Standard of Care for Office Surgery

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Medicine

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
64B8-9.009: Standard of Care for Office Surgery

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 32 No. 25, June 23, 2006 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The change is response to comments received at a public hearing held on the rule on August 10, 2006, in St. Pete Beach, Florida. The Rules Committee, at its meeting held on August 10, 2006, voted to change the rule. The Board, at its meeting held on August 12, 2006, approved the recommendation of the Committee. When changed, subsection (2)(m) of the rule shall read as follows:

(m) All physicians performing office surgery must be qualified by education, training, and experience to perform any procedure the physician performs in the office surgery setting.

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