Bill > S1008

Introduced Session

An act relating to background screening requirements; amending s. 435.04, F.S.; specifying additional disqualifying offenses under the background screening requirements for certain persons; amending s. 456.0135, F.S.; expanding certain background screening requirements to apply to all health care practitioners, rather than specified practitioners; requiring health care practitioners licensed before a specified date to comply with the background screening requirements by their next licensure renewal beginning after a specified date; prohibiting the Department of Health, beginning on a specified date, from renewing the license of a health care practitioner until he or she complies with the background screening requirements; amending ss. 457.105, 463.006, 465.007, 465.0075, 465.013, 465.014, 466.006, 466.0067, 466.007, 467.011, 468.1185, 468.1215, 468.1695, 468.209, 468.213, 468.355, 468.358, 468.509, 468.513, 468.803, 478.45, 483.815, 483.901, 483.914, 484.007, 484.045, 486.031, 486.102, 490.005, 490.0051, 490.006, 491.0045, 491.0046, 491.005, and 491.006, F.S.; revising licensure, registration, or certification requirements, as applicable, for acupuncturists; optometrists; pharmacists; pharmacist licenses by endorsement; registered pharmacy interns; pharmacy technicians; dentists; health access dental licenses; dental hygienists; midwives; speech-language pathologists and audiologists; speech-language pathology assistants and audiology assistants; nursing home administrators; occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants; occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant licenses by endorsement; respiratory therapists; respiratory therapist licenses by endorsement; dietitian/nutritionists; dietitian/nutritionist licenses by endorsement; practitioners of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics; electrologists; clinical laboratory personnel; medical physicists; genetic counselors; opticians; hearing aid specialists; physical therapists; physical therapist assistants; psychologists and school psychologists; provisional licenses for psychologists; psychologist and school psychologist licenses by endorsement; intern registrations for clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, and mental health counseling; provisional licenses for clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors; clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors; and clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist, and mental health counselor licenses by endorsement, respectively, to include background screening requirements; making conforming and technical changes; amending ss. 486.025, 486.0715, 486.1065, and 491.003, F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing an effective date.

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Erin Grall (R)*,  Lauren Book (D), 

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Died in Fiscal Policy (on 03/08/2024)

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