Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 154
       
       
        
       By Senator Harrell
       
       
       
       
       
       31-00503-26                                            2026154__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Mobile Opportunity by
    3         Interstate Licensure Endorsement Act; amending s.
    4         456.0145, F.S.; revising the list of persons
    5         ineligible for a license by endorsement under the act;
    6         providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
   11  456.0145, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         456.0145 Mobile Opportunity by Interstate Licensure
   13  Endorsement (MOBILE) Act.—
   14         (2) LICENSURE BY ENDORSEMENT.—
   15         (c) A person is ineligible for a license under this section
   16  if he or she:
   17         1. Has a complaint, an allegation, or an investigation
   18  pending before a licensing entity in another state, the District
   19  of Columbia, or a possession or territory of the United States;
   20         2. Has been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to,
   21  regardless of adjudication, any felony or misdemeanor related to
   22  the practice of a health care profession;
   23         3. Has had a health care provider license revoked or
   24  suspended by another state, the District of Columbia, or a
   25  territory of the United States, or has voluntarily surrendered
   26  any such license in lieu of having disciplinary action taken
   27  against the license; or
   28         4. Has been reported to the National Practitioner Data
   29  Bank, unless the applicant has successfully appealed to have his
   30  or her name removed from the data bank. If the reported adverse
   31  action was a result of conduct that would not constitute a
   32  violation of any law or rule in this state, the board, or the
   33  department if there is no board, may:
   34         a. Approve the application;
   35         b. Approve the application with restrictions on the scope
   36  of practice of the licensee;
   37         c. Approve the application with placement of the licensee
   38  on probation for a period of time and subject to such conditions
   39  as the board, or the department if there is no board, may
   40  specify, including, but not limited to, requiring the applicant
   41  to submit to treatment, attend continuing education courses, or
   42  submit to reexamination; or
   43         d. Deny the application; or
   44         5. Is seeking licensure to practice under chapter 466 and
   45  has not graduated from a dental school or dental hygiene college
   46  or school accredited by the American Dental Association
   47  Commission on Dental Accreditation or its successor entity, if
   48  any, or any other dental or dental hygiene program accrediting
   49  entity recognized by the United States Department of Education.
   50         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.