HB 1921 (2004) -  Health Professions Regulation

General Bill by Health Care (CO-SPONSORS) Farkas; Homan
Health Professions Regulation: Requires copies of adverse incident reports to be forwarded to the Division of Medical Quality Assurance of the Department of Health; provides for costs of copying such records; clarifies access to patient records; provides for costs of copying records; revises the use of patient information for marketing purposes; provides that advanced nurse practitioners are qualified professionals; requires certified copies of records to be provided to the department upon subpoena; reduces inservice training hours for nursing assistants; provides for licensee input to long-range plans for regulation of health professions; provides procedures to resolve differences in interpretation of practice acts by different boards; protects board declaratory statements; requires temporary licenses to be issued according to rules; provides for electronic posting of examination scores; provides for content of continuing education courses; provides requirements for completion of continuing education courses; requires management reports on revenue and expenditures if needed; provides rulemaking authority; clarifies grounds for discipline for performing or attempting to perform health care services on the wrong patient or that are otherwise wrong or unnecessary or leaving a foreign body in the patient; provides for discipline for prescribing, administering, dispensing, or distributing medications without a valid professional relationship; provides for additional costs to be assessed as part of any penalty or other form of discipline; provides prerequisites for training requirements for licensure to practice acupuncture; provides time period for review of application for licensure; provides for a plea of nolo contendere as grounds for discipline; reduces the time period for physicians to respond to information contained in a complaint; provides limit on fees for renewal of registration of resident physicians, interns, and fellows; revises elements of a crime relating to employment and reporting of such persons; revises the name of an accrediting agency; defines the scope of practice of certified nursing assistants; clarifies requirements for criminal history checks; provides for biennial renewal of certification, including fees; revises a ground for disciplinary action for specificity and removal of the requirement of intentionality; provides additional requirements for a community pharmacy permit; prohibits issuance of permits to persons with a related criminal conviction; provides grounds for suspension, revocation, or denial of a permit; removes requirement for each community pharmacy to have a generic drug substitution formulary; provides requirements for electronic prescriptions for brand name drugs; revises requirements for expiration dates of medicinal drugs; requires 4 years of postsecondary dental education to qualify to take the examinations to practice dental hygiene; allows for course in practice management; increases the time that records of work orders for unlicensed persons must be retained; provides for inactive licensure status for midwives pursuant to rule; revises midwifery licensure status and fees; requires a midwife's emergency care plan to be available to the department upon request; revises provisions relating to respiratory therapy licensure and testing requirements; revises exemptions from respiratory therapy licensure requirements; revises requirements for athletic trainers; eliminates teacher trainer exemption; exempts massage therapists from premises licensure; revises requirements for licensure of massage therapists; removesprovisions relating to apprentices; providesadditional requirements for licensure as a massage establishment; prohibits issuance of massage establishment licenses to persons with criminal conviction; requires background checks; prohibits license transfer, with exceptions; reduces opportunities to retake the physical therapist licensure examination; revises provisions for physical therapist licensure by endorsement and reactivating such a license; reducing opportunities to retake physical therapist assistant licensure examination; revises provisions for physical therapist assistant licensure by endorsement and reactivating such a license; exempts out-of-state licensed physical therapists from Florida licensure when in the state temporarily serving athletes; requires direct supervision of clinical experience for licensure; requires completion of clinical experience prior to written examination; permits teaching of a course to count for successful completion; provides for substitution of experience for required course; provides for discipline of certified master social workers by the department; provides protection for disclosure; eliminates provisions for teacher athletic trainers; allowing for relicensure.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Event: Companion Bill passed, refer to CS/CS/SB 2170 on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 10:44 PM; HB Laid on Table

PCB committee actions:

  • PCB HC 04-04 recommended by:
    Health Care

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 141 CS Subject: Pharmacy Relationship: Compare
Bill #: HB 189 Subject: Nursing Relationship: Compare
Bill #: HB 243 Subject: Respiratory Therapy Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 344 Subject: Massage Therapy Regulation Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 476 Subject: Respiratory Therapy Regulation Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 492 Subject: Geriatric Specialty Nursing Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 560 Subject: Health Care Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 694 Subject: Certified Nursing Assistants Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/CS/CS/SB 1372 Subject: Internet Pharmacies Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/CS/SB 1680 Subject: Health Care Licensing Procedures Act Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/SB 2170 Subject: Human Health Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: House Committee: Health Care 4/12/2004 2:44:36 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 2170 Time: 04/28/2004 - 10:44 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Substituted CS/CS/SB 2170 Time: 04/28/2004 - 10:44 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Amendment 716769 withdrawn Time: 04/28/2004 - 5:48 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Amendment 271847 filed timely Time: 04/28/2004 - 3:42 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2004 1:01:36 AM) Time: 04/28/2004 - 11:48 AM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2004 1:32:17 AM) Time: 04/27/2004 - 5:56 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Bill added to Second Reading Calendar Time: 04/27/2004 - 3:59 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Bill released to House Calendar Time: 04/27/2004 - 3:59 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Withdrawn from Appropriations Time: 04/27/2004 - 3:54 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Amendment 716769 filed timely Time: 04/26/2004 - 6:39 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Amendment 860347 filed timely Time: 04/26/2004 - 4:01 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2004 9:31:11 PM) Time: 04/25/2004 - 9:32 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2004 1:32:17 AM) Time: 04/24/2004 - 1:33 AM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 04/12/2004 - 11:22 PM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Now in Appropriations Time: 04/12/2004 - 4:00 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Bill referred to committee Time: 04/12/2004 - 4:00 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Filed timely Time: 04/08/2004 - 3:00 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Version:

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
381.00593
395.0193
395.0197
395.3025 HB 1039 CS, HB 1729, HB 2007
395.7015
397.311 HB 111
400.141 HB 1497
400.145
400.147
400.211 HB 189, HB 267 CS, HB 331 CS
400.423
400.455
440.13
456.005
456.011
456.012
456.013
456.017
456.020
456.025 HB 807 CS, HB 1147
456.031
456.033
456.034
456.036
456.037
456.039 HB 895
456.057
456.063
456.072 HB 121 CS, HB 807 CS, HB 1811
456.073
457.105
457.109
458.303 HB 189
458.311
458.3124
458.313
458.3147
458.315
458.316
458.3165
458.317
458.319
458.320 HB 1065, HB 1821
458.331 HB 579 CS, HB 1571
458.345
458.347 HB 1065, HB 1749
459.008
459.015 HB 579 CS
459.021
460.406
460.413
461.013
463.006
464.0205
464.201 HB 189
464.202 HB 189
464.203 HB 331 CS
464.204
465.0075
465.018
465.025
465.0251
465.0255 HB 141 CS
465.0265
466.007
466.0135
466.021
467.009 HB 1749
467.013
467.0135
467.017
468.1155
468.352 HB 243
468.355 HB 243
468.356 HB 243
468.357 HB 243
468.368 HB 243
468.509
468.707
468.711
468.717
468.723
480.033
480.034
480.041
480.043
480.044
480.046
486.021
486.031
486.051
486.081
486.102
486.104
486.107
486.109
486.161 HB 1375
490.005
491.005
491.006
491.009
491.0145
491.0146
491.0147
766.314
817.505
817.567 HB 1065, HB 1749
1009.992 CS/CS/SB 2170
1012.46 CS/CS/CS/SB 1680, CS/CS/SB 2170