Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 946
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/09/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Grimsley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 21
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subsection (4) of section
    6  458.347, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         458.347 Physician assistants.—
    8         (4) PERFORMANCE OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—
    9         (g) A supervisory physician may delegate to a licensed
   10  physician assistant the authority to order medications for the
   11  supervisory physician’s patient during his or her care in a
   12  facility licensed under chapter 395 or part II of chapter 400,
   13  notwithstanding any provisions in chapter 465 or chapter 893
   14  which may prohibit this delegation. For the purpose of this
   15  paragraph, an order is not considered a prescription. A licensed
   16  physician assistant working in a facility that is licensed under
   17  chapter 395 or part II of chapter 400 may order any medication
   18  under the direction of the supervisory physician.
   19         Section 2. Paragraph (f) of subsection (4) of section
   20  459.022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   21         459.022 Physician assistants.—
   22         (4) PERFORMANCE OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—
   23         (f) A supervisory physician may delegate to a licensed
   24  physician assistant the authority to order medications for the
   25  supervisory physician’s patient during his or her care in a
   26  facility licensed under chapter 395 or part II of chapter 400,
   27  notwithstanding any provisions in chapter 465 or chapter 893
   28  which may prohibit this delegation. For the purpose of this
   29  paragraph, an order is not considered a prescription. A licensed
   30  physician assistant working in a facility that is licensed under
   31  chapter 395 or part II of chapter 400 may order any medication
   32  under the direction of the supervisory physician.
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   35  And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Delete line 4
   37  and insert:
   38         assistants; amending ss. 458.347 and 459.022, F.S.;
   39         authorizing a supervisory physician to delegate to a
   40         licensed physician assistant the authority to order
   41         medications for a patient during his or her care at a
   42         licensed nursing home facility; amending s. 464.012,
   43         F.S.; authorizing an