Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 758
       
       
        
       By Senator Simon
       
       
       
       
       
       3-00877-25                                             2025758__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to autonomous practice by certain
    3         psychiatric nurses; amending s. 464.0123, F.S.;
    4         authorizing certain advanced practice registered
    5         nurses who are psychiatric nurses to engage in the
    6         autonomous practice of specified acts and in mental
    7         health practice, as defined by rule of the Board of
    8         Nursing; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
   13  464.0123, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         464.0123 Autonomous practice by an advanced practice
   15  registered nurse.—
   16         (3) PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS.—
   17         (a) An advanced practice registered nurse who is registered
   18  under this section may:
   19         1. Engage in autonomous practice only in primary care
   20  practice, including family medicine, general pediatrics, and
   21  general internal medicine, as defined by board rule.
   22         2. For certified nurse midwives, engage in autonomous
   23  practice in the performance of the acts listed in s.
   24  464.012(4)(c).
   25         3. For psychiatric nurses, engage in autonomous practice in
   26  the performance of acts specified in s. 464.012(4)(e) and in
   27  mental health practice, as defined by board rule.
   28         4. Perform the general functions of an advanced practice
   29  registered nurse under s. 464.012(3) related to primary care.
   30         5.4. For a patient who requires the services of a health
   31  care facility, as defined in s. 408.032(8):
   32         a. Admit the patient to the facility.
   33         b. Manage the care received by the patient in the facility.
   34         c. Discharge the patient from the facility, unless
   35  prohibited by federal law or rule.
   36         6.5. Provide a signature, certification, stamp,
   37  verification, affidavit, or endorsement that is otherwise
   38  required by law to be provided by a physician, except an
   39  advanced practice registered nurse registered under this section
   40  may not issue a physician certification under s. 381.986.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.