General Bill
Emergency Management:
Creates pt. V, ch. 252, F.S., the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act; provides applicability; provides for regulation of specified health services by Division of Emergency Management of DCA, in cooperation with DOH, AHCA, & Board of Veterinary Medicine, while emergency declaration is in effect; provides requirements with respect to volunteer health practitioner registration systems & provides procedures therefor; authorizes specified volunteer health practitioners who are licensed outside the state to practice in this state; provides limitations with respect to protections afforded under the act; defines terms; provides that the act does not affect specified credentialing or privileging standards of a health facility; provides for regulation, modification, & restriction of volunteer health & veterinary services under the act; provides for imposition of administrative sanctions; provides for relation of the act to other laws; authorizes DOEM, DOH, AHCA, & Board of Veterinary Medicine to adopt rules; provides limitations on civil liability; provides for vicarious liability; provides for workers' compensation coverage under the act & provides duties & responsibilities of DOEM, DOH, AHCA, & Board of Veterinary Medicine with respect thereto.
Effective Date:
July 1, 2009
Last Event:
Died in Military & Local Affairs Policy Committee on Saturday, May 2, 2009 12:00 AM
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Bill #:
SB 476
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Subject:
Emergency Management [GPSC]
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Identical
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