Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF0492

Relating to professions ARTICLE 1Requiring and providing for the licensing and
regulation of surgical +assistants by the board of medical practice, defining
surgical assistant and +certain other terms and the scope of practice,
prohibiting the administration of +medication; specifying certain licensure
qualification and application +requirements; regulating the use of certain
titles and specifying certain +identification requirements; authorizing and
providing for issuance by the board of +temporary permits to certain license
applicants; providing for election of +inactive licensure status and for
restoration to active status; providing for +license renewal, requiring board
denial or cancellation of licensure for +failure to renew; specifying certain
exemptions from the licensure requirement; specifying grounds for and
authorized forms of disciplinary actions +by the board, requiring automatic or
temporary license suspension conditions+ and specifying certain conditions for
reissuance; providing for the +admission of evidence in certain disciplinary
actions; authorizing the board to +require surgical assistants to submit to
mental or physical examinations and +granting the board access to certain
medical data and health records without +consent under certain conditions;
requiring a tax clearance certificate from +the commissioner of revenue for
license issuance purposes; specifying +certain reporting obligations of
institutions, surgical assistant +organizations, licensed health professionals,
liability insurers and the district +courts and requiring self reporting,
authorizing the board to issue subpoenas +for production of the reports and
granting reporters immunity from civil +liability or criminal prosecution,
requiring surgical assistant cooperation +with investigations; imposing certain
penalties for violations and +specifying certain board recordkeeping and
attorney general investigation +requirements; setting certain license fees and
specifying certain continuing +education requirements for license renewal
purposes; requiring the board to +establish internal operating procedures for
receiving and investigating +complaints, accepting and processing applications,
granting licenses and imposing enforcement actions; creating the surgical
assistant advisory +council, specifying membership requirements and duties;
imposing a deadline +for initial licensure ARTICLE 2Making conforming amendments
to certain statutory provisions relating+ to health insurance coverage for
surgical first assisting services, uniform +billing forms, health providers
unique identification numbers, facility waste management plans preparation,
business licenses exemptions, health +care and human services worker program
categories, physician licensure +exemptions and grounds for disciplinary actions
and the definitions of regulated +person for examination and licensing board and
of professional services for +professional firms regulation purposes; providing
medical assistance (MA) coverage+ for licensed surgical assistant services (je)