HB1307 (Full text link). HOURS OF OPERATION: MONDAY- THURSDAY 9AM-5PM (LAST WALK-IN PERMITTED PRIOR TO 4:15 PM) & ON FRIDAYS9AM-4PM (LAST WALK-IN PERMITTED PRIOR TO 3:15 PM). Senate Bill 1934 (Full Text). Mail to Florida Department of Health, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin BSU 01, Tallahassee, FL 32399-3260. (tt) Section 916.1075, relating to sexual misconduct with certain forensic clients and reporting of such sexual misconduct. All investigations are confidential and staff will not be able to provide you with any further information until you are contacted by an investigator. (e) In deciding whether to grant or deny an exemption request, the Agency shall consider factors such as the facts and circumstances surrounding the disqualifying offense(s), the nature of the harm to the victim, whether the individual is on probation or parole, whether restitution has been made, the length of time since the last offense, the history of the person since the disqualifying offense(s), work experience, personal references, performance evaluations, probation or parole violations, education, other evidence of rehabilitation, and the honesty and candor of the disqualified individual. Occupational Therapist
A person who serves as a controlling interest of, is employed by, or contracts with a licensee on July 31, 2010, who has been screened and qualified according to standards specified in s.435.03 or s.435.04 must be rescreened by July 31, 2015. Summary:
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Transparency in Health Care (all health care practitioners)
Effective Date: July 1, 2021
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The other required times are: If an individual obtains a new potentially disqualifying charge or a disqualifying charge. (d) An Application for Exemption will not be reviewed until all required documents are obtained. (b)As provided in chapter 435, the appropriate regulatory board within the Department of Health, or the department itself if there is no board, may grant an exemption from disqualification to a person who is subject to this section and who has received a professional license or certification from the Department of Health or a regulatory board within that department and that person is providing a service within the scope of his or her licensed or certified practice. Please consult your own attorney for legal advice. The bill clarifies the definitions and educational requirements for psychologists applying for licensure by examination or provisional licensure. Summary:
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Creates section 456.47, Florida Statutes, establishing standards of practice for telehealth providers, registration of out-of-state providers, venue requirements and exemptions. Florida Statute 408.809(7)(a) states that AHCA may grant an exemption from disqualification to a person who is subject to this section and who: (1) Does not have an active professional license or certification from the DOH; or (2) has an active professional license or certification from the DOH but is not providing a service within the scope of that license or certification.You may also have to submit a signed background screening privacy policy acknowledging receipt of the privacy policy. may be authorized to perform moderate-level or waiver-level clinical laboratory testing within the hospital or hospital-based off-campus emergency department with a separate federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program clinical laboratory certification under 42 C.F.R. Florida's law requires you to offer 'clear and convincing evidence to prove your . The bill also provides that cross-references throughout the Florida Statutes to the Florida Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act (ch. DOH is required to review the incident report and determine if the incident involves conduct that is subject to disciplinary action; then, if disciplinary action is necessary, DOH must refer the matter to the appropriate board, or to the department if there is no regulatory board. hb```B eax J-C Is%Ivmv@FGCChGRG\930yX,b X)k JvFvN/n\D|J7A/~)0lcxp6$,lpg1(@` c,\
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The bill makes the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (Association) responsible for making all assessments required by the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan except for initial assessments of physicians licensed by the Department of Health and certain casualty insurers. Becomes a participant in an impaired practitioner program and successfully completes the participant contract; Voluntarily withdraws for practice or limits the scope of his or her practice, if required by the consultant; Provides to the consultant, or authorizes the consultant to obtain, all records and information relating to the impairment; and, Authorizes the consultant, in the event of the practitioners termination from the impaired practitioner program, to report the termination to the Department and provide all information in the consultants possession relating to the practitioner. In addition, practitioners who administer vaccinations or causes vaccinations to be administered to college or university students from 18 years of age through 23 years of age at a college or university student health center or clinic is required to report vaccination data to the immunization registry, Florida SHOTS, unless the student has refused to be included in the immunization registry by meeting the requirements in 381.003(e)3., F.S. physical therapy patients) that would place employee in a role that requires background screening while her application for exemption from disqualification by the agency is being processed and under review. Effective Date: July 1, 2017
HB 513 (Full Text). HB 559 (Full Text). HB 501 (Full Text). Has an active professional license or certification from the Department of Health but is not providing a service within the scope of that license or certification. The bill grants rulemaking authority to DOH for responsibilities relating to maximizing the use of existing programs and coordinating stakeholders and resources to develop a state strategic plan, including the process of selecting physicians under the Conrad 30 Waiver Program, and to encourage qualified physicians to relocate to Florida and practice in medically underserved and rural areas; Requires an applicant for a health care professional license to provide his or her date of birth on the application; Revises the DOHs health care practitioner licensing provisions to permit the DOH to issue a temporary license, that expires in 60 days instead of 30 days, to a non-resident or non-citizen physician who has accepted a residency, internship, or fellowship in Florida and has not yet received a social security number; Creates an exception to the 15-percent cap for self-referral for