Florida Senate - 2024 SB 552 By Senator Rouson 16-00728A-24 2024552__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to sickle cell disease care management 3 and treatment education for certain health care 4 practitioners; creating s. 456.65, F.S.; requiring 5 health care practitioners of medicine or osteopathic 6 medicine to complete specified education on sickle 7 cell disease care management and treatment as a 8 condition of licensure renewal; requiring the 9 Department of Health to evaluate the results from 10 certain physician surveys and annually report to the 11 Governor and Legislature on patient outcomes as a 12 result of such health care practitioner education; 13 amending ss. 458.319 and 459.008, F.S.; requiring an 14 applicant for licensure renewal to provide evidence 15 that he or she has completed specified education; 16 amending s. 458.3191, F.S.; requiring that certain 17 physician surveys include specified information; 18 providing an effective date. 19 20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 21 22 Section 1.Section 456.65, Florida Statutes, is created to 23 read: 24 456.65Sickle cell disease care management and treatment 25 education; reports. 26 (1)A renewal of a license under chapter 458 or chapter 459 27 must include education on sickle cell disease care management 28 and treatment protocols, including, but not limited to, ongoing 29 patient and family education, periodic comprehensive evaluations 30 and other disease-specific health maintenance services, 31 psychosocial care, genetic counseling, and pain management. 32 (2)The department shall evaluate the results of the 33 physician survey specified under s. 458.3191(1)(b)4. and shall 34 annually report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, 35 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on patient 36 outcomes as a result of the education required under subsection 37 (1). 38 Section 2.Subsection (1) of section 458.319, Florida 39 Statutes, is amended to read: 40 458.319Renewal of license. 41 (1)The department shall renew a license upon receipt of 42 the renewal application, evidence that the applicant has 43 actively practiced medicine or has been on the active teaching 44 faculty of an accredited medical school for at least 2 years of 45 the immediately preceding 4 years, evidence that the applicant 46 has completed the education required under s. 456.65, and a fee 47 not to exceed $500; provided, however, that if the licensee is 48 either a resident physician, assistant resident physician, 49 fellow, house physician, or intern in an approved postgraduate 50 training program, as defined by the board by rule, the fee may 51 shall not exceed $100 per annum. If the licensee has not 52 actively practiced medicine for at least 2 years of the 53 immediately preceding 4 years, the board must shall require that 54 the licensee successfully complete a board-approved clinical 55 competency examination prior to renewal of the license. 56 Actively practiced medicine means that practice of medicine by 57 physicians, including those employed by any governmental entity 58 in community or public health, as defined by this chapter, 59 including physicians practicing administrative medicine. An 60 applicant for a renewed license must also submit the information 61 required under s. 456.039 to the department on a form and under 62 procedures specified by the department, along with payment in an 63 amount equal to the costs incurred by the Department of Health 64 for the statewide criminal background check of the applicant. 65 The applicant must submit a set of fingerprints to the 66 Department of Health on a form and under procedures specified by 67 the department, along with payment in an amount equal to the 68 costs incurred by the department for a national criminal 69 background check of the applicant for the initial renewal of his 70 or her license after January 1, 2000. If the applicant fails to 71 submit either the information required under s. 456.039 or a set 72 of fingerprints to the department as required by this section, 73 the department must shall issue a notice of noncompliance, and 74 the applicant will be given 30 additional days to comply. If the 75 applicant fails to comply within 30 days after the notice of 76 noncompliance is issued, the department or board, as 77 appropriate, may issue a citation to the applicant and may fine 78 the applicant up to $50 for each day that the applicant is not 79 in compliance with the requirements of s. 456.039. The citation 80 must clearly state that the applicant may choose, in lieu of 81 accepting the citation, to follow the procedure under s. 82 456.073. If the applicant disputes the matter in the citation, 83 the procedures set forth in s. 456.073 must be followed. 84 However, if the applicant does not dispute the matter in the 85 citation with the department within 30 days after the citation 86 is served, the citation becomes a final order and constitutes 87 discipline. Service of a citation may be made by personal 88 service or certified mail, restricted delivery, to the subject 89 at the applicants last known address. If an applicant has 90 submitted fingerprints to the department for a national criminal 91 history check upon initial licensure and is renewing his or her 92 license for the first time, then the applicant need only submit 93 the information and fee required for a statewide criminal 94 history check. 95 Section 3.Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 96 458.3191, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 97 458.3191Physician survey. 98 (1)Each person who applies for licensure renewal as a 99 physician under this chapter or chapter 459 must, in conjunction 100 with the renewal of such license under procedures adopted by the 101 Department of Health and in addition to any other information 102 that may be required from the applicant, furnish the following 103 to the Department of Health in a physician survey: 104 (b)Availability and trends relating to critically needed 105 services, including, but not limited to: 106 1.Obstetric care and services, including incidents of 107 deliveries. 108 2.Radiological services, particularly performance of 109 mammograms and breast-imaging services. 110 3.Physician services for hospital emergency departments 111 and trauma centers, including on-call hours. 112 4.Sickle cell disease education as required under s. 113 456.65. 114 5.4.Other critically needed specialty areas, as determined 115 by the department. 116 Section 4.Subsection (1) of section 459.008, Florida 117 Statutes, is amended to read: 118 459.008Renewal of licenses and certificates. 119 (1)The department shall renew a license or certificate 120 upon receipt of the renewal application and fee. An applicant 121 for a renewed license must also submit evidence that the 122 applicant has completed the education required under s. 456.65, 123 as well as the information required under s. 456.039, to the 124 department on a form and under procedures specified by the 125 department, along with payment in an amount equal to the costs 126 incurred by the Department of Health for the statewide criminal 127 background check of the applicant. The applicant must submit a 128 set of fingerprints to the Department of Health on a form and 129 under procedures specified by the department, along with payment 130 in an amount equal to the costs incurred by the department for a 131 national criminal background check of the applicant for the 132 initial renewal of his or her license after January 1, 2000. If 133 the applicant fails to submit either the information required 134 under s. 456.039 or a set of fingerprints to the department as 135 required by this section, the department must shall issue a 136 notice of noncompliance, and the applicant will be given 30 137 additional days to comply. If the applicant fails to comply 138 within 30 days after the notice of noncompliance is issued, the 139 department or board, as appropriate, may issue a citation to the 140 applicant and may fine the applicant up to $50 for each day that 141 the applicant is not in compliance with the requirements of s. 142 456.039. The citation must clearly state that the applicant may 143 choose, in lieu of accepting the citation, to follow the 144 procedure under s. 456.073. If the applicant disputes the matter 145 in the citation, the procedures set forth in s. 456.073 must be 146 followed. However, if the applicant does not dispute the matter 147 in the citation with the department within 30 days after the 148 citation is served, the citation becomes a final order and 149 constitutes discipline. Service of a citation may be made by 150 personal service or certified mail, restricted delivery, to the 151 subject at the applicants last known address. If an applicant 152 has submitted fingerprints to the department for a national 153 criminal history check upon initial licensure and is renewing 154 his or her license for the first time, then the applicant need 155 only submit the information and fee required for a statewide 156 criminal history check. 157 Section 5.This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.