Florida Senate - 2020                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 713, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/13/2020 03:22 PM       .      03/13/2020 09:03 PM       
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       Senator Diaz moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (624474) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 589 and 590
    5  insert:
    6         Section 15. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (9) of
    7  section 458.347, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    8         458.347 Physician assistants.—
    9         (9) COUNCIL ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—The Council on
   10  Physician Assistants is created within the department.
   11         (a) The council shall consist of five members appointed as
   12  follows:
   13         1. The chairperson of the Board of Medicine shall appoint
   14  one member three members who is a physician and member are
   15  physicians and members of the Board of Medicine who supervises.
   16  One of the physicians must supervise a physician assistant in
   17  the physician’s practice.
   18         2. The chairperson of the Board of Osteopathic Medicine
   19  shall appoint one member who is a physician and a member of the
   20  Board of Osteopathic Medicine who supervises a physician
   21  assistant in the physician’s practice.
   22         3. The State Surgeon General or his or her designee shall
   23  appoint three a fully licensed physician assistants assistant
   24  licensed under this chapter or chapter 459.
   25         (b) Two of the members appointed to the council must be
   26  physicians who supervise physician assistants in their practice.
   27  Members shall be appointed to terms of 4 years, except that of
   28  the initial appointments, two members shall be appointed to
   29  terms of 2 years, two members shall be appointed to terms of 3
   30  years, and one member shall be appointed to a term of 4 years,
   31  as established by rule of the boards. Council members may not
   32  serve more than two consecutive terms. The council shall
   33  annually elect a chairperson from among its members.
   34         Section 16. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (9) of
   35  section 459.022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   36         459.022 Physician assistants.—
   37         (9) COUNCIL ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—The Council on
   38  Physician Assistants is created within the department.
   39         (a) The council shall consist of five members appointed as
   40  follows:
   41         1. The chairperson of the Board of Medicine shall appoint
   42  one member three members who is a physician and member are
   43  physicians and members of the Board of Medicine who supervises.
   44  One of the physicians must supervise a physician assistant in
   45  the physician’s practice.
   46         2. The chairperson of the Board of Osteopathic Medicine
   47  shall appoint one member who is a physician and a member of the
   48  Board of Osteopathic Medicine who supervises a physician
   49  assistant in the physician’s practice.
   50         3. The State Surgeon General or her or his designee shall
   51  appoint three a fully licensed physician assistants assistant
   52  licensed under chapter 458 or this chapter.
   53         (b) Two of the members appointed to the council must be
   54  physicians who supervise physician assistants in their practice.
   55  Members shall be appointed to terms of 4 years, except that of
   56  the initial appointments, two members shall be appointed to
   57  terms of 2 years, two members shall be appointed to terms of 3
   58  years, and one member shall be appointed to a term of 4 years,
   59  as established by rule of the boards. Council members may not
   60  serve more than two consecutive terms. The council shall
   61  annually elect a chairperson from among its members.
   62  
   63  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   64  And the title is amended as follows:
   65         Delete line 2079
   66  and insert:
   67         specified basis by the Board of Medicine; amending ss.
   68         458.347 and 459.022, F.S.; revising requirements
   69         relating to the Council on Physician Assistants
   70         membership; conforming provisions to changes made by
   71         the act; amending s.