Bill Text: FL S1734 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Emergency Medical Services Personnel/Training/HIV [SPSC]

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Messages [S1734 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1734-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1734 
 
By the Committee on Higher Education; and Senator Oelrich 
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1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to medical telecommunications and 
3         transportation; amending s. 381.0034, F.S.; deleting 
4         the requirement that any person who applies to be 
5         certified or is certified as an emergency medical 
6         technician, paramedic, or 911 emergency dispatcher 
7         must complete an educational course approved by the 
8         Department of Health regarding the human 
9         immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency 
10         syndrome; amending s. 401.2701, F.S.; deleting a 
11         requirement that an institution seeking approval of a 
12         program for the education of emergency medical 
13         technicians and paramedics show documentation of the 
14         inclusion of instruction in HIV/AIDS training in its 
15         curriculum; providing an effective date. 
16 
17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
18 
19         Section 1. Section 381.0034, Florida Statutes, is amended 
20  to read: 
21         381.0034 Requirement for instruction on HIV and AIDS.— 
22         (1) As of July 1, 1991, the Department of Health shall 
23  require each person licensed or certified under chapter 401, 
24  chapter 467, part IV of chapter 468, or chapter 483, as a 
25  condition of biennial relicensure, to complete an educational 
26  course approved by the department on the modes of transmission, 
27  infection control procedures, clinical management, and 
28  prevention of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune 
29  deficiency syndrome. Such course shall include information on 
30  current state Florida law on acquired immune deficiency syndrome 
31  and its impact on testing, confidentiality of test results, and 
32  treatment of patients. Each such licensee or certificateholder 
33  shall submit confirmation of having completed the said course, 
34  on a form provided by the department, when submitting fees or 
35  application for each biennial renewal. 
36         (2) Failure to complete the requirements of this section 
37  shall be grounds for disciplinary action contained in the 
38  chapters specified in subsection (1). In addition to discipline 
39  by the department, the licensee or certificateholder shall be 
40  required to complete the said course specified in subsection 
41  (1). 
42         (3) The department shall require, as a condition of 
43  granting a license under the chapters specified in subsection 
44  (1), that an applicant making initial application for licensure 
45  complete an educational course acceptable to the department on 
46  human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency 
47  syndrome. An applicant who has not taken a course at the time of 
48  licensure shall, upon an affidavit showing good cause, be 
49  allowed 6 months to complete this requirement. 
50         (4) The department may shall have the authority to adopt 
51  rules to administer carry out the provisions of this section. 
52         (5) Any professional holding two or more licenses or 
53  certificates subject to the provisions of this section shall be 
54  permitted to show proof of having taken one department-approved 
55  course on human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune 
56  deficiency syndrome, for purposes of relicensure or 
57  recertification for the additional licenses. 
58         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 
59  401.2701, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
60         401.2701 Emergency medical services training programs.— 
61         (1) Any private or public institution in this state Florida 
62  desiring to conduct an approved program for the education of 
63  emergency medical technicians and paramedics shall: 
64         (a) Submit a completed application on a form provided by 
65  the department, which must include: 
66         1. Evidence that the institution is in compliance with all 
67  applicable requirements of the Department of Education. 
68         2. Evidence of an affiliation agreement with a hospital 
69  that has an emergency department staffed by at least one 
70  physician and one registered nurse. 
71         3. Evidence of an affiliation agreement with a current 
72  Florida-licensed emergency medical services provider. Such 
73  agreement shall include, at a minimum, a commitment by the 
74  provider to conduct the field experience portion of the 
75  education program. 
76         4. Documentation verifying faculty, including: 
77         a. A medical director who is a licensed physician meeting 
78  the applicable requirements for emergency medical services 
79  medical directors as outlined in this chapter and rules of the 
80  department. The medical director shall have the duty and 
81  responsibility of certifying that graduates have successfully 
82  completed all phases of the education program and are proficient 
83  in basic or advanced life support techniques, as applicable. 
84         b. A program director responsible for the operation, 
85  organization, periodic review, administration, development, and 
86  approval of the program. 
87         5. Documentation verifying that the curriculum: 
88         a. Meets the course guides and instructor’s lesson plans in 
89  the most recent Emergency Medical Technician-Basic National 
90  Standard Curricula for emergency medical technician programs and 
91  Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic National Standard 
92  Curricula for paramedic programs. 
93         b. Includes 2 hours of instruction on the trauma scorecard 
94  methodologies for assessment of adult trauma patients and 
95  pediatric trauma patients as specified by the department by 
96  rule. 
97         c. Includes 4 hours of instruction on HIV/AIDS training 
98  consistent with the requirements of chapter 381. 
99         6. Evidence of sufficient medical and educational equipment 
100  to meet emergency medical services training program needs. 
101         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.