Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 496
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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03/14/2017 .
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The Committee on Health Policy (Brandes) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Before line 15
4 insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 456.013, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 456.013 Department; general licensing provisions.—
8 (1)(a) Any person desiring to be licensed in a profession
9 within the jurisdiction of the department shall apply to the
10 department in writing to take the licensure examination. The
11 application shall be made on a form prepared and furnished by
12 the department. The application form must be available on the
13 World Wide Web and the department may accept electronically
14 submitted applications beginning July 1, 2001. The application
15 shall require the social security number of the applicant,
16 except as provided in paragraphs paragraph (b) and (c). The form
17 shall be supplemented as needed to reflect any material change
18 in any circumstance or condition stated in the application which
19 takes place between the initial filing of the application and
20 the final grant or denial of the license and which might affect
21 the decision of the department. If an application is submitted
22 electronically, the department may require supplemental
23 materials, including an original signature of the applicant and
24 verification of credentials, to be submitted in a nonelectronic
25 format. An incomplete application shall expire 1 year after
26 initial filing. In order to further the economic development
27 goals of the state, and notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
28 the department may enter into an agreement with the county tax
29 collector for the purpose of appointing the county tax collector
30 as the department’s agent to accept applications for licenses
31 and applications for renewals of licenses. The agreement must
32 specify the time within which the tax collector must forward any
33 applications and accompanying application fees to the
34 department.
35 (b) If an applicant has not been issued a social security
36 number by the Federal Government at the time of application
37 because the applicant is not a citizen or resident of this
38 country, the department may process the application using a
39 unique personal identification number. If such an applicant is
40 otherwise eligible for licensure, the board, or the department
41 when there is no board, may issue a temporary license to the
42 applicant, which shall expire 30 days after issuance unless a
43 social security number is obtained and submitted in writing to
44 the department. Upon receipt of the applicant’s social security
45 number, the department shall issue a new license, which shall
46 expire at the end of the current biennium.
47 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if an
48 applicant for a temporary certificate as set forth in s.
49 458.3137 has not been issued a social security number by the
50 Federal Government at the time of application because the
51 applicant is not a citizen or resident of this country, the
52 department shall process the application using a unique personal
53 identification number. If such applicant is otherwise eligible
54 for the temporary certificate, the board, or the department when
55 there is no board, shall issue the temporary certificate without
56 requiring the applicant to provide a social security number.
57 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 458.3137, Florida
58 Statutes, is amended to read:
59 458.3137 Temporary certificate for visiting physicians to
60 obtain medical privileges for instructional purposes in
61 conjunction with certain plastic surgery or other medical or
62 surgical training programs and educational symposiums.—
63 (1) A physician who has been invited by:
64 (a) A plastic surgery or other medical or surgical training
65 program affiliated with a medical school in this state which is
66 accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
67 Education or the American Osteopathic Association or which is
68 part of a teaching hospital as defined in s. 408.07; or
69 (b) An educational symposium cosponsored by the American
70 Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Plastic Surgery Educational
71 Foundation, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery,
72 or any other medical or surgical society in conjunction with a
73 medical school or teaching hospital as defined in s. 408.07,
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75 may be issued a temporary certificate for limited privileges
76 solely for purposes of providing educational training in plastic
77 surgery or other medical or surgical procedures, as appropriate,
78 in accordance with the restrictions set forth in this section.
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81 And the title is amended as follows:
82 Between lines 2 and 3
83 insert:
84 amending s. 406.013, F.S.; providing criteria for an
85 applicant of a temporary certificate for visiting
86 physicians to obtain medical privileges for
87 instructional purposes who has not been issued a
88 social security number; amending s. 458.3137, F.S.;
89 revising the circumstances under which visiting
90 physicians may be issued a temporary certificate to
91 obtain medical privileges for instructional purposes;