64B8-4.024: Restricted Licenses for Areas of Critical Need
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the development of a rule amendment to address entities appropriate for area of critical need licenses.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Licenses for areas of critical need.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 458.309, 458.310 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 458.310 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Larry McPherson, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Medicine/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3253
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
64B8-4.024 Restricted Licenses for Areas of Critical Need.
(1) Areas of critical need, as that term is used in Section 458.310, F.S., are state mental institutions, state institutions for the mentally retarded, the Department of Corrections, all governmental correctional and detention facilities, and health manpower shortages areas established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
(2) Receipt of a restricted license does not automatically entitle the physician to a full, unrestricted license unless the requirements of Sections 458.311 and 458.313, F.S., in effect at the time of application for the full, unrestricted license are met.
Specific Authority 458.309, 458.310 FS. Law Implemented 458.310 FS. HistoryNew 11-4-93, Formerly 61F6-22.024, 59R-4.024, Amended_________.
