S0382 — Continuing Education Requirements

Senate Bill 382 was filed in November 2023 and advanced through committee in 2024, proposing changes to continuing education requirements for regulated professions.

The bill requires, rather than merely authorizes, a board or the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to allow distance learning to satisfy continuing education requirements. The bill revises the requirements that continuing education must satisfy and requires boards or the department to exempt certain individuals from completing continuing education requirements.

Boards regulating professions in Florida and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation when no board exists.

The bill was read a second time on February 29, 2024, and an enrolled version was issued on March 5, 2024; final status as of May 17, 2024 was stage 4, indicating continued legislative processing.