For those of you living in Florida who may not be members of the FOTA listserv, I am forwarding this for your consideration. Elizabeth H. Thiers, OTR/L FECTS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_____ From: Barbara Ingram-Rice [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 12:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Chuck Wilmarth Subject: [fota] Immediate Legisaltive Action on CE Broker! Part 1 FOTA: The time has come to take Action! Representative Patterson's bill (HB 807) to abolish CE Broker will be heard in the HOuse Subcommittee on Health Standards on Monday March 15 @ 5:15pm. We need ALL of you to email the following committee members ( I have put it in an easy cut and paste format so you can take action quickly) the following message. Cut and paste addresses: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],harrell.gay [EMAIL PROTECTED],mayfield.stan,[EMAIL PROTECTED],negron. [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] house.com,[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],z [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message: Please vote YES on Representative Pattersons Bill, HB 807, regarding electronic tracking of continuing education hours, which is being heard on Monday, March 15th in the House Subcommittee on Health Standards. The following associations support this bill and ask that you vote favorably. If you have any questions, please contact us immediately! Florida Medical Association Florida Dental Association Florida Chiropractic Association Florida Podiatric Medical Association Florida Osteopathic Medical Association Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists Florida Pharmacy Association Florida Dietetic Association Florida Optometric Association Florida Occupational Therapy Association Florida Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Florida State Massage Therapy Association Florida Nurses Association Florida Academy of Family Physicians Florida Association of Homes for the Aged Florida State Oriental Medical Association Florida Retail Federation Pharmacy Council Florida Academy of Physician Assistants Florida Physical Therapy Association Florida Society of Hearing Healthcare Professionals Florida Mental Health Counselors Association X HB 807 calls for the deletion of language in Florida Statutes requiring the Department of Health to implement an electronic CE tracking system. The above associations are in support of improving the Department's system of ensuring that licensees comply with CE requirements and are working together on methods for making the compliance system better. But we strongly oppose the current path the Department is taking. It is unfair to the 518,334 health care professionals licensed by the Department. The system is also unfair to the many thousand CE providers in Florida. X The Department has contracted with a company (CE Broker) to track the CE hours taken by health care licensee's. Licensees must pay the company $35 per biennium to view the hours the company has in their file. The licensees are being told by the Department and by CE Broker that if the correct number of hours are not reflected in CE Broker's file, they will lose their license. X The rule the Department is attempting to pass to implement these new requirements has been questioned by the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee in a letter dated January 20, 2004. JAPC questions all aspects of the new requirements, including the Department's authority to enter into the contract with CE Broker. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] to obtain a copy of this letter. X The associations listed above agree that licensees should comply with their CE requirements and are working on ways to accomplish this goal. But HB 807 does away with a broken system and should be supported. VOTE YES ON HB 807 _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fota/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, visit: http://otnow.com/mailman/listinfo/otlist_otnow.com The OTnow Mail Archive: www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==============================================
