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Bill Text

1526 
Safety Design Standards for Office Surgery Suites 
2026-01-09T03:11:31Z 
Requiring the Florida Building Commission and the State Fire Marshal, within their respective codes, to establish safety design standards for certain office surgery suites by a specified date, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1526 

 By Senator Rodriguez 

 40-01618-26 20261526__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to safety design standards for office 
 3 surgery suites; creating s. 395.3045, F.S.; requiring 
 4 the Florida Building Commission and the State Fire 
 5 Marshal, within their respective codes, to establish 
 6 safety design standards for certain office surgery 
 7 suites by a specified date; defining the term “office 
 8 surgery suite”; providing an effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 11 
 12 Section 1. Section 395.3045, Florida Statutes, is created 
 13 to read: 
 14 395.3045 Office surgery suites; safety design standards.— 
 15 (1) By October 1, 2026, the Florida Building Commission 
 16 shall establish within the Florida Building Code, and the State 
 17 Fire Marshal shall establish within the Florida Fire Prevention 
 18 Code, safety design standards that allow office surgery suites 
 19 to provide the following services or treatments simultaneously 
 20 for up to six patients on an outpatient basis: 
 21 (a) Treatment for patients which renders the patients 
 22 incapable of taking action for self-preservation under emergency 
 23 conditions without the assistance of others. 
 24 (b) Anesthesia that renders the patients incapable of 
 25 taking action for self-preservation under emergency conditions 
 26 without the assistance of others. 
 27 (c) Treatment for patients who, due to the nature of their 
 28 injury or illness, are incapable of taking action for self 
 29 preservation under emergency conditions without the assistance 
 30 of others. 
 31 (2) The safety design standards established under 
 32 subsection (1) must be an alternative to the safety design 
 33 standards for ambulatory health care occupancies. For purposes 
 34 of this subsection, the term “office surgery suite” means that 
 35 portion of a physician’s office where surgery is performed. 
 36 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.