Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1172
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/20/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Richter) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 101 - 117
    4  and insert:
    5         (3) EXPERT TESTIMONY.—
    6         (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a physician may
    7  not provide expert testimony in a criminal child abuse case
    8  unless the physician is a physician licensed under chapter 458
    9  or chapter 459 or has obtained certification as an expert
   10  witness pursuant to s. 458.3175 or s. 459.0066.
   11         (b) A physician may provide expert testimony in a criminal
   12  child abuse case regarding mental injury if the physician is a
   13  physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, is board
   14  certified in psychiatry, or has obtained certification as an
   15  expert witness pursuant to s. 458.3175 or s. 459.0066.
   16         (c) Notwithstanding s. 766.102, a physician who obtains an
   17  expert witness certificate under s. 458.3145 or s. 459.0066 and
   18  who otherwise meets the requirements of this subsection may
   19  provide expert testimony in a criminal child abuse case.
   20         (d) A psychologist may not give expert testimony in a
   21  criminal child abuse case regarding mental injury unless the
   22  psychologist is licensed under chapter 490.
   23         (e) The expert testimony requirements of this subsection
   24  apply only to criminal child abuse cases and not to family court
   25  or dependency court cases.