Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 914
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Calatayud) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 41 - 80
    4  and insert:
    5  education from an entity approved by the board on the topic of
    6  dry needling. To satisfy this requirement, the instructor of the
    7  continuing education must make a determination that the
    8  occupational therapist demonstrates the requisite psychomotor
    9  skills to safely perform dry needling. The continuing education
   10  must include instruction in all of the following areas:
   11         1. Theory of dry needling.
   12         2. Selection and safe handling of needles and other
   13  apparatus or equipment used in dry needling, including
   14  instruction on the proper handling of biohazardous waste.
   15         3. Indications and contraindications for dry needling.
   16         4. Psychomotor skills needed to safely perform dry
   17  needling.
   18         5. Postintervention care, including care for adverse
   19  responses, adverse incident recordkeeping, and any reporting
   20  obligations.
   21         (c)1. Completion of at least 25 patient sessions of dry
   22  needling performed under the supervision of an occupational
   23  therapist, a physical therapist, or a chiropractic physician who
   24  holds an active license to practice in any state or the District
   25  of Columbia and has actively performed dry needling for at least
   26  1 year. The supervising practitioner must document that the
   27  occupational therapist under his or her supervision has met the
   28  supervision and competency requirements specified by board rule
   29  and does not need additional supervised sessions to safely
   30  perform dry needling; or
   31         2. Completion of 25 patient sessions of dry needling
   32  performed as an occupational therapist, physical therapist, or
   33  chiropractic physician licensed in another state or in the
   34  United States Armed Forces.
   35         (d) A requirement that dry needling be performed only if
   36  the patient consents to the treatment and it is part of the
   37  patient’s documented plan of care.
   38         (e) A requirement prohibiting the delegation of dry
   39  needling to any person other than an occupational therapist who
   40  is authorized to perform dry needling under this part.
   41         (2) The board shall establish additional supervision and
   42  training requirements that an occupational therapist must meet
   43  before performing dry needling on the head, neck, or torso if
   44  the board deems such requirements necessary for patient safety.
   45         (3) The Department of Health shall, within existing
   46  resources, submit