Senate Bill sb1760

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1760

    By Senator Saunders





    37-1449-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to health care providers;

  3         defining the term "health care practitioner";

  4         providing for waiver of biennial license

  5         renewal fees and fulfillment of a portion of

  6         continuing education hours for specified health

  7         care practitioners who provide services,

  8         without compensation, to low-income recipients

  9         as an agent of a governmental contractor;

10         providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  (1)  As used in this section, the term

15  "health care practitioner" means a physician licensed under

16  chapter 458, Florida Statutes; an osteopathic physician

17  licensed under chapter 459, Florida Statutes; a chiropractic

18  physician licensed under chapter 460, Florida Statutes; an

19  advanced registered nurse practitioner, registered nurse, or

20  licensed practical nurse licensed under part I of chapter 464,

21  Florida Statutes; a dentist or dental hygienist licensed under

22  chapter 466, Florida Statutes; or a midwife licensed under

23  chapter 467, Florida Statutes, who participates as a health

24  care provider under section 766.1115, Florida Statutes.

25         (2)  Notwithstanding chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter

26  460, chapter 461, part I of chapter 464, chapter 466, or

27  chapter 467, Florida Statutes, to the contrary, any health

28  care practitioner who participates as a health care provider

29  under section 766.1115, Florida Statutes, and thereby agrees

30  with a governmental contractor to provide his or her services

31  without compensation and as an agent of the governmental

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1760
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 1  contractor to low-income recipients in accordance with section

 2  766.1115, Florida Statutes, for at least 80 hours a year for

 3  each year during the biennial licensure period, or, if the

 4  health care practitioner is retired, for at least 400 hours a

 5  year for each year during the licensure period, upon providing

 6  sufficient proof from the applicable governmental contractor

 7  that the health care practitioner has completed the hours at

 8  the time of license renewal under procedures specified by the

 9  Department of Health, shall be eligible for:

10         (a)  Waiver of the biennial license renewal fee for an

11  active license; and

12         (b)  Fulfillment of a maximum of 25 percent of the

13  continuing education hours required for license renewal under

14  section 456.013(9), Florida Statutes.

15         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

16  law.

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19                          SENATE SUMMARY

20    Defines the term "health care practitioner." Provides for
      waiver of biennial license renewal fees and fulfillment
21    of a portion of continuing education hours for specified
      health care practitioners who provide services, without
22    compensation, to low-income recipients as an agent of a
      governmental contractor.
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