Florida Senate - 2017                             CS for SB 7020
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Rules; and Children, Families, and Elder
       Affairs
       
       
       
       
       595-04446-17                                          20177020c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the ratification of a Department of
    3         Elder Affairs rule and a Department of Health rule;
    4         ratifying a specific rule relating to the practice for
    5         professional guardians; ratifying a specific rule
    6         adopted by the Board of Medicine relating to the
    7         standard of care for office surgery for the sole and
    8         exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on
    9         effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which
   10         requires ratification of any rule exceeding the
   11         specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or
   12         increase in regulatory costs; providing applicability;
   13         providing an effective date.
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   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. (1) The following rule is ratified for the sole
   18  and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on
   19  effectiveness imposed under s. 120.541(3), Florida Statutes:
   20  Rule 58M-2.009, Florida Administrative Code, as filed for
   21  adoption with the Department of State pursuant to the
   22  certification package dated February 9, 2017.
   23         (2) The following rule is ratified for the sole and
   24  exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness
   25  imposed under s. 120.541(3), Florida Statutes: Rule 64B8-9.009,
   26  Florida Administrative Code, titled “Standard of Care for Office
   27  Surgery” as filed for adoption with the Department of State
   28  pursuant to the certification package dated June 15, 2016.
   29         (3) This act serves no other purpose and may not be
   30  codified in the Florida Statutes. After this act becomes law,
   31  its enactment and effective dates shall be noted in the Florida
   32  Administrative Code, the Florida Administrative Register, or
   33  both, as appropriate. This act does not alter rulemaking
   34  authority delegated by prior law, does not constitute
   35  legislative preemption of or exception to any provision of law
   36  governing adoption or enforcement of the rule cited, and is
   37  intended to preserve the status of any cited rule as a rule
   38  under chapter 120, Florida Statutes. This act does not cure any
   39  rulemaking defect or preempt any challenge based on a lack of
   40  authority or a violation of the legal requirements governing the
   41  adoption of any rule cited.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming law.