Florida Senate - 2020 SB 584
By Senator Harrell
25-00787-20 2020584__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Council on Physician
3 Assistants; amending ss. 458.347 and 459.022, F.S.;
4 revising requirements relating to the Council on
5 Physician Assistants membership; conforming provisions
6 to changes made by the act; providing an effective
7 date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (9) of
12 section 458.347, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
13 458.347 Physician assistants.—
14 (9) COUNCIL ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—The Council on
15 Physician Assistants is created within the department.
16 (a) The council shall consist of five members appointed as
17 follows:
18 1. The chairperson of the Board of Medicine shall appoint
19 one member three members who is a physician and member are
20 physicians and members of the Board of Medicine who supervises.
21 One of the physicians must supervise a physician assistant in
22 the physician’s practice.
23 2. The chairperson of the Board of Osteopathic Medicine
24 shall appoint one member who is a physician and a member of the
25 Board of Osteopathic Medicine who supervises a physician
26 assistant in the physician’s practice.
27 3. The State Surgeon General or his or her designee shall
28 appoint three a fully licensed physician assistants assistant
29 licensed under this chapter or chapter 459.
30 (b) Two of the members appointed to the council must be
31 physicians who supervise physician assistants in their practice.
32 Members shall be appointed to terms of 4 years, except that of
33 the initial appointments, two members shall be appointed to
34 terms of 2 years, two members shall be appointed to terms of 3
35 years, and one member shall be appointed to a term of 4 years,
36 as established by rule of the boards. Council members may not
37 serve more than two consecutive terms. The council shall
38 annually elect a chairperson from among its members.
39 Section 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (9) of
40 section 459.022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
41 459.022 Physician assistants.—
42 (9) COUNCIL ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—The Council on
43 Physician Assistants is created within the department.
44 (a) The council shall consist of five members appointed as
45 follows:
46 1. The chairperson of the Board of Medicine shall appoint
47 one member three members who is a physician and member are
48 physicians and members of the Board of Medicine who supervises.
49 One of the physicians must supervise a physician assistant in
50 the physician’s practice.
51 2. The chairperson of the Board of Osteopathic Medicine
52 shall appoint one member who is a physician and a member of the
53 Board of Osteopathic Medicine who supervises a physician
54 assistant in the physician’s practice.
55 3. The State Surgeon General or her or his designee shall
56 appoint three a fully licensed physician assistants assistant
57 licensed under chapter 458 or this chapter.
58 (b) Two of the members appointed to the council must be
59 physicians who supervise physician assistants in their practice.
60 Members shall be appointed to terms of 4 years, except that of
61 the initial appointments, two members shall be appointed to
62 terms of 2 years, two members shall be appointed to terms of 3
63 years, and one member shall be appointed to a term of 4 years,
64 as established by rule of the boards. Council members may not
65 serve more than two consecutive terms. The council shall
66 annually elect a chairperson from among its members.
67 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.