The course must be completed by nursing licensees for biennial renewals on or after January 1, 2019. SB 544 (Full Text). HB 501 (Full Text). Summary:
exemption only provides eligibility for employment despite the presence of a disqualifying offense(s). Amends definition of an LPN and RN to include a multistate license. You will also need to provide all court dispositions no matter the plea, judgment, verdict or even if it was sealed or expunged from your record. The Department disclaims any and all warranties with regard to the Website and Website information, including without limitation (A) Any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, infringement or title, (B) Any warranty of quality, functionality, operability, use or performance of the Website or Website information, (C) Any warranty of the accuracy completeness or validity of data or information communicated through the Website or included in the Website information, (D) Any warranty of the continuous availability of the Website or Website information, or that the Website or Website information will be uninterrupted or error-free, (E) Any warranty that the Website information or other files or data available for access or downloading will be free of infection, viruses, or other code manifesting harmful, contaminating, or destructive properties, or (F) Any warranties arising from course of dealing, trade usage, trade practice or otherwise. Summary:
The Background Screening Unit reviews the Level 2 criminal history results for all background screenings submitted as part of the employment process for a health care provider and/or for participation as a provider in the Florida Medicaid program. Effective Date: July 1, 2017
The bill requires mental health counselors practicing under the compact to withdraw from all practice under the compact if the mental health counselor is in an impaired practitioner program. In addition to completing the Application for Exemption from Disqualification you will need to provide AHCA with the following: It is important to note that when you apply for exemption you must provide all arrest reports, including those that were not specifically listed in the notice that you received from AHCA.
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A: One reference letter must be from a current or most recent employer on the employers letterhead. Effective Date: October 1, 2016
Senate Bill 964 (Full Text). Mailed requests must be submitted to the Background Screening Unit at 2727 Mahan Drive, MS 40, Tallahassee, Florida 32308. 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. House Bill 977 (Full Text). Electronic Prescribing
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You are now required to report your continuing education/continuing medical education (CE/CME) course completions, Click Here to Apply to access the Employment Exemption Application, https://ahca.myflorida.com/MCHQ/Central_Services/Background_Screening/exemption.shtml, http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/index.html, Marriage and Family Therapist Intern Intern , Florida Department of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance. If granted, an exemption shall be voided if you receive a new disqualifying criminal offense after the date the exemption is issued. The new law added additional disqualifying criminal offenses (includes luring and enticing a child; voyeurism, video voyeurism; and unlawful sexual activity with certain minors). The bill prohibits a physician from performing an abortion on a minor unless the physician has received a notarized, written consent statement signed by the minor and her mother, father, or legal guardian and the physician has been presented with proof of identification and proof of parentage or guardianship by the parent or legal guardian. The Board of Nursing voted to initiate rulemaking on various aspects of HB 607 during its meetings on June 5, 2020. Effective Date: July 1, 2020
Effective Date: October 1, 2018
Effective Date: Upon becoming law
120.536(1) and120.54 to implement this section, chapter 435, and authorizing statutes requiring background screening and to implement and adopt criteria relating to retaining fingerprints pursuant to s.943.05(2). The Department of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance, will now review your continuing education records in the electronic tracking system at the time of renewal. Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality
All disqualifying offenses (felonies and misdemeanors) that have adjudication withheld will be handled the same as a conviction for the purposes of this exemption request. Deregulation of Professions and Occupations
Effective Date: July 1, 2019
The bill clarifies that a consultant pharmacist is not authorized to diagnose any disease or condition, and authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to establish additional education requirements for licensure as a consultant pharmacist. Certified Master Social Worker
The bill expands the scope of practice for massage therapy by requiring a massage therapist to perform an assessment to determine the course of massage therapy treatment. (2) Processing Screening Requests, Required Documents and Fees. Effective Date: July 1, 2019
The bill further addresses Schedule II prescribing privileges for both ARNPs and PAs.
