Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 818
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/14/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Regulation (Sobel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (958050) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 325 - 327
    5  and insert:
    6         (c) A physician, an advanced registered nurse practitioner,
    7  or a physician assistant must perform an appropriate medical a
    8  physical examination of a patient on the same day that the
    9  physician he or she dispenses or prescribes a controlled
   10  substance to a patient at a pain-management clinic.
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   12  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   13         And the title is amended as follows:
   14         Delete line 1823
   15  and insert:
   16         practice medicine in a pain-management clinic;
   17         requiring a physician, an advanced registered nurse
   18         practitioner, or a physician assistant to perform an
   19         appropriate medical examination of a patient on the
   20         same day that the physician dispenses or prescribes a
   21         controlled substance to the patient at a pain
   22         management clinic;