Bill Text: FL H0477 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health Care

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1263 (Ch. [H0477 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0477-Introduced.html

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HB 477

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to health care; amending ss. 458.309
3	and 459.005, F.S.; requiring that any physician or
4	osteopathic physician who performs certain medical
5	procedures in an office setting register the office
6	with the Department of Health unless that office is
7	licensed as a facility under ch. 395, F.S., relating
8	to hospital licensing and regulation; providing an
9	effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 458.309, Florida
14	Statutes, is amended to read:
15	458.309  Rulemaking authority.-
16	(3)  Any physician All physicians who performs liposuction
17	procedures in which more than 1,000 cubic centimeters of
18	supernatant fat is removed, perform level 2 procedures lasting
19	more than 5 minutes, and all level 3 surgical procedures in an
20	office setting must register the office with the department
21	unless that office is licensed as a facility under pursuant to
22	chapter 395. The department shall inspect the physician's office
23	annually unless the office is accredited by a nationally
24	recognized accrediting agency or an accrediting organization
25	subsequently approved by the Board of Medicine. The actual costs
26	for registration and inspection or accreditation shall be paid
27	by the person seeking to register and operate the office setting
28	in which office surgery is performed.
29	Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 459.005, Florida
30	Statutes, is amended to read:
31	459.005  Rulemaking authority.-
32	(2)  Any physician All physicians who performs liposuction
33	procedures in which more than 1,000 cubic centimeters of
34	supernatant fat is removed, perform level 2 procedures lasting
35	more than 5 minutes, and all level 3 surgical procedures in an
36	office setting must register the office with the department
37	unless that office is licensed as a facility under pursuant to
38	chapter 395. The department shall inspect the physician's office
39	annually unless the office is accredited by a nationally
40	recognized accrediting agency or an accrediting organization
41	subsequently approved by the Board of Osteopathic Medicine. The
42	actual costs for registration and inspection or accreditation
43	shall be paid by the person seeking to register and operate the
44	office setting in which office surgery is performed.
45	Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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