Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1324
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/27/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Garcia) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (113088) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Section 458.352, Florida Statutes, is created to
    7  read:
    8         458.352 Hair restoration or transplant.—
    9         (1) As used in this section, the term “hair restoration or
   10  transplant” means a surgical procedure that removes hair
   11  follicles from the body by coring with a hollow punch and
   12  removing the tissue or robotic instrument, by removing or
   13  dissecting a strip of tissue from the body containing hair
   14  follicles that may be dissected off the strip of tissue, or by
   15  extracting or removing hair follicles from one location on a
   16  living human body, for the purpose of redistributing the hair
   17  follicles to another location on the same human body.
   18         (2) A person who is not licensed under this chapter or
   19  chapter 459 or certified under s. 464.012 may not perform a hair
   20  restoration or transplant or make incisions for the purpose of
   21  performing a hair restoration or transplant. This subsection
   22  does not restrict a physician’s ability to delegate or supervise
   23  an advanced registered nurse practitioner or a physician
   24  assistant in the performance of hair restoration or transplant
   25  services.
   26         Section 2. Section 459.027, Florida Statutes, is created to
   27  read:
   28         459.027 Hair restoration or transplant.—
   29         (1) As used in this section, the term “hair restoration or
   30  transplant” means a surgical procedure that removes hair
   31  follicles by coring with a hollow punch and removing the tissue
   32  or robotic instrument, by removing or dissecting a strip of
   33  tissue from the body containing hair follicles that may be
   34  dissected off the strip of tissue, or by extracting or removing
   35  hair follicles from one location on a living human body, for the
   36  purpose of redistributing the hair follicles to another location
   37  on the same human body.
   38         (2) A person who is not licensed under this chapter or
   39  chapter 458 or certified under s. 464.012 may not perform a hair
   40  restoration or transplant or make incisions for the purpose of
   41  performing a hair restoration or transplant. This subsection
   42  does not restrict a physician’s ability to delegate or supervise
   43  an advanced registered nurse practitioner or a physician
   44  assistant in the performance of hair restoration or transplant
   45  services.
   46         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
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   48  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   49  And the title is amended as follows:
   50         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   51  and insert:
   52                        A bill to be entitled                      
   53         An act relating to hair restoration or transplant;
   54         creating ss. 458.352 and 459.027, F.S.; defining the
   55         term “hair restoration or transplant”; prohibiting a
   56         person who is not licensed under ch. 458, F.S., or ch.
   57         459, F.S., or certified under s. 464.012, F.S., from
   58         performing a hair restoration or transplant or making
   59         incisions for the purpose of performing a hair
   60         restoration or transplant; providing construction;
   61         providing an effective date.