Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 738
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/23/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Grimsley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 483.041, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         483.041 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term:
    8         (7) “Licensed practitioner” means a physician licensed
    9  under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, or chapter 461; a
   10  certified optometrist licensed under chapter 463; a dentist
   11  licensed under chapter 466; a person licensed under chapter 462;
   12  a consultant pharmacist or doctor of pharmacy licensed under
   13  chapter 465; or an advanced registered nurse practitioner
   14  licensed under part I of chapter 464; or a duly licensed
   15  practitioner from another state licensed under similar statutes
   16  who orders examinations on materials or specimens for
   17  nonresidents of the State of Florida, but who reside in the same
   18  state as the requesting licensed practitioner.
   19         Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 483.181, Florida
   20  Statutes, is amended to read:
   21         483.181 Acceptance, collection, identification, and
   22  examination of specimens.—
   23         (5) A clinical laboratory licensed under this part must
   24  make its services available to accept a human specimen submitted
   25  for examination by a practitioner licensed under chapter 458,
   26  chapter 459, chapter 460, chapter 461, chapter 462, chapter 463,
   27  s. 464.012, or chapter 466, or a consultant pharmacist or doctor
   28  of pharmacy licensed under chapter 465 if the specimen and test
   29  are the type performed by the clinical laboratory. A clinical
   30  laboratory may only refuse a specimen based upon a history of
   31  nonpayment for services by the practitioner. A clinical
   32  laboratory shall not charge different prices for its services
   33  tests based upon the chapter under which a practitioner
   34  submitting a specimen for testing is licensed.
   35         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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   37  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   38  And the title is amended as follows:
   39         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   40  and insert:
   41                        A bill to be entitled                      
   42         An act relating to clinical laboratories; amending s.
   43         483.041, F.S.; adding a consultant pharmacist or
   44         doctor of pharmacy licensed under chapter 465, F.S.,
   45         to the definition of licensed practitioner; amending
   46         s. 483.181, F.S.; requiring clinical laboratories to
   47         make their services available to specified licensed
   48         practitioners; prohibiting such a clinical laboratory
   49         from charging different prices for its services based
   50         upon the chapter under which a practitioner is
   51         licensed; providing an effective date.