writing, to the
   47  applicant’s respective licensing board.
   48         (12)(a) At least 50 percent of the surgical assistants that
   49  a facility employs or contracts with must be certified surgical
   50  assistants.
   51         (b) At least 50 percent of the surgical technologists that
   52  a facility employs or contracts with must be certified surgical
   53  technologists.
   54         (c) The certification requirements in paragraphs (a) and
   55  (b) do not apply to:
   56         1. A person who has completed an appropriate training
   57  program for surgical technology in any branch of the Armed
   58  Forces or reserve component of the Armed Forces.
   59         2. A person who was employed or contracted to perform the
   60  duties of a surgical technologist or surgical assistant at any
   61  time before July 1, 2014.
   62         3. A health care practitioner as defined in s. 456.001 or a
   63  student if the duties performed by the practitioner or the
   64  student are within the scope of the practitioner’s or the
   65  student’s training and practice.
   66  4. A person enrolled in a surgical technology or surgical
   67  assisting training program accredited by the Commission on
   68  Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, the
   69  Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools, or another
   70  accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of
   71  Education on July 1, 2014. A person may practice as a surgical
   72  technologist or a surgical assistant for 2 years after
   73  completing such a training program before he or she is required
   74  to meet the criteria in paragraphs (a) and (b).
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   76  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   77  And the title is amended as follows:
   78         Between lines 32 and 33
   79  insert:
   80         395.0191, F.S.; defining terms; requiring a certain
   81         percentage of surgical assistants or surgical
   82         technologists employed or contracting with a hospital
   83         to be certified; providing exceptions; amending s.