| 1 | Representative Nehr offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Section 406.61, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 6 | read: |
| 7 | 406.61 Selling, buying, or conveying bodies outside state |
| 8 | prohibited; exceptions, penalty.-- |
| 9 | (1) Any person who sells shall sell or buys buy any body |
| 10 | or parts of bodies as described in this chapter or any person |
| 11 | except a recognized Florida medical or dental school who |
| 12 | transmits shall transmit or conveys convey or causes cause to be |
| 13 | transmitted or conveyed such body or parts of bodies to any |
| 14 | place outside this state commits is guilty of a misdemeanor of |
| 15 | the first degree, punishable as provided in ss. 775.082 and |
| 16 | 775.083. However, nothing in this chapter does not prohibit |
| 17 | shall be construed as prohibiting the anatomical board from |
| 18 | transporting human specimens outside the state for educational |
| 19 | or scientific purposes or prohibit as prohibiting the transport |
| 20 | of bodies, parts of bodies, or tissue specimens in furtherance |
| 21 | of lawful examination, investigation, or autopsy conducted |
| 22 | pursuant to s. 406.11. Any person, institution, or organization |
| 23 | that conveys bodies or parts of bodies into or out of the state |
| 24 | for medical education or research purposes shall notify the |
| 25 | anatomical board of such intent and receive approval from the |
| 26 | board. |
| 27 | (2) Any entity accredited by the American Association of |
| 28 | Museums may convey plastinated bodies or parts of bodies into or |
| 29 | out of the state for exhibition and public educational purposes |
| 30 | without the consent of the board if the accredited entity: |
| 31 | (a) Notifies the board of the conveyance and the duration |
| 32 | and location of the exhibition at least 30 days before the |
| 33 | intended conveyance. |
| 34 | (b) Submits to the board a description of the bodies or |
| 35 | parts of bodies and the name and address of the company |
| 36 | providing the bodies or parts of bodies. |
| 37 | (c) Submits to the board documentation that each body was |
| 38 | donated by the decedent or his or her next of kin for purposes |
| 39 | of plastination and public exhibition, or, in lieu of such |
| 40 | documentation, an affidavit stating that each body was donated |
| 41 | directly by the decedent or his or her next of kin for such |
| 42 | purposes to the company providing the body and that such company |
| 43 | has a donation form on file for the body. |
| 44 | (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(c) and in lieu of the |
| 45 | documentation or affidavit required under paragraph (2)(c), for |
| 46 | a plastinated body that, before July 1, 2009, was exhibited in |
| 47 | this state by any entity accredited by the American Association |
| 48 | of Museums, such an accredited entity may submit an affidavit to |
| 49 | the board stating that the body was legally acquired and that |
| 50 | the company providing the body has acquisition documentation on |
| 51 | file for the body. This subsection expires January 1, 2012. |
| 52 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |
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| 55 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 56 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 57 | A bill to be entitled |
| 58 | An act relating to the conveyance of bodies into or out of |
| 59 | the state; amending s. 406.61, F.S.; authorizing certain |
| 60 | accredited entities to convey plastinated bodies or parts |
| 61 | of bodies for certain purposes; requiring such accredited |
| 62 | entities to provide prior notification to the anatomical |
| 63 | board and submit certain information and documentation to |
| 64 | the board; authorizing such accredited entities to submit |
| 65 | an affidavit containing specified information in lieu of |
| 66 | such documentation for certain plastinated bodies; |
| 67 | providing for future expiration; providing an effective |
| 68 | date. |