| 1 | Representative Bogdanoff offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 132-327 and insert: |
| 5 | (9) Has never failed the examination specified in s. |
| 6 | 466.006; |
| 7 | (10) Has not been reported to the National Practitioner |
| 8 | Data Bank, unless the applicant successfully appealed to have |
| 9 | his or her name removed from the data bank; |
| 10 | (11) Submits proof that he or she has been engaged in the |
| 11 | active, clinical practice of dentistry providing direct patient |
| 12 | care for at least 6,000 hours within 5 years immediately |
| 13 | preceding the date of application, or in instances when the |
| 14 | applicant has graduated from an accredited dental school within |
| 15 | the preceding 5 years, submits proof of continuous clinical |
| 16 | practice providing direct patient care since graduation; and |
| 17 | (12) Has passed an examination covering the laws and rules |
| 18 | of the practice of dentistry in this state as described in s. |
| 19 | 466.006(4)(a) in the past year. |
| 20 | Section 4. Section 466.00671, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 21 | to read: |
| 22 | 466.00671 Renewal of the health access dental license.-- |
| 23 | (1) A health access dental licensee shall apply for |
| 24 | renewal each biennium. At the time of renewal, the licensee |
| 25 | shall sign a statement that she or he has complied with all |
| 26 | continuing education requirements of an active dentist licensee. |
| 27 | The board shall renew a health access dental license for an |
| 28 | applicant that: |
| 29 | (a) Submits documentation, as approved by the board, from |
| 30 | the employer in the health access setting that the licensee has |
| 31 | at all times pertinent remained an employee; |
| 32 | (b) Has not been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to, |
| 33 | regardless of adjudication, any felony or misdemeanor related to |
| 34 | the practice of a health care profession; |
| 35 | (c) Has paid a renewal fee set by the board. The fee |
| 36 | specified herein may not differ from the renewal fee adopted by |
| 37 | the board pursuant to s. 466.013. The department may provide |
| 38 | payment for these fees through the dentist's salary, benefits, |
| 39 | or other department funds; |
| 40 | (d) Has not failed the examination specified in s. 466.006 |
| 41 | since initially receiving a health access dental license or |
| 42 | since the last renewal; and |
| 43 | (e) Has not been reported to the National Practitioner |
| 44 | Data Bank, unless the applicant successfully appealed to have |
| 45 | his or her name removed from the data bank. |
| 46 | (f) Has not had a license disciplined or revoked in |
| 47 | another state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or |
| 48 | a territory of the United States, since initially receiving a |
| 49 | health access license or since the last renewal of a health |
| 50 | access license. |
| 51 | (2) The board may undertake measures to independently |
| 52 | verify the health access dental licensee's ongoing employment |
| 53 | status in the health access setting. |
| 54 | Section 5. Section 466.00672, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 55 | to read: |
| 56 | 466.00672 Revocation of health access dental license.-- |
| 57 | (1) The board shall revoke a health access dental license |
| 58 | upon: |
| 59 | (a) The licensee's termination from employment from a |
| 60 | qualifying health access setting; |
| 61 | (b) Final agency action determining that the licensee has |
| 62 | violated any provision of s. 466.027 or s. 466.028, other than |
| 63 | infractions constituting citation offenses or minor violations; |
| 64 | or |
| 65 | (c) Failure of the Florida dental licensure examination. |
| 66 | (2) Failure of an individual licensed pursuant to s. |
| 67 | 466.0067 to limit the practice of dentistry to health access |
| 68 | settings as defined in s. 466.003 constitutes the unlicensed |
| 69 | practice of dentistry. |
| 70 | Section 6. Section 466.00673, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 71 | to read: |
| 72 | 466.00673 Repeal of a health access dental |
| 73 | license.--Effective January 1, 2015, ss. 466.0067-466.00673 are |
| 74 | repealed unless reenacted by the Legislature. Any health access |
| 75 | dental license issued before January 1, 2015, shall remain valid |
| 76 | according to ss. 466.0067-466.00673, without effect from repeal. |
| 77 | Section 7. Section 466.00775, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 78 | to read: |
| 79 | 466.00775 Rulemaking.--The board shall adopt rules |
| 80 | pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer ss. |
| 81 | 466.003(14), 466.0067, 466.00671, 466.00672, 466.00673, 466.021, |
| 82 | and 466.032. |
| 83 | Section 8. Section 466.011, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 84 | to read: |
| 85 | 466.011 Licensure.--The board shall certify for licensure |
| 86 | by the department any applicant who satisfies the requirements |
| 87 | of s. 466.006, s. 466.0067, or s. 466.007. The board may refuse |
| 88 | to certify an applicant who has violated any of the provisions |
| 89 | of s. 466.026 or s. 466.028. |
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| 93 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 94 | Remove lines 20-39 and insert: |
| 95 | changes made in this act; providing an effective date. |