Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1198
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/31/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Regulation (Diaz de la Portilla)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Between lines 36 and 37
    4  insert:
    5         (2) REGISTRATION.—Effective January 1, 2012, a physician
    6  licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 461, or chapter
    7  466 who prescribes any controlled substance listed in Schedule
    8  II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV of as defined in s. 893.03, for
    9  the treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain, must:
   10         (a) Designate himself or herself as a controlled substance
   11  prescribing practitioner on the physician’s practitioner
   12  profile.
   13         (b) Comply with the requirements of this section and
   14  applicable board rules.
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   16  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   17         And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   18         Delete lines 24 - 25
   19  and insert:
   20         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsections
   21  (2) and (3) of section 456.44, Florida Statutes, are amended to
   22  read:
   23  
   24  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   25         And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete line 6
   27  and insert:
   28         a physiatrist; providing requirements that a physician
   29         who prescribes certain specific controlled substances
   30         for the treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain must
   31         fulfill; providing that the management of pain