Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 614
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: RS            .                                
                  04/01/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Flores) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete line 537
    4  and insert:
    5         (6)(a) The board shall appoint a committee to recommend
    6  whether a formulary of controlled substances that an advanced
    7  practice registered nurse may not prescribe or may prescribe
    8  only for specific uses or subject to specific limitations is
    9  necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
   10  public. The committee shall consist of at least three advanced
   11  practice registered nurses, including a certified registered
   12  nurse anesthetist, a certified nurse midwife, and a certified
   13  nurse practitioner; at least one physician recommended by the
   14  Board of Medicine, and one physician recommended by the Board of
   15  Osteopathic Medicine, who have had work experience with advanced
   16  practice registered nurses; and a pharmacist licensed under
   17  chapter 465, but not licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, or
   18  this chapter, who shall be selected by the State Surgeon
   19  General. The committee may recommend a formulary applicable to
   20  all advanced practice registered nurses, limited by specialty
   21  certification, limited to approved uses of controlled
   22  substances, or subject to other similar restrictions it deems
   23  necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
   24  public.
   25         (b) The board shall adopt by rule any formulary required
   26  under this subsection. Only the board may add to, delete from,
   27  or modify the formulary. A person who requests the addition,
   28  deletion, or modification of a controlled substance listed on
   29  the formulary has the burden of proof to show cause why the
   30  change should be made. The board shall post notice of any
   31  proposed, pending, or adopted changes to the formulary on its
   32  website.
   33         (c) The board shall initiate rulemaking, if required to
   34  implement the committee’s initial recommendation, no later than
   35  October 1, 2015.
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   37  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   38  And the title is amended as follows:
   39         Delete line 31
   40  and insert:
   41         monitor and alter drug therapies; requiring the Board
   42         of Nursing to appoint a committee to recommend whether
   43         a formulary of controlled substances is needed;
   44         specifying the membership of the committee; providing
   45         parameters for the recommendations of the committee;
   46         requiring that any formulary be adopted by board rule;
   47         specifying the process for amending the formulary and
   48         imposing a burden of proof; requiring the board to
   49         post notice of proposed, pending, or adopted changes
   50         to the formulary on its website; specifying a deadline
   51         for initiating any required rulemaking; amending s.
   52         464.018,