H1381 — Interstate Mobility

H1381, a bill requiring occupational licensing boards to allow licensure by endorsement for applicants meeting specified criteria, died in Commerce Committee on March 8, 2024.

The bill would have required occupational and health care regulatory boards to issue licenses or certificates by endorsement to qualified applicants from other states, with specified criminal history checks, fingerprinting requirements, and jurisprudence examination authority. The bill applied to multiple health professions including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, psychology, and others, and would have required the Department of Health to verify applicant information using the National Practitioner Data Bank.

Occupational licensing boards, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, and the Department of Health, applicable to health care and occupational licensees seeking to practice in Florida by endorsement.

The bill did not advance past committee and did not become law; it died in Commerce Committee on March 8, 2024.