Florida Senate - 2022 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 358
Ì1418364Î141836
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
.
.
.
.
.
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
(Rodriguez) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (126144) (with title
2 amendment)
3
4 Delete lines 555 - 601
5 and insert:
6 Section 6. Effective upon this act becoming a law,
7 subsection (6) of section 491.0045, Florida Statutes, is amended
8 to read:
9 491.0045 Intern registration; requirements.—
10 (6) A registration issued on or before March 31, 2017,
11 expires March 31, 2022, and may not be renewed or reissued. Any
12 registration issued after March 31, 2017, expires 60 months
13 after the date it is issued. The board may make a one-time
14 exception to the requirements of this subsection in emergency or
15 hardship cases, as defined by board rule, if the candidate has
16 passed the theory and practice examination described in s.
17 491.005(1)(d), (3)(d), and (4)(d).
18 Section 7. Effective July 1, 2022, section 491.0045,
19 Florida Statutes, as amended by this act, is amended to read:
20 491.0045 Associate Intern registration; requirements.—
21 (1) An individual who has not satisfied the postgraduate or
22 post-master’s level experience requirements, as specified in s.
23 491.005(1)(c), (3)(c), or (4)(c), must register as an associate
24 intern in the profession for which he or she is seeking
25 licensure before commencing the post-master’s experience
26 requirement or an individual who intends to satisfy part of the
27 required graduate-level practicum, associateship internship, or
28 field experience, outside the academic arena for any profession,
29 and must register as an associate intern in the profession for
30 which he or she is seeking licensure before commencing the
31 practicum, associateship internship, or field experience.
32 (2) The department shall register as an associate a
33 clinical social worker intern, associate marriage and family
34 therapist intern, or associate mental health counselor intern
35 each applicant who the board certifies has:
36 (a) Completed the application form and remitted a
37 nonrefundable application fee not to exceed $200, as set by
38 board rule;
39 (b)1. Completed the education requirements as specified in
40 s. 491.005(1)(c), (3)(c), or (4)(c) for the profession for which
41 he or she is applying for licensure, if needed; and
42 2. Submitted an acceptable supervision plan, as determined
43 by the board, for meeting the practicum, associateship
44 internship, or field work required for licensure that was not
45 satisfied in his or her graduate program.
46 (c) Identified a qualified supervisor.
47 (3) An individual registered under this section must remain
48 under supervision while practicing under registered associate
49 intern status.
50 (4) An individual who fails to comply with this section may
51 not be granted a license under this chapter, and any time spent
52 by the individual completing the experience requirement as
53 specified in s. 491.005(1)(c), (3)(c), or (4)(c) before
54 registering as an associate intern does not count toward
55 completion of the requirement.
56 (5) An associate intern registration is valid for 5 years.
57 (6) A registration issued on or before March 31, 2017,
58 expires March 31, 2022, and may not be renewed or reissued. Any
59 registration issued after March 31, 2017, expires 60 months
60 after the date it is issued. The board may make a one-time
61 exception to the requirements of this subsection in emergency or
62 hardship cases, as defined by board rule.
63
64 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
65 And the title is amended as follows:
66 Delete lines 1216 - 1219
67 and insert:
68 491.0045, F.S.; revising circumstances under which the
69 board may grant a certain one-time exemption from
70 associate registration requirements; conforming
71 provisions to changes made by the act; amending ss.