Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1568
       
       
       
       
       
       
                                Ì649510~Î649510                         
       
                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/17/2021           .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————




       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       The Committee on Appropriations (Rodriguez) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 311 and 312
    4  insert:
    5         Section 7. Subsection (4) of section 464.008, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         464.008 Licensure by examination.—
    8         (4) If an applicant who graduates from an approved program
    9  does not take the licensure examination within 6 months after
   10  graduation, he or she must enroll in and successfully complete a
   11  board-approved licensure examination preparatory course. The
   12  applicant is responsible for all costs associated with the
   13  course and may not use state or federal financial aid for such
   14  costs. The board shall by rule establish guidelines for
   15  licensure examination preparatory courses.
   16  
   17  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   18  And the title is amended as follows:
   19         Delete line 30
   20  and insert:
   21         licensing; amending s. 464.008, F.S.; deleting a
   22         requirement that certain nursing program graduates
   23         complete a specified preparatory course; amending s.
   24         464.018, F.S.; revising grounds