The other required times are: If an individual obtains a new potentially disqualifying charge or a disqualifying charge. The bill also requires physicians who perform abortions outside of a medical facility to submit a monthly report to AHCA. Summary:
Documentation from the Clerk of Court, Department of Corrections and/or the arresting agency must be provided on their letterhead indicating the document(s) are no longer available. Section 17: Orthotists and Prosthetists
Institutional Formularies Established by Nursing Home Facilities
Additionally, the bill requires pain management clinics with an exemption from registration under section 458.3265 or 459.0137, Florida Statutes, to register their exemption with the Department of Health with no fee, and specifies a new certificate is required if a change of address occurs. Such an impairment will not be considered grounds for discipline if the practitioner: Medical Faculty & Medical Assistant Certification
Requires a psychiatrist to disclose patient communications to the extent necessary to warn law enforcement of a threat of serious bodily injury or death made by a patient or client. 2. The bill directs the Florida Board of Nursing to require two (2) hours of continuing education on human trafficking. Summary:
Effective Date: June 23, 2017
It only provides eligibility for employment in a health care setting. Consultant Pharmacists
In addition, the bill provides for the future repeal of provisions relating to the organization. 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. Summary:
The bill requires a nursing home to obtain a prescribers authorization to use an institutional formulary for each of the prescribers patients in the nursing home and allows a prescriber to opt out of the institutional formulary for a specific drug or a class of drugs. Human Trafficking
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DCF agents or representatives can now obtain records without written permission from the patient, but only when the information will be used to investigate cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation that impact children and/or vulnerable adults. This provision does not apply to staff hired before August 1, 2010, who has never been screened. HB229 (Full text link). Summary:
A Council on APRN Autonomous Practice is created within the Department of Health and will recommend standards of practice to the Board. Effective Date: July 1, 2020
Immunization Registry
Effective Date: July 1, 2017
Tallahassee, FL 32399, Military Occupational Licensure
Effective Date: January 1, 2020
Abortion
The bill clarifies the definitions and educational requirements for psychologists applying for licensure by examination or provisional licensure. In addition, certain health care practitioners and facilities are authorized to electronically file a registration of nonviable birth within a specified timeframe. However, the terms may also refer to certain disqualifying offenses if certain statutes are referenced. 2023 Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. HB 7059 (Full Text). Health Care
Amends section 381.0421(12), Florida Statutes, to require the Department of Health to develop and publish on its website an educational pamphlet relating to certain tissue transplants. The bill requires submission of proof that applicants licensed under chapters 458, 459, or chapter 461, Florida Statutes, provide proof of payment of assessments to fund the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association required under section 766.314, Florida Statutes. (8)There is no unemployment compensation or other monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for damages arising against, an employer that, upon notice of a disqualifying offense listed under chapter 435 or this section, terminates the person against whom the report was issued, whether or not that person has filed for an exemption with the Department of Health or the agency. Summary:
(b) Disposition means the sentencing or other final settlement of a criminal case which shall include, regardless of adjudication, a plea of nolo contendere or guilty, or a conviction by a judge or jury. Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
The law prohibits an abortion after a gestational age of 15 weeks and provides an exception to the prohibition when a fetus has not achieved viability under section 390.01112, Florida Statutes, and two physicians certify in writing that the fetus has a fatal fetal abnormality based on reasonable medical judgment. These bills establish an expiration date for mental health professional intern registrations and update current statutory language. Marriage and family therapy applicants must graduate with a masters degree from a Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) or a Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)accredited program or complete a masters degree at any institutionally accredited college or university with a major emphasis in marriage and family therapy or a closely related field with a degree conferred date prior to September 1, 2027. Once the DOH receives your application they will review it and make a decision as long as that person is working in the scope of their license or certification. Additionally, it is not a defense to the crime that the recipient consented to the use of an anonymous donor. The law establishes that a tactical medical professional must be a paramedic under section 401.23, a physician, under section 458.305, or an osteopathic physician, under section 459.003, who is appointed to provide direct support to a tactical law enforcement unit. SB 354 (Full Text). Requires IPN disclose certain information to DOH; requires a multistate nurse report participation in a treatment program to the DOH. Exemptions from genetic counseling regulation for: Commissioned medical officers of the United States Armed Forces or Public Health Service while on active duty; and. House Bill 1313 (Full Text). Prohibits a person who has held a provisional license issued by the board from applying for an intern registration in the same profession. The bill also increases the penalty for violating requirements established for infants born alive in section 390.0111(12), Florida Statutes, from a first-degree misdemeanor to a third-degree felony. Hearing Aid Specialist
However, the consent requirement does not apply if: The bill also authorizes a third-degree felony penalty for a physician who recklessly or intentionally performs, or attempts to perform, an abortion on an unemancipated minor without the required consent. The law establishes the Dental Student Loan Repayment Program to support dentists who practice in public health programs in underserved areas and requires the Department to establish the Donated Dental Services Program to provide comprehensive dental care to certain eligible individuals. A request for a Level 1 screening through the Agency must be accompanied by the cost required by the FDLE to pay for the cost of processing the request. BACKGROUND SCREENING BRIEFING 5/18/2015 3 (ss) Chapter 893, relating to drug abuse prevention and control, only if the offense was a felony or if any other person involved in the offense was a minor. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
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The law grants the Department fining authority for non-compliance with statutory requirements for such matters as security, hygiene, packaging and storage. Samantha Heyn, Unit Manager. Additionally, the law creates eligibility criteria for the types of prescription drugs to be imported, the importation process, safety standards, distribution requirements, and penalties for violations of the established program. Licensure Requirement for Osteopathic Physicians
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