Bill Text: FL S1742 | 2020 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Home Medical Equipment Providers

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2020-06-24 - Chapter No. 2020-78 [S1742 Detail]

Download: Florida-2020-S1742-Enrolled.html

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       ENROLLED
       2020 Legislature                                  CS for SB 1742
       
       
       
       
       
       
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    2         An act relating to home medical equipment providers;
    3         amending s. 400.93, F.S.; exempting allopathic,
    4         osteopathic, and chiropractic physicians who sell or
    5         rent electrostimulation medical equipment and supplies
    6         in the course of their practice from certain licensure
    7         requirements; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (5) of
   12  section 400.93, Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         400.93 Licensure required; exemptions; unlawful acts;
   14  penalties.—
   15         (5) The following are exempt from home medical equipment
   16  provider licensure, unless they have a separate company,
   17  corporation, or division that is in the business of providing
   18  home medical equipment and services for sale or rent to
   19  consumers at their regular or temporary place of residence
   20  pursuant to the provisions of this part:
   21         (l) Physicians licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, or
   22  chapter 460 for the sale or rental of electrostimulation medical
   23  equipment and electrostimulation medical equipment supplies to
   24  their patients in the course of their practice.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.