Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0845 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to fees; amending s. 462.005, F.S.; 2
16	16	requiring the Board of Naturopathic Medicine to 3
17	17	establish certain fees; amending ss. 462.007 and 4
18	18	462.008, F.S.; providing for fees for licensure by 5
19	19	examination and licensure by endorsement, 6
20	20	respectively, of naturopathic physicians; amending s. 7
21	21	462.009, F.S.; providing for licensure renewal fees; 8
22	22	amending s. 462.011, F.S.; conforming a provisions to 9
23	23	changes made by the act; amending s. 462.012, F.S.; 10
24	24	authorizing the board to set by rule certain fees 11
25	25	related to inactive licenses and reactivation of 12
26	26	licensure; providing a contingent effective date. 13
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28	28	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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30	30	Section 1. Section 462.023, Florida Statutes, as 17
31	31	renumbered as section 462.005, Florida Statutes, and amended by 18
32	32	HB 843, 2024 Regular Session, is amended to read: 19
33	33	462.005 Rulemaking authority; powers and duties of the 20
34	34	board.—The board may adopt rules p ursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 21
35	35	120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter conferring 22
36	36	duties upon it and to carry out the purposes of this chapter, 23
37	37	and may initiate disciplinary action as provided by this 24
38	38	chapter, and shall establish fees based on it s estimates of the 25
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52	52	exceed the fee amounts provided in this chapter . 27
53	53	Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 462.007, Florida 28
54	54	Statutes, as created by HB 843, 2024 Regular Session, is amended 29
55	55	to read: 30
56	56	462.007 Licensure by examination. — 31
57	57	(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a naturopathic 32
58	58	physician must apply to the department on forms furnished by the 33
59	59	department. The department shall license each applicant who 34
60	60	completes the application f orm and remits a nonrefundable fee 35
61	61	not to exceed $2,000, as set by the board, and who the board 36
62	62	certifies has met all of the following criteria: 37
63	63	(a) Is at least 21 years of age. 38
64	64	(b) Has received a bachelor's degree from one of the 39
65	65	following: 40
66	66	1. A college or university accredited by an accrediting 41
67	67	agency recognized by the United States Department of Education 42
68	68	or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation or its 43
69	69	successor entity. 44
70	70	2. A college or university in Canada which is a member of 45
71	71	Universities Canada. 46
72	72	3. A college or university in a foreign country and has 47
73	73	provided evidence that her or his educational credentials are 48
74	74	deemed equivalent to those provided in this country. To have 49
75	75	educational credentials deemed equivalent, the applicant must 50
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89	89	transcripts, course descriptions or syllabi, and diplomas, to a 52
90	90	nationally recognized educational credential evaluating agency 53
91	91	approved by the board for the evaluation and determination of 54
92	92	equivalency of the foreign educational credentials. 55
93	93	(c) Has received a naturopathic doctoral degree from a 56
94	94	college or program accredited by the Council on Naturopathic 57
95	95	Medical Education or another accrediting agency recognized by 58
96	96	the United States Department of Education. 59
97	97	(d) Is physically and mentally fit to practice as a 60
98	98	naturopathic physician. 61
99	99	(e) Is of good moral character and has not: 62
100	100	1. Committed any act or offense in this or any other 63
101	101	jurisdiction which would constitute the basis for disciplining a 64
102	102	naturopathic physician pursuant to s. 462.017. 65
103	103	2. Had an application for licensure in any profession 66
104	104	denied or had her or his license to practice any profession 67
105	105	revoked or suspended by any other state, district, or territory 68
106	106	of the United States or anoth er country for reasons that relate 69
107	107	to her or his ability to practice skillfully and safely as a 70
108	108	naturopathic physician. 71
109	109	3. Been found guilty of a felony. 72
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126	126	investigative process. 77
127	127	(f) Has submitted to the department a set of fingerprints 78
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129	129	department under s. 456.03 9(4), along with payment in an amount 80
130	130	equal to the costs incurred by the department for the criminal 81
131	131	background check of the applicant. 82
132	132	(g) Has demonstrated compliance with the financial 83
133	133	responsibility requirements imposed under s. 462.015. 84
134	134	(h) Has obtained a passing score, as determined by board 85
135	135	rule, on Part I - Biomedical Science Examination, Part II - Core 86
136	136	Clinical Science Examination, and Part II - Clinical Elective 87
137	137	Pharmacology Examination of the competency -based national 88
