Florida Senate - 2025                             CS for SB 1224
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Harrell
       
       
       
       
       
       588-02847-25                                          20251224c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the administration of controlled
    3         substances; amending s. 893.05, F.S.; authorizing a
    4         practitioner to cause a controlled substance to be
    5         administered by a certified paramedic in the course of
    6         providing emergency services; providing an effective
    7         date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   12  893.05, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         893.05 Practitioners and persons administering controlled
   14  substances in their absence.—
   15         (1)(a) A practitioner, in good faith and in the course of
   16  his or her professional practice only, may prescribe,
   17  administer, dispense, mix, or otherwise prepare a controlled
   18  substance, or the practitioner may cause the controlled
   19  substance to be administered, under his or her direction and
   20  supervision only, by a certified paramedic in the course of
   21  providing emergency services, by a licensed nurse, or an intern
   22  practitioner under his or her direction and supervision only.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.