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. 36 No. 3, January 22, 2010 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The Rules Committee and the full Board approved language to be stricken from the proposed rule. At the time the rule was submitted for publication in the F.A.W., the language to be stricken was inadvertently left in the rule.

The last sentence of subsection (8) shall be changed to read as follows:

The following areas have been determined as the five most misdiagnosed conditions: ~~wrong-site/patient surgery~~; cancer; cardiac; acute abdomen; timely diagnosis of surgical complications; and failing to identify pregnancy or stage of pregnancy before beginning treatment or surgery ~~and failing to diagnose pre-existing conditions prior to prescribing contraindicated medications~~.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Larry McPherson, Executive Director, Board of Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3253