138	138	Naturopathic Physician Li censing Examination administered by the 89
139	139	North American Board of Naturopathic Examiners, or an equivalent 90
140	140	examination offered by an equivalent or successor entity, as 91
141	141	approved by the board. 92
142	142	Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 462.008, Florida 93
143	143	Statutes, as created by HB 843, 2024 Regular Session, is amended 94
144	144	to read: 95
145	145	462.008 Licensure by endorsement. — 96
146	146	(1) Any person licensed to practice naturopathic medicine 97
147	147	in another state or territory of the United States or in Canada 98
148	148	who desires to be licensed as a naturopathic physician in this 99
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163	163	to any applicant who completes the application form and remits a 102
164	164	nonrefundable fee not to exceed $ 2,000, as determined by the 103
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167	167	(a) Has met the qualifications for licensure established 106
168	168	in s. 462.007(1)(a)-(g). 107
169	169	(b)1. Has submitted evidence of holding an active license 108
170	170	to practice naturopathic medicine in another state or territory 109
171	171	of the United States or in Canada for at least the 5 years 110
172	172	immediately preceding the filing of her or his application; or 111
173	173	2. If an applicant has held an active license to practice 112
174	174	naturopathic medicin e in another state or territory of the 113
175	175	United States or in Canada for less than the 5 years immediately 114
176	176	preceding the filing of her or his application, has obtained a 115
177	177	passing score on the national licensing examination, as 116
178	178	specified in s. 462.007(1)(h), wi thin the year immediately 117
179	179	preceding the filing of the application. 118
180	180	Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 462.08, Florida 119
181	181	Statutes, as renumbered as section 462.009, Florida Statutes, 120
182	182	and amended by HB 843, 2024 Regular Session, is amended to read: 121
183	183	462.009 Renewal of license to practice naturopathic 122
184	184	medicine.— 123
185	185	(1) In order to continue practicing naturopathic medicine 124
186	186	in this state, each licensed naturopathic physician must 125
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201	201	board such evidence as it requires of the applicant's compliance 128
202	202	with s. 462.011, relating to continuing education requirements, 129
203	203	and s. 462.015, relating to financial responsibility 130
204	204	requirements. The biennial renewal fee, the amount of which 131
205	205	shall be determined by the board but may not exceed $1,000, must 132
206	206	be paid at the time the application for license renewal is 133
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208	208	Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 462.18, Florida 135
209	209	Statutes, as renumbered as section 4 62.011, Florida Statutes, 136
210	210	and amended by HB 843, 2024 Regular Session, is amended to read: 137
211	211	462.011 Continuing education requirements. — 138
212	212	(1) At the time each licensee renews her or his license as 139
213	213	provided in s. 462.009, each licensee must , in addition to the 140
214	214	payment of the regular renewal fee, furnish to the board 141
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216	216	the licensee has completed the continuing education requirements 143
217	217	of this section. 144
218	218	Section 6. Section 462.19, Florida Statutes, a s renumbered 145
219	219	as section 462.012, Florida Statutes, and amended by HB 843, 146
220	220	2024 Regular Session, is amended to read: 147
221	221	462.012 Inactive status; reactivation of license. — 148
222	222	(1) A licensee may reactivate an inactive license by 149
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237	237	requirements of s. 462.015. 152
238	238	(2) The board shall adopt rules relating to reactivation 153
239	239	of licenses that have become inactive and for the renewal of 154
240	240	inactive licenses. The rules must include continuing education 155
241	241	requirements as a condition of reactivating a license. The 156
242	242	continuing education requirements for reactivating a license may 157
243	243	not be fewer than 20 classroom hours for each year the license 158
244	244	was inactive. The board may also adopt rules to set fees, 159
245	245	including a fee for placing a license into inactive status, a 160
246	246	biennial renewal fee for licenses in inactive status, a 161
247	247	delinquency fee, and a fee for the reactivation of a license. 162
248	248	None of these fees may exceed the bienn ial renewal fee 163
249	249	established by the board in s. 462.009. 164
250	250	(3) The department may not reactivate a license unless the 165
251	251	applicable fees have been paid and the financial responsibility 166
252	252	requirements of s. 462.015 have been satisfied. 167
253	253	Section 7. This act sha ll take effect on the same date 168
254	254	that HB 843 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 169
255	255	legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 170
256	256	extension thereof and becomes a law. 171