Florida SB 878: Noneconomic Damages for Wrongful Death Suits

Bill Text

878 
Clinical Laboratory Personnel 
2025-12-11T06:54:10Z 
Requiring that an applicant who qualifies for licensure under specified provisions provide proof of such qualification and pay the required fees to be eligible for licensure; requiring that applicants for licensure as a technologist or technician who meet specified criteria be deemed to have satisfied minimum qualifications for licensure to perform high or moderate complexity testing as a technologist or technician, as applicable, 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 878 

 By Senator Yarborough 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to clinical laboratory personnel; 
 3 amending s. 483.815, F.S.; requiring that an applicant 
 4 who qualifies for licensure under specified provisions 
 5 provide proof of such qualification and pay the 
 6 required fees to be eligible for licensure; amending 
 7 s. 483.823, F.S.; requiring that applicants for 
 8 licensure as a technologist or technician who meet 
 9 specified criteria be deemed to have satisfied minimum 
 10 qualifications for licensure to perform high or 
 11 moderate complexity testing as a technologist or 
 12 technician, as applicable; providing an effective 
 13 date. 
 14 
 15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 16 
 17 Section 1. Section 483.815, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
 18 read: 
 19 483.815 Application for clinical laboratory personnel 
 20 license.— 
 21 (1) An application for a clinical laboratory personnel 
 22 license must shall be made under oath on forms provided by the 
 23 department and must shall be accompanied by payment of fees as 
 24 provided by this part. Applicants for licensure must also submit 
 25 to background screening in accordance with s. 456.0135. A 
 26 license may be issued authorizing the performance of procedures 
 27 of one or more categories. 
 28 (2) An applicant who qualifies for licensure under s. 
 29 483.823(3) or (4) must provide proof of such qualification, 
 30 submit to background screening in accordance with s. 456.0135, 
 31 and pay the fees required under s. 483.807 to be eligible for 
 32 licensure. 
 33 Section 2. Subsections (3) and (4) are added to section 
 34 483.823, Florida Statutes, to read: 
 35 483.823 Qualifications of clinical laboratory personnel.— 
 36 (3) Except as otherwise provided in s. 483.812, a 
 37 technologist or technician applicant for licensure who satisfies 
 38 the requirements in 42 C.F.R. s. 493.1489 to perform high 
 39 complexity testing is deemed to have satisfied the minimum 
 40 qualifications for licensure under this part to perform high 
 41 complexity testing as a technologist or technician in this 
 42 state. 
 43 (4) Except as otherwise provided in s. 483.812, a 
 44 technician applicant for licensure who satisfies the 
 45 requirements in 42 C.F.R. s. 493.1423 to perform moderate 
 46 complexity testing is deemed to have satisfied the minimum 
 47 qualifications for licensure under this part to perform moderate 
 48 complexity testing as a technician in this state. 
 49 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.