Board of Medicine
RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:
64B8-8.0011Standard Terms Applicable to Orders
64B8-8.0012Probation Variables
SECOND NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rules in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 32, No. 9, of the March 3, 2006, issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly (FAW). The changes are in response to additional written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee (JAPC). The Board filed a previous Notice of Change for these rules in Volume 32, No. 19, of the May 12, 2006, FAW. Following publication of the Notice of Change, the Board received additional comments from JAPC. The Rules Committee, at its meeting held on June 1, 2006, approved additional changes to the rules to address the written comments, and the Board, at its meeting held on June 2, 2006, voted to accept the recommendation of the Rules Committee. The additional changes are as follows:
1. In subsection (1) of Rule 64B8-8.0011, under the heading “PAYMENT OF FINES AND COSTS,” the phrase “Unless otherwise directed by Board Order,” shall be deleted.
2. In subsection (3) of Rule 64B8-8.0011, under the heading “COMPLIANCE ADDRESS,” the phrase “Unless otherwise directed,” shall be deleted.
3. In subsection (4)(a) of Rule 64B8-8.0011, the last sentence of the introductory paragraph shall be reworded to read as follows: “The following requirements shall be tolled until the Respondent returns to active practice:”
4. The introductory paragraph of subsection (5) of Rule 64B8-8.0011 shall be reworded to read as follows: “COMMUNITY SERVICE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS. All community service requirements, continuing education units/courses must be completed, and documentation of such completion submitted to DOH/Client Services, at the address set forth in subsection (3) above.”
5. The following language shall be added at the end of Subsection (5)(a) of Rule 64B8-8.0011: “Community service plans must be pre-approved by the Board’s Probationer’s Committee.”
6. The last sentence of subsection (5)(b) of Rule 64B8-8.0011, shall be reworded to read: “Said continuing education courses must be pre-approved by the Board’s Probationer’s Committee and shall consist of a formal live lecture format.”
7. In subsections (6)(a)1. and 2. of Rule 64B8-8.0011, all phrases stating “unless otherwise approved by the Board,” and “unless otherwise approved by the Board or its designee,” shall be deleted.
8. In subsections (6)(b)1. of Rule 64B8-8.0011, the phrase “unless otherwise ordered by the Board,” shall be deleted.
9. In subsection (6)(c) of Rule 64B8-8.0011, the reference to “subsection (4) above” shall be changed to “subsection (3) above.”
10. In the first sentence of subsection (2) of Rule 64B8-8.0012, the phrase “board-certified” shall be inserted before the word “physician.”
11. In subsection (2)(b) of Rule 64B8-8.0012, the reference to 64B8-8.0011(7)(c) shall be changed to 64B8-8.0011(6)(c).
12. In the first sentence of subsection (3) of Rule 64B8-8.0012, the phrase “board-certified” shall be inserted before the word “physician.”
13. In the first sentence of subsection (4) of Rule 64B8-8.0012, the phrase “board-certified” shall be inserted before the word “physician.”
14. In subsection (5) of Rule 64B8-8.0012, the phrase “Unless otherwise approved by the Board or the Chairperson of the Probationer’s Committee” shall be deleted.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Larry McPherson, Executive Director, Board of Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3253.
