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Summary: Providing that certain acts of dispensing controlled substances in specified facilities are not required to be reported to the prescription drug monitoring program; authorizing the designee of a health care practitioner, pharmacist, pharmacy, prescriber, or dispenser or an impaired practitioner consultant to receive certain information from the prescription drug monitoring program.
Summary: Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of certain non-sworn investigative personnel of the Department of Financial Services and the names and personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such personnel; providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain identifying and location information of current or former emergency medical technicians or paramedics certified under ch.
Address Confidentiality: Licensees are required to maintain a current mailing address and a practice location with the Department. Since there is no clear distinction whether or not the mailing address may also be a home address, licensees must overtly request that their home address be exempted from public display.
The burden to request this exemption is therefore solely at the discretion of the licensee or applicant. More information about the bill can be found by visiting the Florida Senate website.
Summary: Physical Therapy; Revising the definition of the term "practice of physical therapy"; providing that a licensed physical therapist who holds a specified doctoral degree may use specified letters in connection with her or his name or place of business; revising the terms and specified letters prohibited from being used by certain unlicensed persons.
Summary: Repealing provisions relating to certification of a medical assistant by the American Association of Medical Assistants or as a Registered Medical Assistant by the American Medical Technologists. Summary: Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Department of Health, and the Office of Insurance Regulation to collect certain information; creating the Telehealth Advisory Council within the agency for specified purposes; reenacting provisions relating to provider payment of managed medical assistance program participants.
Summary: Providing that a pharmacist may dispense an emergency opioid antagonist pursuant to a non-patient-specific standing order for an autoinjection delivery system or intranasal application delivery system; revising the authority of a licensed physician assistant to order medication under the direction of a supervisory physician for a specified patient; revising the term "prescription" to exclude an order for drugs or medicinal supplies dispensed for administration; authorizing a licensed practitioner to authorize a licensed physician assistant or advanced registered nurse practitioner to order controlled substances for a specified patient under certain circumstances.
Starting July 1, , health care practitioners are required to provide a good faith estimate of anticipated charges to treat a condition if asked by the patient. The estimate must be provided to the patient or their proxy within 7 business days after receiving the request, however the practitioner is not required to adjust the estimate for any potential insurance coverage.
Patients must contact their health insurer or health maintenance organization for any information relating to cost-sharing responsibilities. While the estimate does not preclude actual charges from exceeding the estimate, failure to provide it within the required time without good cause will result in discipline against the practitioner. In addition, the new law states that every pharmacy must make health information disseminated by the Agency for Health Care Administration available on its website and notify customers in the store that this information is available online.
Summary: Exempts from public records a nurse's personal identification information that DOH obtains from the nurse licensing compact coordinated licensure information system; exempts certain meetings of the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators from public meeting requirements and provides an exemption for recordings, minutes, and records generated during the closed portion of such meetings.
Summary: The Nurse Licensure Compact NLC or compact is a multi-state agreement that establishes a mutual recognition system for the licensure of registered nurses and licensed practical or vocational nurses. Requires the executive director of the Board of Nursing to serve as state administrator of the Nurse Licensure Compact. Establishes criteria for requesting a multistate license; requires a multistate license to be distinguished from a single-state license; exempts a person holding a multistate license in another state from license by exam or endorsement requirements in Florida.
The bill expands the behavioral health workforce and recognizes the critical need for psychiatric care throughout the state. The new law allows a Psychiatric Nurse, as defined in Section Grounds for discipline or denial of a license for Psychiatric Nurses are described in Section 8 of the law. Nursing FlHealth.
A revised protocol agreement with a supervising Psychiatrist will also be required unless the ARNP indicates he or she does not intend to prescribe controlled substances as indicated above. New applicants for ARNP certification will submit documentation as part of the initial licensure process. In addition, the bill amends Chapter , Florida Statutes, by revising the term "practitioner" to include Psychiatric Nurses.
The prescribing of medication on the premises of a pain-management clinic is still limited to a physician licensed under Chapter or , Florida Statutes. Any health care practitioner wishing to prescribe controlled substances must apply for a registration number from the Drug Enforcement Administration DEA. Registration numbers are linked to state licenses and may be suspended or revoked upon any disciplinary action taken against a licensee.
Summary: Creating and revising reporting requirements for specified research programs; providing licensing requirements for military members and their spouses; revising provisions relating to regulatory activities of DOH and certain boards; revising education requirements for certain health professions to qualify for license renewal.
Summary: Includes human trafficking as predicate offense for felony murder; prohibits permanently branding, or directing permanent branding, of victim of human trafficking; requires DOH to suspend license of massage therapist or massage establishment for specified violations in conjunction with establishment; provides that licensed massage therapist may not receive new or renewal license if applicant is convicted of certain prostitution offenses in conjunction with massage establishment; provides that licensed massage establishment may not receive new or renewal license if specified persons connected with establishment are convicted of certain prostitution offenses in conjunction with establishment; provides that minors may not be charged with specified prostitution offenses; requires person convicted of specified racketeering offenses to register as sexual predator or sexual offender; reenacts various provisions.
