Notice is hereby given that the following correction has been made to the proposed rule in Vol. 32 No. 35, September 1, 2006 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The rule development notice on the above-proposed rule was confirmed as being scheduled for publication on the September 1, 2006 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly, Vol. 32, No. 35 and was inadvertently left out from publishing as scheduled. As a correction of this, the rule development on the above-proposed rule is being resubmitted here as follows:

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of this rule development is to establish rules for compliance with new legislation.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Submission of Malpractice Record

Specific Authority 456.50(2) FS.

Law Implemented 456.50(2) FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE ISSUE OF THE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY. THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Pamela King, Executive Director, Board of Osteopathic Medicine/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C06, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3256.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

64B15-19.009 Submission of Malpractice Record.

(1) All physicians licensed pursuant to Chapter 459, F.S., shall provide the Board of Osteopathic Medicine a copy of the record of any finding of medical malpractice resulting from a civil or administrative proceeding, entered against the licensee in any jurisdiction on or after November 2, 2004 within 60 days of entry of the final judgment or order. The record shall be sent to the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN-CO6, Tallahassee, Florida 32399.

(2) The record shall include the official transcript of the civil or administrative proceeding resulting in a finding of medical malpractice, all evidence admitted, those matters officially recognized by the civil or administrative tribunal, and the final order or judgment reported or issued by the tribunal.

(3) The record shall be provided to the Board on a read only CD ROM disc in portable document format (.pdf) or tagged image file format (.tif).

Specific Authority 456.50(2) FS. Law Implemented 456.50(2) FS. History—New