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. 35, September 1, 2006 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The change is in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee. The changes are as follows:

1. The Purpose and Effect for the rule shall now read as follows:

The purpose and effect of this rule is to revise the existing language of the rule to conform with new legislation relating to medical malpractice violations.

2. The Summary for the rule shall now read as follows:

The existing language of the rule is revised to conform with new legislation relating to medical malpractice violations.

3. The second sentence in the initial or introductory paragraph to the rule text shall now read as follows:

The rule language is intended to provide a description of the violation and is not a complete statement of the violation; the complete statement may be found in the statutory provision cited directly under each violation description.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Pamela King, Executive Director, Board of Osteopathic Medicine/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C06, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3256.