FL S0496

Allows the Department of Health to process applications for temporary medical certificates using a unique personal identification number instead of a social security number for applicants who are not U.S. citizens or residents.

Expands eligibility for temporary visiting physician certificates to include physicians invited by teaching hospitals directly, not just those invited through medical school training programs.

Adds Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida to the list of institutions where medical faculty certificate holders may practice and allows practice at specialty-licensed children's hospitals affiliated with accredited medical schools.

Requires medical assistants to obtain certification from a program accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies in order to earn a certified medical assistant credential.

Modifies qualifications for medical assistants in multiphasic health testing centers to require certification from the National Commission for Certifying Agencies instead of the American Medical Technologists Association.