An ARNP may only prescribe or dispense a controlled substance as defined in s. However, all ARNPs and PAs are required to complete at least three hours of continuing education on the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances. Controlled Substances Formulary Committee: In accordance with HB , the Florida Board of Nursing has established a committee to recommend a formulary of controlled substances that an ARNP may or may not prescribe for specific uses or in limited quantities.
Fernandez, Jr. The Board looks forward to receiving the committee's recommendations," stated Jody B. The Board must adopt, by rule, the committee's initial recommendations no later than October 31, The bill relates to physician assistant PA applicants and licensees and includes the following changes to the law:.
These changes affect PA licensees who practice with allopathic physicians and osteopathic physicians. For more information, contact the Florida Board of Medicine at or visit www. These bills establish an expiration date for mental health professional intern registrations and update current statutory language.
Effective July 1, , the new law:. Physicians are also now permitted to order full potency, medical cannabis for patients suffering from a terminal condition attested to by two physicians.
The law grants the Department fining authority for non-compliance with statutory requirements for such matters as security, hygiene, packaging and storage. The law requires the Department to issue rules on appropriate pesticides for use on medical cannabis after consulting with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
The law also creates a requirement for dispensing organizations to contract with a third party lab to audit dispensing organization testing protocols and to report their findings to the department. Finally, the new law requires the Department to approve three additional dispensing organizations should the active patient population in Florida reach , Summary: Prohibits providers from balance biller members of a PPO or EPO for emergency services, or for nonemergency services, when the nonemergency services are provided in a network hospital and the patient had no ability or opportunity to choose a network provider.
Consumers who have PPO or EPO coverage would therefore only be responsible for billing differences in circumstances where they knowingly opted to receive out-of-network care.
Hospitals are exempt from the balance billing prohibition. Under the bill, the protections for members of HMOs would remain unchanged. Participating and non-participating providers are those defined in s. Summary: This bill revises the list of schools at which certain faculty members are eligible to receive medical faculty certificate to include Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Florida Atlantic University.
Summary: The bill directs the Florida Board of Nursing to require two 2 hours of continuing education on human trafficking. The course must be completed by nursing licensees for biennial renewals on or after January 1, All nurses are required to comply, including those who qualify for the existing exemption from continuing education in the Nurse Practice Act. Summary: Providing an exemption from the state tax on sales, use, and other transactions for marijuana and marijuana delivery devices used for medical purposes.
Providing qualifying medical conditions for a patient to be eligible to receive marijuana or a marijuana delivery device. Providing for the establishment of medical marijuana testing laboratories.
Summary: Allows the Department of Health to establish a direct-support organization that has a board consisting of at least five members to provide assistance, funding, and promotional support for the activities authorized for the program. In addition, the bill provides for the future repeal of provisions relating to the organization.
Summary: This bill amends Section Funds provided — directly or indirectly — by prescription drug manufacturers cannot be used to implement the program.
Summary: Mandates that the physician assistant license renewal process include the submission of a completed workforce survey within 90 days of renewal. Physician assistants found to be delinquent will be subject to a Department of Health-issued non-disciplinary citation, to include notification that the survey be completed under threat of license renewal denial for any subsequent renewal period. The Department of Health is required to report the data collected from such surveys to the boards biennially.
Summary: HB permits hospitals licensed under Ch. The bill also requires mental health receiving facilities to initiate an involuntary examination of a minor admitted under the Baker Act; this examination must take place within 12 hours of arrival at the facility.
Summary: Revises requirements for reporting the dispensing of controlled substances; limits an exception to reporting requirements for certain facilities that dispense controlled substances; authorizes certain employees of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs access to certain information in the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database; and specifies when a revised reporting requirement takes effect. Summary: This bill amends various practice acts related to health professions and occupations.
In addition, the bill also creates Section Without this change, ioflupane I would be a Schedule II controlled substance because it is derived from cocaine via ecgonine, both of which are Schedule II controlled substances.
Summary: The bill amends various provisions related to Department of Health impaired practitioner programs. Section Such an impairment will not be considered grounds for discipline if the practitioner:. Summary: Cited as the Grieving Families Act. Amends Section In addition, certain health care practitioners and facilities are authorized to electronically file a registration of nonviable birth within a specified timeframe.
The Department of Health is required to issue a certificate of nonviable birth within a specified timeframe upon the request of a parent, who is to be advised that the certificate is a public record with certain information exempt from disclosure. Summary: Amends section Eliminates state licensure requirements for clinical laboratories, and requires a birth center to be federally certified and to meet specified requirements to perform certain laboratory tests.
Senate Bill Full Text. Summary: Creates section 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. Requires the Department to adopt rules implementing this section and develop a form for reporting adverse incidents.
Optometry Effective Date: Upon becoming law. HB Full Text.
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