Florida Senate - 2011 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1228
Barcode 969602
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
03/14/2011 .
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The Committee on Health Regulation (Altman) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 456.024,
6 Florida Statutes, to read:
7 456.024 Members of Armed Forces in good standing with
8 administrative boards or the department; spouses.—
9 (3)(a) The board, or the department when there is no board,
10 may issue a temporary professional license to the spouse of an
11 active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who
12 submits to the department:
13 1. A completed application upon a form prepared and
14 furnished by the department in accordance with the board’s
15 rules;
16 2. The required application fee;
17 3. Proof that the applicant is married to a member of the
18 Armed Forces of the United States who is on active duty;
19 4. Proof that the applicant holds a valid license for the
20 profession issued by another state, the District of Columbia, or
21 a possession or territory of the United States, and is not the
22 subject of any disciplinary proceeding in any jurisdiction in
23 which the applicant holds a license to practice a profession
24 regulated by this chapter; and
25 5. Proof that the applicant’s spouse is assigned to a duty
26 station in this state pursuant to the member’s official active
27 duty military orders.
28 (b) The applicant must also submit to the Department of Law
29 Enforcement a complete set of fingerprints. The Department of
30 Law Enforcement shall conduct a statewide criminal history check
31 and forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of
32 Investigation for a national criminal history check.
33 (c) The department shall, and the board may, review the
34 results of the state and federal criminal history checks
35 according to the level 2 screening standards in s. 435.04 and
36 shall determine whether the applicant meets the licensure
37 requirements.
38 (d) The applicant shall pay the cost of fingerprint
39 processing. If the fingerprints are submitted through an
40 authorized agency or vendor, the agency or vendor shall collect
41 the required processing fees and remit the fees to the
42 Department of Law Enforcement.
43 (e) The department shall set an application fee, which may
44 not exceed the cost of issuing the license.
45 (f) A temporary license expires 6 months after the date of
46 issuance and is not renewable.
47 (g) A person issued a temporary license under this
48 subsection is subject to the requirements under s. 456.013(3).
49 Section 2. Present subsections (1) through (4) of section
50 458.315, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (2)
51 through (5), respectively, and a new subsection (1) is added to
52 that section, to read:
53 458.315 Temporary certificate for practice in areas of
54 critical need.—
55 (1) A certificate issued pursuant to this section may be
56 cited as the “Rear Admiral LeRoy Collins, Jr., Temporary
57 Certificate for Practice in Areas of Critical Need.”
58 Section 3. Present subsections (1) through (4) of section
59 459.0076, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (2)
60 through (5), respectively, and a new subsection (1) is added to
61 that section, to read:
62 459.0076 Temporary certificate for practice in areas of
63 critical need.—
64 (1) A certificate issued pursuant to this section may be
65 cited as the “Rear Admiral LeRoy Collins, Jr., Temporary
66 Certificate for Practice in Areas of Critical Need.”
67 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.
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70 And the title is amended as follows:
71 Delete everything before the enacting clause
72 and insert:
73 A bill to be entitled
74 An act relating to temporary certificates and licenses
75 for certain health care practitioners; amending s.
76 456.024, F.S.; providing for issuance of a temporary
77 license to specified health care practitioners who are
78 spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces
79 under certain circumstances; providing for criminal
80 history checks; providing fees; providing for
81 expiration of a temporary license; requiring a person
82 who is issued a temporary license to be subject to
83 certain general licensing requirements; amending ss.
84 458.315 and 459.0076, F.S.; naming the temporary
85 certificates issued to physicians who practice in
86 areas of critical need after Rear Admiral LeRoy
87 Collins, Jr.; providing an effective date.