Florida SB 1034: State-administered Retirement Systems

Bill Text

1034 
Central Service Technician Services 
2025-12-30T07:59:12Z 
Defining the terms “central service technician” and “health care practitioner”; requiring that licensed hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers employ or otherwise retain the services of a central service technician only if he or she meets specified criteria; requiring central service technicians to complete a specified number of continuing education hours annually as a condition of continued employment, 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 1034 

 By Senator Calatayud 

 38-00894A-26 20261034__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to central service technician 
 3 services; creating s. 395.1075, F.S.; providing 
 4 legislative purpose and intent; defining the terms 
 5 “central service technician” and “health care 
 6 practitioner”; requiring that licensed hospitals and 
 7 ambulatory surgical centers employ or otherwise retain 
 8 the services of a central service technician only if 
 9 he or she meets specified criteria; requiring central 
 10 service technicians who do not meet specified criteria 
 11 to obtain a certain certification within a specified 
 12 timeframe as a condition of continued employment; 
 13 requiring central service technicians to complete a 
 14 specified number of continuing education hours 
 15 annually as a condition of continued employment; 
 16 providing a requirement for such continuing education; 
 17 requiring that licensed hospitals and ambulatory 
 18 surgical centers, upon the written request of a 
 19 central service technician, verify in writing the 
 20 technician’s dates of employment or contract period 
 21 with the facility; providing applicability; providing 
 22 an effective date. 
 23 
 24 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 25 
 26 Section 1. Section 395.1075, Florida Statutes, is created 
 27 to read: 
 28 395.1075 Central service technician services.— 
 29 (1) LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE AND INTENT.—The legislative purpose 
 30 for enacting this section is to ensure that every new central 
 31 service technician employed by a hospital or an ambulatory 
 32 surgical center in this state meets minimum requirements for 
 33 safe practice as a member of the surgical care team. It is the 
 34 intent of the Legislature that central service technicians who 
 35 fall below minimum competency or who otherwise present a danger 
 36 to public health and safety be prohibited from practicing in 
 37 this state. 
 38 (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 
 39 (a) “Central service technician” means a person who 
 40 decontaminates, inspects, assembles, disassembles, packages, and 
 41 sterilizes reusable medical instruments or devices for use by a 
 42 licensed facility. 
 43 (b) “Health care practitioner” has the same meaning as in 
 44 s. 456.001. 
 45 (3) CERTIFICATION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 
 46 CENTRAL SERVICE TECHNICIANS.— 
 47 (a) A licensed facility shall employ or otherwise retain 
 48 the services of a central service technician only if such person 
 49 has successfully passed a nationally accredited exam for central 
 50 service technicians and meets at least one of the following 
 51 criteria: 
 52 1. Holds and maintains a certified registered central 
 53 service technician credential issued by a nationally accredited 
 54 central service credentialing organization. 
 55 2. Holds and maintains a certified sterile processing and 
 56 distribution technician credential issued by a nationally 
 57 accredited central service credentialing organization. 
 58 3. Provides evidence that he or she was employed by, or 
 59 provided services of a central service technician to, a licensed 
 60 facility on or before December 31, 2026. 
 61 (b) A central service technician who does not meet the 
 62 requirements of paragraph (a) must obtain the required certified 
 63 registered central service technician credential or certified 
 64 sterile processing and distribution technician credential within 
 65 18 months after his or her date of hire in order to continue 
 66 employment as a central service technician. 
 67 (c) A person who qualifies under paragraph (a) to practice 
 68 as a central service technician in a licensed facility must 
 69 complete at least 10 hours of continuing education annually to 
 70 continue employment as a central service technician. The 
 71 continuing education must be related to the functions of a 
 72 central service technician. 
 73 (d) A licensed facility shall, upon the written request of 
 74 a central service technician, verify, in writing, the central 
 75 service technician’s dates of employment or the contract period 
 76 during which the central service technician provided services to 
 77 the licensed facility. 
 78 (4) EXEMPTIONS.—This section does not apply to: 
 79 (a) A health care practitioner if he or she is acting 
 80 within the sc