Florida Senate - 2025 SB 1544 By Senator Rodriguez 40-01185-25 20251544__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to opticianry; amending s. 484.011, 3 F.S.; deleting the ability of an optician to delegate 4 specified acts to unlicensed supportive personnel; 5 amending s. 484.018, F.S.; deleting an exception to 6 optician licensure requirements for employees working 7 under the direct supervision of a physician or 8 optometrist; providing an effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1.Section 484.011, Florida Statutes, is amended to 13 read: 14 484.011License required Supportive personnel.Any No 15 person other than a licensed optician may not engage in the 16 practice of opticianry, except that a licensed optician may 17 delegate to nonlicensed supportive personnel those duties, 18 tasks, and functions which fall within the purview of s. 19 484.002(3). All such delegated acts shall be performed under the 20 direct supervision of a licensed optician, who shall be 21 responsible for all such acts performed by persons under her or 22 his supervision. 23 Section 2.Subsection (2) of section 484.018, Florida 24 Statutes, is amended to read: 25 484.018Exceptions. 26 (2)Nothing in this part shall be construed to mean that an 27 employee of a licensed physician or a licensed optometrist shall 28 be required to secure a license under this part, so long as the 29 employee is working exclusively for, and under the direct 30 supervision of, the licensed physician or optometrist and does 31 not hold herself or himself out to the public generally as an 32 optician. 33 Section 3.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.