Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 172
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/01/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Burton) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 159 and 160
    4  insert:
    5         (4)(a) A health care practitioner not licensed and
    6  certified to practice as a certified registered nurse
    7  anesthetist under chapter 464 may not use the term “certified
    8  registered nurse anesthetist” or the abbreviations “C.R.N.A.,”
    9  “nurse anesthetist,” or “anesthetist,” either alone or in
   10  combination with titles or abbreviations authorized under
   11  paragraph (3)(f), to describe himself or herself or his or her
   12  practice to a patient or the public at large.
   13         (b) A violation of paragraph (a) constitutes the unlicensed
   14  practice of nursing, and the department may pursue remedies
   15  under s. 456.065 for such violation.
   16         (5) This section may not be construed to prohibit or
   17  interfere with the ability of a health care practitioner, group
   18  practice as defined in s. 456.053, or health care provider as
   19  defined in s. 381.4015 to lawfully bill the Medicare program or
   20  other federal health care program using definitions or
   21  terminology provided under applicable federal law or regulations
   22  for services rendered to a patient enrolled in such program.
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   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete line 23
   27  and insert:
   28         use; prohibiting health care practitioners not
   29         licensed as certified registered nurse anesthetists
   30         from using a specified title and abbreviations under
   31         certain conditions; providing that the use of such
   32         title or abbreviations constitutes the unlicensed
   33         practice of nursing; authorizing the department to
   34         pursue specified remedies for such violations;
   35         providing construction; amending ss. 458.3312 and
   36         459.0152, F.S.;