AB919,2,62 165.25 (6) (b) Volunteer health care providers who provide services under s.
3146.89 or 250.042 (4) are, for the provision of those services, covered by this section
4and shall be considered agents of the department of health and family services for
5purposes of determining which agency head may request the attorney general to
6appear and defend them.
AB919, s. 2 7Section 2. 250.042 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB919,3,1
1250.042 (4) (a) In this subsection:
AB919,3,22 1. "Health care facility" has the meaning given in s. 150.84 (2).
AB919,3,93 2. "Health care provider" means an individual who, at any time within 10 years
4before a state of emergency related to public health is declared under s. 166.03 (1)
5(b) 1., has met requirements for a nurse's assistant under s. 146.40 (2) (a), (b), (bm),
6(c), (e), (em), (f), or (g) or has been licensed as a physician or a physician assistant
7under ch. 448, licensed as a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or
8nurse-midwife under ch. 441, licensed as a pharmacist under ch. 450, or certified as
9a respiratory care practitioner under ch. 448.
AB919,3,1410 (b) A health care provider who provides to a health care facility, on a voluntary,
11unpaid basis during a state of emergency related to public health, health care
12services for which the health care provider has been licensed or certified or, as a
13nurse's assistant, has met requirements, is, for the provision of these services, a state
14agent of the department for purposes of ss. 165.25 (6), 893.82 (3), and 895.46.
AB919,3,1515 (c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to any of the following:
AB919,3,1716 1. A physician or physician assistant whose license has been limited,
17suspended, or revoked under s. 448.02 (3) (c).
AB919,3,1918 2. A respiratory care practitioner whose certificate has been limited,
19suspended, or revoked under s. 448.02 (3) (c).
AB919,3,2120 3. A registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or nurse-midwife whose license
21has been revoked, limited, suspended, or denied renewal under s. 441.07 (1).
AB919,3,2322 4. A pharmacist whose license has been revoked, limited, suspended, or denied
23renewal under s. 450.10 (1) (b).
AB919, s. 3 24Section 3. 441.06 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB919,4,9
1441.06 (4) No Except as provided in s. 250.042 (4) (b), no person may practice
2or attempt to practice professional nursing, nor use the title, letters, or anything else
3to indicate that he or she is a registered or professional nurse unless he or she is
4licensed under this section. No Except as provided in s. 250.042 (4) (b), no person not
5so licensed may use in connection with his or her nursing employment or vocation
6any title or anything else to indicate that he or she is a trained, certified or graduate
7nurse. This subsection does not apply to any person who is licensed to practice
8nursing by a jurisdiction, other than this state, that has adopted the nurse licensure
9compact under s. 441.50.
AB919, s. 4 10Section 4. 441.10 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB919,4,2311 441.10 (3) (c) No license is required for practical nursing, but, except as
12provided in s. 250.042 (4) (b),
no person without a license may hold himself or herself
13out as a licensed practical nurse or licensed attendant, use the title or letters
14"Trained Practical Nurse" or "T.P.N.", "Licensed Practical Nurse" or "L.P.N.",
15"Licensed Attendant" or "L.A.", "Trained Attendant" or "T.A.", or otherwise seek to
16indicate that he or she is a licensed practical nurse or licensed attendant. No licensed
17practical nurse or licensed attendant may use the title, or otherwise seek to act as
18a registered, licensed, graduate or professional nurse. Anyone violating this
19subsection shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by s. 441.13. The board shall
20grant without examination a license as a licensed practical nurse to any person who
21was on July 1, 1949, a licensed attendant. This paragraph does not apply to any
22person who is licensed to practice practical nursing by a jurisdiction, other than this
23state, that has adopted the nurse licensure compact under s. 441.50.
AB919, s. 5 24Section 5. 441.15 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB919,5,3
1441.15 (2) (intro.) No Except as provided in s. 250.042 (4) (b), no person may
2engage in the practice of nurse-midwifery unless each of the following conditions is
3satisfied:
AB919, s. 6 4Section 6. 441.15 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB919,5,65 441.15 (5) (a) 5. The provision of services by a nurse-midwife under s. 250.042
6(4) (b).
AB919, s. 7 7Section 7. 448.03 (2) (p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB919,5,98 448.03 (2) (p) The provision of services by a health care provider under s.
9250.042 (4) (b).
AB919, s. 8 10Section 8. 448.03 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB919,5,1311 448.03 (3) (a) (intro.) No Except as provided in s. 250.042 (4) (b), no person may
12use or assume the title "doctor of medicine" or append to the person's name the letters
13"M.D." unless one of the following applies:
AB919, s. 9 14Section 9. 448.03 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB919,5,1715 448.03 (3) (b) No Except as provided in s. 250.042 (4) (b), no person not
16possessing the degree of doctor of osteopathy may use or assume the title "doctor of
17osteopathy" or append to the person's name the letters "D.O.".
AB919, s. 10 18Section 10. 448.03 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB919,5,2419 448.03 (3) (e) No Except as provided in s. 250.042 (4) (b), no person may
20designate himself or herself as a "physician assistant" or use or assume the title
21"physician assistant" or append to the person's name the words or letters "physician
22assistant" or "P.A." or any other titles, letters or designation which represents or may
23tend to represent the person as a physician assistant unless he or she is licensed as
24a physician assistant by the board.
AB919, s. 11 25Section 11. 450.03 (1) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
AB919,6,2
1450.03 (1) (h) The provision of services by a health care provider under s.
2250.042 (4) (b).
AB919, s. 12 3Section 12. 893.82 (2) (d) 1n. of the statutes is created to read:
AB919,6,54 893.82 (2) (d) 1n. A health care provider who provides services under s. 250.042
5(4), for the provision of those services.
AB919, s. 13 6Section 13. 895.46 (5) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB919,6,87 895.46 (5) (am) A health care provider who provides services under s. 250.042
8(4).
AB919,6,99 (End)
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