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Florida Senate
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2026
SB 1526
By
Senator Rodriguez
40-01618-26 20261526__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to safety design standards for office
3 surgery suites; creating s. 395.3045, F.S.; requiring
4 the Florida Building Commission and the State Fire
5 Marshal, within their respective codes, to establish
6 safety design standards for certain office surgery
7 suites by a specified date; defining the term “office
8 surgery suite”; providing an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Section 395.3045, Florida Statutes, is created
13 to read:
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395.3045
Office surgery suites; safety design standards.—
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(1)
By October 1, 2026, the Florida Building Commission
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shall establish within the Florida Building Code, and the State
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Fire Marshal shall establish within the Florida Fire Prevention
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Code, safety design standards that allow office surgery suites
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to provide the following services or treatments simultaneously
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for up to six patients on an outpatient basis:
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(a)
Treatment for patients which renders the patients
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incapable of taking action for self-preservation under emergency
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conditions without the assistance of others.
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(b)
Anesthesia that renders the patients incapable of
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taking action for self-preservation under emergency conditions
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without the assistance of others.
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(c)
Treatment for patients who, due to the nature of their
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injury or illness, are incapable of taking action for self
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preservation under emergency conditions without the assistance
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of others.
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(2)
The safety design standards established under
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subsection (1) must be an alternative to the safety design
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standards for ambulatory health care occupancies. For purposes
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of this subsection, the term “office surgery suite” means that
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portion of a physician’s office where surgery is performed.
36 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.