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HB0567 • 2026

Podiatric Medicine

Podiatric Medicine

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee ; Chaney ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bartleman ; Berfield ; Edmonds ; Grow ; Long ; Nix ; Porras ; Salzman ; Valdés
Last action
2026-03-10
Official status
House - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 1092
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Podiatric Medicine

Podiatric Medicine; Revises certain continuing education requirements to apply to certain persons.

What This Bill Does

  • Podiatric Medicine; Revises certain continuing education requirements to apply to certain persons.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-10 House

    • Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 1092

  2. 2026-02-18 House

    • Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee • Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee • Bill released to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar

  3. 2026-02-16 House

    • Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

  4. 2026-02-06 House

    • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Health & Human Services Committee

  5. 2026-02-04 House

    • Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  6. 2026-02-03 House

    • Favorable with CS by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

  7. 2026-01-30 House

    • PCS added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda

  8. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  9. 2025-12-12 House

    • Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

  10. 2025-12-01 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Podiatric Medicine; Revises certain continuing education requirements to apply to certain persons.

Current Bill Text

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CS/HB 567 2026

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to podiatric medicine; amending s. 2
461.007, F.S.; revising certain continuing education 3
requirements to apply to certain persons; providing an 4
effective date. 5
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
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Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 461.007, Florida 9
Statutes, is amended to read: 10
461.007 Renewal of license.— 11
(3) The board may by rule prescribe continuing education, 12
not to exceed 40 hours biennially, as a condition for renewal of 13
a license, with a minimum of 2 hours of continuing education 14
related to the safe and effective prescribing of controlled 15
substances for each person registered with the United States 16
Drug Enforcement Administration and authorized to prescribe 17
controlled substances pursuant to 21 U.S.C. s. 822. The criteria 18
for such programs or courses shall be approved by the board. 19
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 20