Florida Senate - 2025 SB 380
By Senator McClain
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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to clinical laboratory personnel; 2
amending s. 483.809, F.S.; deleting requirements that 3
the Department of Health conduct examinations for 4
clinical laboratory personnel licensure and register 5
clinical laboratory trainees; deleting the requirement 6
that the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel 7
approve training curricula for licensure of clinical 8
laboratory personnel; repealing s. 483.811, F.S., 9
relating to approval of laboratory personnel training 10
programs; amending s. 483.823, F.S.; requiring that 11
applicants for licensure as a technologist or 12
technician who meet specified criteria be deemed to 13
have satisfied minimum qualifications for licensure, 14
as applicable; amending ss. 483.800, 483.803, and 15
483.807, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made 16
by the act; making technical changes; providing an 17
effective date. 18
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 20
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Section 1. Section 483.809, Florida Statutes, is amended to 22
read: 23
483.809 Licensure; examinations; registration of trainees; 24
approval of curricula .— 25
(1) LICENSING.—The department shall provide biennial 26
licensure of all clinical laboratory personnel who the board 27
certifies have met the requirements of this part. The license of 28
any person who fails to pay a required fee or otherwise fails to 29 Florida Senate - 2025 SB 380
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qualify within 60 days after the date of expiration of such 30
license shall be automatically canceled without notice or 31
further proceedings unless the individual has made application 32
for inactive status pursuant to s. 483.819. 33
(2) EXAMINATIONS.—The department shall conduct examinations 34
required by board rules to determine in part the qualification 35
of clinical laboratory personnel for licensure. The board by 36
rule may designate a national certification examination that may 37
be accepted in lieu of state examination for clinical laboratory 38
personnel or public health scientists. 39
(3) REGISTRATION OF TRAINEES. —The department shall provide 40
for registration of clinical laboratory trainees who are 41
enrolled in a training program approved pursuant to s. 483.811, 42
which registration may not be renewed except upon special 43
authorization of the board. 44
(4) APPROVAL OF CURRICULUM IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. —The 45
board may approve the curriculum in schools and colleges 46
offering education and training leading toward qualification for 47
licensure under this part. 48
Section 2. Section 483.811, Florida Statutes, is repealed. 49
Section 3. Subsections (3) and (4) are added to section 50
483.823, Florida Statutes, to read: 51
483.823 Qualifications of clinical laboratory personnel. — 52
(3) Except as otherwise provided in s. 483.812, a 53
technologist or technician applicant for licensure who satisfies 54
the requirements in 42 C.F.R. s. 493.1489 to perform high 55
complexity testing is deemed to have satisfied the minimum 56
qualifications for licensure under this part to perform high 57
complexity testing as a technologist or technician in this 58 Florida Senate - 2025 SB 380
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state. 59
(4) Except as otherwise provided in s. 483.812, a 60
technician applicant for licensure who satisfies the 61
requirements in 42 C.F.R. s. 493.1423 to perform moderate 62
complexity testing is deemed to have satisfied the minimum 63
qualifications for licensure under this part to perform moderate 64
complexity testing as a technician in this state. 65
Section 4. Section 483.800, Florida Statutes, is amended to 66
read: 67
483.800 Declaration of policy and statement of purpose. —The 68
purpose of this part is to protect the public health, safety, 69
and welfare of the people of this state from the hazards of 70
improper performance by clinical laboratory personnel. Clinical 71
laboratories provide essential services to practitioners of the 72
healing arts by furnishing vital information that is essential 73
to a determination of the nature, cause, and extent of the 74
condition involved. Unreliable and inaccurate reports may cause 75
unnecessary anxiety, suffering, and financial burdens and may 76
even contribute directly to death. The protection of public and 77
individual health requires the licensure of clinical laboratory 78
personnel who meet minimum requirements for safe practice. The 79
Legislature finds that laboratory testing technology continues 80
to advance rapidly. The Legislature also finds that a hospital 81
training program under the direction of the hospital clinical 82
laboratory director offers an opportunity for individuals 83
already trained in health care professions to expand the scope 84
of their careers. The Legislature further finds that there is an 85
immediate need for properly trained personnel to ensure patient 86
access to testing. Therefore, the Legislature recognizes the 87 Florida Senate - 2025 SB 380
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patient-focused benefits of hospital -based training for 88
laboratory and nonlaboratory personnel for testing within 89
hospitals and commercial laboratories and recognizes the 90
benefits of a training program approved by the Board of Clinical 91
Laboratory Personnel under the direction of the hospital 92
clinical laboratory director. 93
Section 5. Subsection (5) of section 483.803, Florida 94
Statutes, is amended to read: 95
483.803 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term: 96
(5) “Clinical laboratory trainee” means any person having 97
qualifying education who is enrolled in a clinical laboratory 98
training program approved pursuant to s. 483.811 and who is 99
seeking experience required to meet minimum qualifications for 100
licensing in this state. Trainees may perform procedures under 101
direct and responsible supervision of duly licensed clinical 102
laboratory personnel, but they may not report test results. 103
Section 6. Subsections (1), (3), (8), and (9) of section 104
483.807, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 105
483.807 Fees; establishment; disposition. — 106
(1) The board shall establish, by rule, shall establish 107
fees to be paid for application, examination, reexamination, 108
licensing and renewal, registration, laboratory training program 109
application, reinstatement, and recordmaking and recordkeeping. 110
The board may also establish , by rule, a delinquency fee. The 111
board shall establish fees that are adequate to ensure the 112
continued operation of the board and to fund the proportionate 113
expenses incurred by the department in carrying out its 114
licensure and other related responsibilities under this part. 115
Fees must shall be based on departmental estimates of the 116 Florida Senate - 2025 SB 380
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revenue required to implement this part and the provisions of 117
law with respect to the regulation of clinical laboratory 118
personnel. 119
(3) The examination fee shall be in an amount which covers 120
the costs of obtaining and administering the examination and 121
shall be refunded if the applicant is found ineligible to sit 122
for the examination. The combined fees for initial application 123
and examination may not exceed $200 plus the actual per 124
applicant cost to the department for developing, administering, 125
or procuring the licensure examination. 126
(8) The initial application fee for registration of a 127
trainee shall not exceed $20. 128
(9) The initial application and renewal fee for approval as 129
a laboratory training program may not exceed $300. The fee for 130
late filing of a renewal application shall be $50. 131
Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 132