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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to sickle cell care management and 2
treatment education; creating s. 456.0311, F.S.; 3
requiring a specified continuing education course for 4
the first licensure and certification renewal for 5
specified health care professions; providing 6
requirements for such course; authorizing appropriate 7
boards to adopt rules; providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Flori da: 10
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Section 1. Section 456.0311, Florida Statutes, is created 12
to read: 13
456.0311 Requirement for instruction on sickle cell 14
disease.— 15
(1)(a) The appropriate board shall require each person 16
licensed or certified under chapter 458, chapter 459, or pa rt I 17
of chapter 464 to complete one 2 -hour continuing education 18
course, approved by the board, on sickle cell disease care 19
management as part of the first licensure or certification 20
renewal. The course shall consist of education specific to 21
sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait including, but not 22
limited to, evidence -based treatment protocols for patients of 23
all ages, continuing patient and family education, periodic 24
comprehensive evaluations and other disease -specific health 25
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maintenance services, psych osocial care, genetic counseling, and 26
pain management. 27
(b) Each licensee or certificateholder shall submit 28
confirmation of having completed such course on a form provided 29
by the appropriate board when submitting fees for the first 30
renewal. 31
(c) The board may approve additional equivalent courses 32
that may be used to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (a). 33
Each licensing board that requires a licensee to complete an 34
educational course pursuant to this section may include the hour 35
required for completion of the course in the total hours of 36
continuing education required by law for such profession unless 37
the continuing education requirements for such profession 38
consist of fewer than 30 hours biennially. 39
(d) Any person holding two or more licenses subject to the 40
provisions of this section shall be permitted to show proof of 41
having taken one board -approved course to satisfy the 42
requirements of paragraph (a) for purposes of relicensure or 43
recertification for additional licenses. 44
(e) Failure to comply with t he requirements of this 45
section shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action under 46
each respective practice act and under s. 456.072(1)(k). In 47
addition to discipline by the appropriate board, the licensee 48
shall be required to complete the course requir ed under this 49
section. 50
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(2) Each appropriate board may adopt rules to carry out 51
this section. 52
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 53