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FL HB 871

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Practice of Veterinary Medicine

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Practice of Veterinary Medicine; Provides that specified exemptions apply to licensed & unlicensed veterinary technicians; revises membership of Board of Veterinary Medicine; provides requirements for licensure of veterinary technicians; provides continuing education requirements for renewal of licensed veterinary technicians' licenses; prohibits certain persons from taking specified actions relating to licensure of & use of titles of licensed veterinary technicians; provides criminal penalties; provides grounds for disciplinary actions against applicants for licensure & licensed veterinary technicians; authorizes board to take specified actions against certain persons; provides for reissuance of license to veterinary technician; provides scope of practice relating to licensed veterinary technicians; authorizes veterinary technicians to provide specified services; authorizes supervising veterinarians to delegate specified responsibilities to licensed veterinary technicians; prohibits licensed veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants from taking specified actions or identifying themselves as specified persons.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Blancoprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-23

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2026-01-05

    Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-05

    Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-05

    Referred to Commerce Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-05

    Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

  6. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  7. 2026-03-13

    Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/871/ByCategory

Attribution

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