Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 878
       
       
        
       By Senator Yarborough
       
       
       
       
       
       4-01276-26                                             2026878__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to clinical laboratory personnel;
    3         amending s. 483.815, F.S.; requiring that an applicant
    4         who qualifies for licensure under specified provisions
    5         provide proof of such qualification and pay the
    6         required fees to be eligible for licensure; amending
    7         s. 483.823, F.S.; requiring that applicants for
    8         licensure as a technologist or technician who meet
    9         specified criteria be deemed to have satisfied minimum
   10         qualifications for licensure to perform high or
   11         moderate complexity testing as a technologist or
   12         technician, as applicable; providing an effective
   13         date.
   14          
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Section 483.815, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   18  read:
   19         483.815 Application for clinical laboratory personnel
   20  license.—
   21         (1) An application for a clinical laboratory personnel
   22  license must shall be made under oath on forms provided by the
   23  department and must shall be accompanied by payment of fees as
   24  provided by this part. Applicants for licensure must also submit
   25  to background screening in accordance with s. 456.0135. A
   26  license may be issued authorizing the performance of procedures
   27  of one or more categories.
   28         (2) An applicant who qualifies for licensure under s.
   29  483.823(3) or (4) must provide proof of such qualification,
   30  submit to background screening in accordance with s. 456.0135,
   31  and pay the fees required under s. 483.807 to be eligible for
   32  licensure.
   33         Section 2. Subsections (3) and (4) are added to section
   34  483.823, Florida Statutes, to read:
   35         483.823 Qualifications of clinical laboratory personnel.—
   36         (3) Except as otherwise provided in s. 483.812, a
   37  technologist or technician applicant for licensure who satisfies
   38  the requirements in 42 C.F.R. s. 493.1489 to perform high
   39  complexity testing is deemed to have satisfied the minimum
   40  qualifications for licensure under this part to perform high
   41  complexity testing as a technologist or technician in this
   42  state.
   43         (4) Except as otherwise provided in s. 483.812, a
   44  technician applicant for licensure who satisfies the
   45  requirements in 42 C.F.R. s. 493.1423 to perform moderate
   46  complexity testing is deemed to have satisfied the minimum
   47  qualifications for licensure under this part to perform moderate
   48  complexity testing as a technician in this state.
   49         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.