SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 1680
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 325238
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11 Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:
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18 395.003 Licensure; issuance, renewal, denial,
19 modification, suspension, and revocation.--
20 (1)(a) A No person may not shall establish, conduct,
21 or maintain a hospital, ambulatory surgical center, or mobile
22 surgical facility in this state without first obtaining a
23 license under this part.
24 (b)1. It is unlawful for a any person to use or
25 advertise to the public, in any way or by any medium
26 whatsoever, any facility as a "hospital," "ambulatory surgical
27 center," or "mobile surgical facility" unless such facility
28 has first secured a license under the provisions of this part.
29 2. Nothing in This part does not apply applies to
30 veterinary hospitals or to commercial business establishments
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 1680
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 325238
1 "mobile surgical facility" as a part of a trade name if no
2 treatment of human beings is performed on the premises of such
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4 3. By December 31, 2004, the agency shall submit a
5 report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
6 House of Representatives recommending whether it is in the
7 public interest to allow a hospital to license or operate an
8 emergency department located off the premises of the hospital.
9 If the agency finds it to be in the public interest, the
10 report shall also recommend licensure criteria for such
11 medical facilities, including criteria related to quality of
12 care and, if deemed necessary, the elimination of the
13 possibility of confusion related to the service capabilities
14 of such facility in comparison to the service capabilities of
15 an emergency department located on the premises of the
16 hospital. Until July 1, 2005, additional emergency departments
17 located off the premises of licensed hospitals may not be
18 authorized by the agency.
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