Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1824
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/08/2012 06:41 PM       .                                
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       Senator Sobel moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (349388) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 2993 and 2994
    5  insert:
    6         Section 93. Effective January 3, 2013, subsection (3) of
    7  section 458.309, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         458.309 Rulemaking authority.—
    9         (3) A physician All physicians who performs liposuction
   10  procedures in which more than 1,000 cubic centimeters of
   11  supernatant fat is removed, perform level 2 procedures lasting
   12  more than 5 minutes, and all level 3 surgical procedures in an
   13  office setting must register the office with the department
   14  unless that office is licensed as a facility under pursuant to
   15  chapter 395. The department shall inspect the physician’s office
   16  annually unless the office is accredited by a nationally
   17  recognized accrediting agency or an accrediting organization
   18  subsequently approved by the Board of Medicine. The actual costs
   19  for registration and inspection or accreditation shall be paid
   20  by the person seeking to register and operate the office setting
   21  in which office surgery is performed.
   22         Section 94. Effective January 3, 2013, subsection (2) of
   23  section 459.005, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   24         459.005 Rulemaking authority.—
   25         (2) A physician All physicians who performs liposuction
   26  procedures in which more than 1,000 cubic centimeters of
   27  supernatant fat is removed, perform level 2 procedures lasting
   28  more than 5 minutes, and all level 3 surgical procedures in an
   29  office setting must register the office with the department
   30  unless that office is licensed as a facility under pursuant to
   31  chapter 395. The department shall inspect the physician’s office
   32  annually unless the office is accredited by a nationally
   33  recognized accrediting agency or an accrediting organization
   34  subsequently approved by the Board of Osteopathic Medicine. The
   35  actual costs for registration and inspection or accreditation
   36  shall be paid by the person seeking to register and operate the
   37  office setting in which office surgery is performed.
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   39  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   40         And the title is amended as follows:
   41         Delete line 4156
   42  and insert:
   43         established its responsibilities; amending ss. 458.309
   44         and 459.005, F.S.; requiring that a physician or
   45         osteopathic physician who performs certain medical
   46         procedures in an office setting to register the office
   47         with the Department of Health unless that office is
   48         licensed as a facility under ch. 395, F.S., relating
   49         to hospital licensing and regulation; amending s.
   50         462.19,