Bill Text: FL S1560 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Board-certified Medical Specialists
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Health Policy [S1560 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S1560-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2018 SB 1560 By Senator Grimsley 26-00934-18 20181560__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to board-certified medical 3 specialists; amending s. 458.331, F.S.; conforming a 4 provision; repealing s. 458.3312, F.S., relating to 5 board-certified specialists; amending s. 458.348, 6 F.S.; conforming a provision; amending s. 766.106, 7 F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an 8 effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1. Paragraph (ll) of subsection (1) of section 13 458.331, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 14 458.331 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the 15 board and department.— 16 (1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a 17 license or disciplinary action, as specified in s. 456.072(2): 18(ll)Advertising or holding oneself out as a board19certified specialist, if not qualified under s. 458.3312, in20violation of this chapter.21 Section 2. Section 458.3312, Florida Statutes, is repealed. 22 Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section 23 458.348, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 24 458.348 Formal supervisory relationships, standing orders, 25 and established protocols; notice; standards.— 26 (3) SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIPS IN MEDICAL OFFICE SETTINGS.—A 27 physician who supervises an advanced registered nurse 28 practitioner or physician assistant at a medical office other 29 than the physician’s primary practice location, where the 30 advanced registered nurse practitioner or physician assistant is 31 not under the onsite supervision of a supervising physician, 32 must comply with the standards set forth in this subsection. For 33 the purpose of this subsection, a physician’s “primary practice 34 location” means the address reflected on the physician’s profile 35 published pursuant to s. 456.041. 36 (c) A physician who supervises an advanced registered nurse 37 practitioner or physician assistant at a medical office other 38 than the physician’s primary practice location, where the 39 advanced registered nurse practitioner or physician assistant is 40 not under the onsite supervision of a supervising physician and 41 the services offered at the office are primarily dermatologic or 42 skin care services, which include aesthetic skin care services 43 other than plastic surgery, must comply with the standards 44 listed in subparagraphs 1.-3.1.-4.Notwithstanding s. 45 458.347(4)(e)6., a physician supervising a physician assistant 46 pursuant to this paragraph may not be required to review and 47 cosign charts or medical records prepared by such physician 48 assistant. 49 1. The physician shall submit to the board the addresses of 50 all offices where he or she is supervising an advanced 51 registered nurse practitioner or a physician’s assistant which 52 are not the physician’s primary practice location. 532.The physician must be board certified or board eligible54in dermatology or plastic surgery as recognized by the board55pursuant to s. 458.3312.56 2.3.All such offices that are not the physician’s primary 57 place of practice must be within 25 miles of the physician’s 58 primary place of practice or in a county that is contiguous to 59 the county of the physician’s primary place of practice. 60 However, the distance between any of the offices may not exceed 61 75 miles. 62 3.4.The physician may supervise only one office other than 63 the physician’s primary place of practice except that until July 64 1, 2011, the physician may supervise up to two medical offices 65 other than the physician’s primary place of practice if the 66 addresses of the offices are submitted to the board before July 67 1, 2006. Effective July 1, 2011, the physician may supervise 68 only one office other than the physician’s primary place of 69 practice, regardless of when the addresses of the offices were 70 submitted to the board. 71 Section 4. Subsection (5) of section 766.106, Florida 72 Statutes, is amended to read: 73 766.106 Notice before filing action for medical negligence; 74 presuit screening period; offers for admission of liability and 75 for arbitration; informal discovery; review.— 76 (5) DISCOVERY AND ADMISSIBILITY.—A statement, discussion, 77 written document, report, or other work product generated by the 78 presuit screening process is not discoverable or admissible in 79 any civil action for any purpose by the opposing party. All 80 participants, including, but not limited to, physicians, 81 investigators, witnesses, and employees or associates of the 82 defendant, are immune from civil liability arising from 83 participation in the presuit screening process. This subsection 84 does not prevent a physician licensed under chapter 458 or 85 chapter 459 or a dentist licensed under chapter 466 who submits 86 a verified written expert medical opinion from being subject to 87 denial of a license or disciplinary action under s. 88 458.331(1)(nn)s.458.331(1)(oo), s. 459.015(1)(qq), or s. 89 466.028(1)(ll). 90 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.