Florida SB 154: Tax Exemption

Bill Text

154 
Mobile Opportunity by Interstate Licensure Endorsement Act 
2025-10-09T06:01:48Z 
Revising the list of persons ineligible for a license by endorsement under the act, 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 154 

 By Senator Harrell 

 31-00503-26 2026154__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Mobile Opportunity by 
 3 Interstate Licensure Endorsement Act; amending s. 
 4 456.0145, F.S.; revising the list of persons 
 5 ineligible for a license by endorsement under the act; 
 6 providing an effective date. 
 7 
 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 9 
 10 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 
 11 456.0145, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 12 456.0145 Mobile Opportunity by Interstate Licensure 
 13 Endorsement (MOBILE) Act.— 
 14 (2) LICENSURE BY ENDORSEMENT.— 
 15 (c) A person is ineligible for a license under this section 
 16 if he or she: 
 17 1. Has a complaint, an allegation, or an investigation 
 18 pending before a licensing entity in another state, the District 
 19 of Columbia, or a possession or territory of the United States; 
 20 2. Has been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to, 
 21 regardless of adjudication, any felony or misdemeanor related to 
 22 the practice of a health care profession; 
 23 3. Has had a health care provider license revoked or 
 24 suspended by another state, the District of Columbia, or a 
 25 territory of the United States, or has voluntarily surrendered 
 26 any such license in lieu of having disciplinary action taken 
 27 against the license; or 
 28 4. Has been reported to the National Practitioner Data 
 29 Bank, unless the applicant has successfully appealed to have his 
 30 or her name removed from the data bank. If the reported adverse 
 31 action was a result of conduct that would not constitute a 
 32 violation of any law or rule in this state, the board, or the 
 33 department if there is no board, may: 
 34 a. Approve the application; 
 35 b. Approve the application with restrictions on the scope 
 36 of practice of the licensee; 
 37 c. Approve the application with placement of the licensee 
 38 on probation for a period of time and subject to such conditions 
 39 as the board, or the department if there is no board, may 
 40 specify, including, but not limited to, requiring the applicant 
 41 to submit to treatment, attend continuing education courses, or 
 42 submit to reexamination; or 
 43 d. Deny the application; or 
 44 5. Is seeking licensure to practice under chapter 466 and 
 45 has not graduated from a dental school or dental hygiene college 
 46 or school accredited by the American Dental Association 
 47 Commission on Dental Accreditation or its successor entity, if 
 48 any, or any other dental or dental hygiene program accrediting 
 49 entity recognized by the United States Department of Education. 
 50 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.