Bill Text: FL S0584 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Council on Physician Assistants

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services [S0584 Detail]

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       Florida Senate - 2020                                     SB 584
       
       
        
       By Senator Harrell
       
       
       
       
       
       25-00787-20                                            2020584__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Council on Physician
    3         Assistants; amending ss. 458.347 and 459.022, F.S.;
    4         revising requirements relating to the Council on
    5         Physician Assistants membership; conforming provisions
    6         to changes made by the act; providing an effective
    7         date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (9) of
   12  section 458.347, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   13         458.347 Physician assistants.—
   14         (9) COUNCIL ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—The Council on
   15  Physician Assistants is created within the department.
   16         (a) The council shall consist of five members appointed as
   17  follows:
   18         1. The chairperson of the Board of Medicine shall appoint
   19  one member three members who is a physician and member are
   20  physicians and members of the Board of Medicine who supervises.
   21  One of the physicians must supervise a physician assistant in
   22  the physician’s practice.
   23         2. The chairperson of the Board of Osteopathic Medicine
   24  shall appoint one member who is a physician and a member of the
   25  Board of Osteopathic Medicine who supervises a physician
   26  assistant in the physician’s practice.
   27         3. The State Surgeon General or his or her designee shall
   28  appoint three a fully licensed physician assistants assistant
   29  licensed under this chapter or chapter 459.
   30         (b) Two of the members appointed to the council must be
   31  physicians who supervise physician assistants in their practice.
   32  Members shall be appointed to terms of 4 years, except that of
   33  the initial appointments, two members shall be appointed to
   34  terms of 2 years, two members shall be appointed to terms of 3
   35  years, and one member shall be appointed to a term of 4 years,
   36  as established by rule of the boards. Council members may not
   37  serve more than two consecutive terms. The council shall
   38  annually elect a chairperson from among its members.
   39         Section 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (9) of
   40  section 459.022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   41         459.022 Physician assistants.—
   42         (9) COUNCIL ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—The Council on
   43  Physician Assistants is created within the department.
   44         (a) The council shall consist of five members appointed as
   45  follows:
   46         1. The chairperson of the Board of Medicine shall appoint
   47  one member three members who is a physician and member are
   48  physicians and members of the Board of Medicine who supervises.
   49  One of the physicians must supervise a physician assistant in
   50  the physician’s practice.
   51         2. The chairperson of the Board of Osteopathic Medicine
   52  shall appoint one member who is a physician and a member of the
   53  Board of Osteopathic Medicine who supervises a physician
   54  assistant in the physician’s practice.
   55         3. The State Surgeon General or her or his designee shall
   56  appoint three a fully licensed physician assistants assistant
   57  licensed under chapter 458 or this chapter.
   58         (b) Two of the members appointed to the council must be
   59  physicians who supervise physician assistants in their practice.
   60  Members shall be appointed to terms of 4 years, except that of
   61  the initial appointments, two members shall be appointed to
   62  terms of 2 years, two members shall be appointed to terms of 3
   63  years, and one member shall be appointed to a term of 4 years,
   64  as established by rule of the boards. Council members may not
   65  serve more than two consecutive terms. The council shall
   66  annually elect a chairperson from among its members.
   67         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.