diagnostic imaging services normally imposed on solo or group practice settings for group practice entities that own an accountable care organization or an entity operating under an advanced alternative payment model, according to federal regulations, if such entity provides diagnostic imaging services and has more than 30,000 patients enrolled per year; Repeals a health care practitioners failure to repay student loans as grounds for discipline by the DOH; Authorizes the DOH to issue medical faculty certificates to certain full-time faculty members of Nova Southeastern University and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine; Repeals the requirement that the Board of Medicine (BOM) conduct a triennial review of organizations that board-certify physicians in dermatology; Revises the composition of the Council on Physician Assistants, under the BOM, from four physicians and one physician assistant, to two physicians and three physician assistants; Revises the requirements for osteopathic internships and residencies to include those accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; Deregulates registered chiropractic assistants; Effective upon the bill becoming a law, allows a nursing education program seeking accreditation to apply to the Board of Nursing (BON) for a single extension of not more than two years if the program meets specific criteria and grants the BON rulemaking authority on criteria to qualify for the extension; Grants rulemaking authority to the BON to establish standards of practice, including discipline, for certified nursing assistants (CNA); Recognizes CNA certification in a U.S. territory or the District of Columbia for certification in Florida and eliminates the element of intent for violations of the practice act by CNAs; Defines the supplemental general dentistry education required for dental licensure applicants who have not graduated from a dental school accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation to exclude education in an advanced dental specialty; Repeals the requirement that dental and dental hygienist licensure examinations must be graded by Florida-licensed dentists and dental hygienists; Effective upon the bill becoming a law and applying retroactively to January 1, 2020, revives, reenacts, and amends statutory provisions relating to health access dental licenses, notwithstanding their sunset on January 1, 2020; Requires dentists and dental hygienists to report adverse incidents to the Board of Dentistry (BOD) and gives the BOD rulemaking authority; Authorizes an employee or independent contractor of a dental laboratory to engage in onsite consultation with a licensed dentist during a dental procedure and requires a dental laboratory to be inspected at least biennially; Requires an athletic trainer to work within his or her scope of practice as defined by the Board of Athletic Training and revises the educational and internship requirements for licensure; Requires the DOH to issue a single prosthetist-orthotist license to qualified applicants and establishes the educational requirements for duel registration; Revises massage therapy licensure requirements to: Repeal Board of Massage Therapy (BMT) departmental examinations and require a BMT-specified national examination; Eliminate massage apprenticeships as a path to licensure by 2023; and. Effective Date: July 1, 2020
A minimum of a masters degree from a Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE); A minimum of a master's degree with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy from a college or university that is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP); or. Repeals the authority of the Board of Dentistry to require medical malpractice insurance from dental and dental hygienist examination applicants. The applicant for the exemption has completed or been lawfully released from confinement, supervision or nonmonetary condition imposed by the court for all misdemeanors prohibited under any of the statutes cited in this chapter or under similar statutes of other jurisdictions. Health Care
Financial responsibility requirements are established in the new law for APRN autonomous practice. Effective Date: July 1, 2019
Certain Criminal Offenses Will Disqualify Health Professionals from Employment. Effective Date: July 1, 2019
A health care provider may not hire a new employee or contract with a person until a final screening determination of Eligible has been made or the individual is Not Eligible but has been granted an Exemption from Disqualification from the Agency or the Department of Health (if seeking employment in a position that requires professional licensure or certification through the Department). Senate Bill 1418 (Full Text). Senate Bill 530 (Full Text). Please see Section 381.003 for all statutory changes. in psychology, or a Ph.D. in psychology from a psychology program at an educational institution that, at the time the applicant was enrolled and graduated, had institutional accreditation from an agency recognized and approved by the U.S. Department of Education or was recognized as a member in good standing with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. Summary:
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The bill requires the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling to appoint an individual to serve on the compact Commission. A minimum of a master's degree with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy or a closely related field, with a degree conferred before September 1, 2027, from an institutionally accredited college or university. Effective Date: July 1, 2018
HB 431 (Full Text). The bill prohibits a collaborating pharmacist from modifying or discontinuing any medication that is prescribed by a health care practitioner with whom he or she does not enter into a CPPA and from initiating or prescribing a controlled substance. Notifications by mail will no longer be available. You have been lawfully released from confinement, supervision or other nonmonetary condition imposed by the court for a disqualifying misdemeanor criminal offense; At least 3 years after you have been lawfully released from confinement, supervision, or other nonmonetary condition imposed by the court for a disqualifying felony criminal offense; You have completed any court-ordered fee, fine, fund, lien, civil judgment, application, costs of prosecution, trust, or restitution as part of the judgment and sentence for any disqualifying felony or misdemeanor in full; and, If you have been designated as a sexual predator, sexual offender or career offender you are. The Background Screening Unit processes screening results for health care providers in Florida currently licensed by the Agency for Health Care Administration. Would love your thoughts, please comment. 437 0 obj
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