Florida Senate - 2021                              CS for SB 170
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senators Hooper and
       Gruters
       
       
       
       
       588-01374-21                                           2021170c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to podiatric medicine; amending s.
    3         461.007, F.S.; authorizing the Board of Podiatric
    4         Medicine to require a specified number of continuing
    5         education hours related to the safe and effective
    6         prescribing of controlled substances; creating s.
    7         461.0155, F.S.; providing for governance of podiatric
    8         physicians who are supervising medical assistants;
    9         amending s. 624.27, F.S.; revising the definition of
   10         the term “health care provider” to include podiatric
   11         physicians; providing an effective date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 461.007, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         461.007 Renewal of license.—
   18         (3) The board may by rule prescribe continuing education,
   19  not to exceed 40 hours biennially, as a condition for renewal of
   20  a license, with a minimum of 2 hours of continuing education
   21  related to the safe and effective prescribing of controlled
   22  substances. The criteria for such programs or courses shall be
   23  approved by the board.
   24         Section 2. Section 461.0155, Florida Statutes, is created
   25  to read:
   26         461.0155 Medical assistants.—A podiatric physician who is
   27  supervising a medical assistant shall be governed by s.
   28  458.3485.
   29         Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
   30  624.27, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   31         624.27 Direct health care agreements; exemption from code.—
   32         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   33         (b) “Health care provider” means a health care provider
   34  licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, chapter
   35  461, chapter 464, or chapter 466, or a health care group
   36  practice, who provides health care services to patients.
   37         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.