Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 584
By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Harrell
588-03864-20 2020584c1
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 six five members appointed
17 as follows:
18 1. The chairperson of the Board of Medicine shall appoint
19 two three members who are physicians and members of the Board of
20 Medicine. At least one of the physicians must supervise a
21 physician assistant in the physician’s practice.
22 2. The chairperson of the Board of Osteopathic Medicine
23 shall appoint one member who is a physician and a member of the
24 Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
25 3. The State Surgeon General or his or her designee shall
26 appoint three a fully licensed physician assistants assistant
27 licensed under this chapter or chapter 459.
28 (b) At least two of the members appointed to the council
29 must be physicians who supervise physician assistants in their
30 practice. Members shall be appointed to terms of 4 years, except
31 that of the initial appointments, two members shall be appointed
32 to terms of 2 years, two members shall be appointed to terms of
33 3 years, and one member shall be appointed to a term of 4 years,
34 as established by rule of the boards. Council members may not
35 serve more than two consecutive terms. The council shall
36 annually elect a chairperson from among its members. For any
37 given year, if the election of a chairperson ends in a tie vote,
38 the State Surgeon General shall select the chairperson from
39 among the council members.
40 Section 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (9) of
41 section 459.022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
42 459.022 Physician assistants.—
43 (9) COUNCIL ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—The Council on
44 Physician Assistants is created within the department.
45 (a) The council shall consist of six five members appointed
46 as follows:
47 1. The chairperson of the Board of Medicine shall appoint
48 two three members who are physicians and members of the Board of
49 Medicine. At least one of the physicians must supervise a
50 physician assistant in 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.
54 3. The State Surgeon General or her or his designee shall
55 appoint three a fully licensed physician assistants assistant
56 licensed under chapter 458 or this chapter.
57 (b) At least two of the members appointed to the council
58 must be physicians who supervise physician assistants in their
59 practice. Members shall be appointed to terms of 4 years, except
60 that of the initial appointments, two members shall be appointed
61 to terms of 2 years, two members shall be appointed to terms of
62 3 years, and one member shall be appointed to a term of 4 years,
63 as established by rule of the boards. Council members may not
64 serve more than two consecutive terms. The council shall
65 annually elect a chairperson from among its members. For any
66 given year, if the election of a chairperson ends in a tie vote,
67 the State Surgeon General shall select the chairperson from
68 among the council members.
69 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.