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Bill Text

1312 
Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact 
2026-01-07T06:23:57Z 
Creating the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact; providing purpose of the compact; specifying requirements for a podiatric physician to apply for and receive an expedited license in a member state; creating the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact Commission; providing powers and duties, including financial powers, of the commission, 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 1312 

 By Senator Rodriguez 

 40-01680-26 20261312__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Interstate Podiatric Medical 
 3 Licensure Compact; creating s. 461.0181, F.S.; 
 4 creating the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure 
 5 Compact; providing purpose of the compact; defining 
 6 terms; specifying eligibility requirements for a 
 7 podiatric physician to receive an expedited license; 
 8 providing an exception; providing requirements for a 
 9 podiatric physician to designate or redesignate a 
 10 member state as the state of principal license for 
 11 certain purposes; specifying requirements for a 
 12 podiatric physician to apply for and receive an 
 13 expedited license in a member state; providing 
 14 validity, termination, and fee requirements for an 
 15 expedited license; specifying requirements for a 
 16 podiatric physician to renew an expedited license; 
 17 requiring the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure 
 18 Compact Commission to collect and distribute any 
 19 renewal fees in a specified manner; providing that 
 20 certain information be distributed to member boards; 
 21 requiring the commission to establish a coordinated 
 22 information system; providing reporting requirements 
 23 for such system; authorizing joint investigations by 
 24 the member boards; specifying requirements for such 
 25 investigations; specifying requirements for 
 26 disciplinary actions; creating the Interstate 
 27 Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact Commission; 
 28 providing for purpose, membership, and meetings of the 
 29 commission; requiring the commission to make certain 
 30 information public record; requiring the commission to 
 31 establish an executive committee for certain purposes; 
 32 providing powers and duties, including financial 
 33 powers, of the commission; providing for organization 
 34 and operation, rulemaking authority, and oversight of 
 35 the commission; providing for qualified immunity, 
 36 defense, and indemnification of the commission and its 
 37 employees; providing for the enforcement and default 
 38 procedures of the compact; providing for dispute 
 39 resolution procedures of the commission; providing for 
 40 membership, effective date, amendment, withdrawal, and 
 41 dissolution of the compact; providing for severability 
 42 and construction; providing for binding effect of the 
 43 compact and other laws; providing an effective date. 
 44 
 45 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 46 
 47 Section 1. Section 461.0181, Florida Statutes, is created 
 48 to read: 
 49 461.0181 Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact. 
 50 The Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact is hereby 
 51 enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other 
 52 states legally joining therein in the form substantially as 
 53 follows: 
 54 
 55 INTERSTATE PODIATRIC MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT 
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 57 ARTICLE I 
 58 PURPOSE 
 59 
 60 (1) In order to strengthen access to health care, and in 
 61 recognition of the advances in the delivery in health care, the 
 62 member states of the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure 
 63 Compact have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive 
 64 process that complements the existing licensing and regulatory 
 65 authority of state podiatric medical boards and provides a 
 66 streamlined process that allows podiatric physicians to become 
 67 licensed in multiple states, enhancing the portability of a 
 68 podiatric medical license and ensuring the safety of patients. 
 69 (2) The compact creates another pathway for licensure and 
 70 does not otherwise change a state’s existing Podiatric Medical 
 71 Practice Act. The compact also adopts the prevailing standard 
 72 for licensure and affirms that the practice of podiatric 
 73 medicine occurs where the patient is located at the time of the 
 74 podiatric physician-patient encounter, and therefore, requires 
 75 the podiatric physician to be under the jurisdiction of the 
 76 state podiatric medical board where the patient is located. 
 77 State podiatric medical boards that participate in the compact 
 78 retain the jurisdiction to impose an adverse action against a 
 79 license to practice podiatric medicine in that state issued to a 
 80 podiatric physician through the procedures in the compact. 
 81 
 82 ARTICLE II 
 83 DEFINITIONS 
 84 
 85 As used in this compact, the term: 
 86 (1) “Byla