Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1371: Provisional Licensure of Anesthesiologist Assistants
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requires DOH to issue provisional license to practice as anesthesiologist assistant to applicants meeting specified criteria; requires provisional licensee to work under direct supervision of licensed anesthesiologist; provides for expiration of provisional license; requires provisional licensee to immediately inform his or her employer & cease practice upon notification of failure to pass certifying examination; provides exception; provides that provisional licenses are nonrenewable; requires Board of Medicine & Board of Osteopathic Medicine to adopt rules.
What the bill says
An act relating to temporary licensure of anesthesiologist assistants; amending ss. 458.3475 and 459.023, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to issue a temporary license to practice as an anesthesiologist assistant to applicants meeting specified criteria; providing for expiration of such temporary licenses; providing that temporary licenses are nonrenewable; providing that temporary licensees may practice only under the direct supervision of an anesthesiologist and pursuant to a written protocol; requiring the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine to adopt rules…
From the introduced text, January 9, 2026:
An act relating to temporary licensure of anesthesiologist assistants; amending ss. 458.3475 and 459.023, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to issue a temporary license to practice as an anesthesiologist assistant to applicants meeting specified criteria; providing for expiration of such temporary licenses; providing that temporary licenses are nonrenewable; providing that temporary licensees may practice only under the direct supervision of an anesthesiologist and pursuant to a written protocol; requiring the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine to adopt rules; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Present subsections (7) through (12) of section 458.3475, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (8) through (13), respectively, and a new subsection (7) is added to that section, to read: 458.3475 Anesthesiologist assistants.— (7) TEMPORARY LICENSURE.— (a) The department shall issue a temporary license to practice as an anesthesiologist assistant to an applicant who HB 1371 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1371-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES meets all of the following criteria: 1. Has graduated from an approved anesthesiologist assistant program. 2. Has applied for and is awaiting results of the certification examination administered by the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants. 3. Has submitted a completed application for licensure and paid all applicable …