Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 1328
       
       
        
       By Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       
       40-01048A-24                                          20241328__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to formal supervisory relationships;
    3         amending ss. 458.348 and 459.025, F.S.; exempting
    4         certain medical offices from specified supervisory
    5         relationship requirements under certain circumstances;
    6         providing that a supervising physician is not required
    7         to be physically present while supervising the
    8         provision of laser hair removal services by certain
    9         health care practitioners; defining the term “laser
   10         hair removal”; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Present subsections (4) and (5) of section
   15  458.348, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (5)
   16  and (6), respectively, and a new subsection (4) is added to that
   17  section, to read:
   18         458.348 Formal supervisory relationships, standing orders,
   19  and established protocols; notice; standards.—
   20         (4) SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIPS FOR LASER HAIR REMOVAL
   21  SERVICES.—Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to offices
   22  supervised by a physician at which the exclusive service being
   23  performed is laser hair removal by an advanced practice
   24  registered nurse or a physician assistant. A physician is not
   25  required to be physically present while supervising an advanced
   26  practice registered nurse or a physician assistant who provides
   27  laser hair removal services. As used in this subsection, the
   28  term “laser hair removal” means the use of a Class III or Class
   29  IV laser device registered with the department used for
   30  nonablative laser hair removal procedures in which the laser
   31  device does not remove the epidermis; however, the term does not
   32  include electrolysis as defined in s. 478.42.
   33         Section 2. Present subsections (4) and (5) of section
   34  459.025, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (5)
   35  and (6), respectively, and a new subsection (4) is added to that
   36  section, to read:
   37         459.025 Formal supervisory relationships, standing orders,
   38  and established protocols; notice; standards.—
   39         (4) SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIPS FOR LASER HAIR REMOVAL
   40  SERVICES.—Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to offices
   41  supervised by an osteopathic physician at which the exclusive
   42  service being performed is laser hair removal by an advanced
   43  practice registered nurse or a physician assistant. A physician
   44  is not required to be physically present while supervising an
   45  advanced practice registered nurse or a physician assistant who
   46  provides laser hair removal services. As used in this
   47  subsection, the term “laser hair removal” means the use of a
   48  Class III or Class IV laser device registered with the
   49  department used for nonablative laser hair removal procedures in
   50  which the laser device does not remove the epidermis; however,
   51  the term does not include electrolysis as defined in s. 478.42.
   52         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.