Bill Text: FL S0096 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Eligibility for Appointment as a Medical or Clinic Director
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2017-05-05 - Died in Health Policy [S0096 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S0096-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2017 SB 96 By Senator Steube 23-00216-17 201796__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to eligibility for appointment as a 3 medical or clinic director; amending s. 400.9905, 4 F.S.; revising the definition of the term “medical 5 director”; providing an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 400.9905, Florida 10 Statutes, is amended to read: 11 400.9905 Definitions.— 12 (5) “Medical director” means: 13 (a) A physician who is employed or under contract with a 14 clinic and who maintains a full and unencumbered physician 15 license in accordance with chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 16 460, or chapter 461; or 17 (b) An advanced registered nurse practitioner who is 18 employed or under contract with a clinic, who maintains a full 19 and unencumbered license to practice professional nursing in 20 accordance with chapter 464, and who is certified in advanced or 21 specialized nursing practice in accordance with chapter 464. 22 23 If aHowever, if theclinic does not provide services pursuant 24 to any of therespectivephysician or nurse practices acts 25 specifiedlistedin this subsection, it may appoint a Florida 26 licensed health care practitioner who does not provide services 27 pursuant to thosethe respective physician practicesactslisted28in this subsectionto serve as a clinic director who is 29 responsible for the clinic’s activities. A health care 30 practitioner may not serve as the clinic director if the 31 services provided at the clinic are beyond the scope of that 32 practitioner’s license; however,except thata licensee 33 specified in s. 456.053(3)(b) who provides only services 34 authorized under that paragraphpursuant to s. 456.053(3)(b)may 35 serve as clinic director of an entity providing such servicesas36specified in s. 456.053(3)(b). 37 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.