Florida Senate - 2014                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1276
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Garcia moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (355120) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 48 - 72
    5  and insert:
    6         (12)(a) At least 50 percent of the surgical assistants that
    7  a facility employs or contracts with must be certified surgical
    8  assistants.
    9         (b) At least 50 percent of the surgical technologists that
   10  a facility employs or contracts with must be certified surgical
   11  technologists.
   12         (c) The certification requirements in paragraphs (a) and
   13  (b) do not apply to:
   14         1. A person who has completed an appropriate training
   15  program for surgical technology in any branch of the Armed
   16  Forces or reserve component of the Armed Forces.
   17         2. A person who was employed or contracted to perform the
   18  duties of a surgical technologist or surgical assistant at any
   19  time before July 1, 2014.
   20         3. A health care practitioner as defined in s. 456.001 or a
   21  student if the duties performed by the practitioner or the
   22  student are within the scope of the practitioner’s or the
   23  student’s training and practice.
   24         4. A person enrolled in a surgical technology or surgical
   25  assisting training program accredited by the Commission on
   26  Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, the
   27  Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools, or another
   28  accrediting body recognized by the United States Department of
   29  Education on July 1, 2014. A person may practice as a surgical
   30  technologist or a surgical assistant for 2 years after
   31  completing such a training program before he or she is required
   32  to meet
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   35  And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Delete lines 80 - 83
   37  and insert:
   38         F.S.; defining terms; requiring a certain percentage
   39         of surgical assistants or surgical technologists
   40         employed or contracting with a hospital to be
   41         certified; providing exceptions; amending s.