Florida HB 1175: Early Learning Coalitions

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An act relating to safety design standards for office 2
surgery suites; creating s. 553.884, F.S.; requiring 3
the Florida Building Commission and the State Fire 4
Marshal to establish safety design standards for 5
certain office surgical suites by a specified date; 6
defining the term "office surgery suite"; providing an 7
effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Section 553.884, Florida Statutes, is created 12
to read: 13
553.884 Office surgery suites; safety design standards.— 14
(1) By January 1, 2027, the commission must establish 15
within the Florida Building Code and the State Fire Marshal must 16
establish within the Florida Fire Prevention Code, safety design 17
standards that allow office surgery suites to provide the 18
following services or treatment simultaneously for up to six 19
patients on an outpatient basis: 20
(a) Treatment for patients that renders the patients 21
incapable of taking action for self-preservation under emergency 22
conditions without the assistance of others. 23
(b) Anesthesia that renders the patients incapable of 24
taking action for self-preservation under emergency conditions 25

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without the assistance of others. 26
(c) Treatment for patients who, due to the nature of their 27
injury or illness, are incapable of taking action for self-28
preservation under emergency conditions without the assistance 29
of others. 30
(2) Such standards must be an alternative to the safety 31
design standards for ambulatory health care occupancies. For 32
purposes of this section, an "office surgery suite" is that 33
portion of a physician's office where surgery is performed. 34
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 35