New Continuing Education Requirements for Doctors Prescribing Contr…

Where This Stands

Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Passed

Signed

Current status: signed.

Last action

Chapter No. 2026-6Mar 30, 2026

Version history

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The Frame

What this does

This change directly impacts the process for all Florida-based practitioners registered with the DEA to prescribe , requiring them to update their curriculum to include specific pain management protocols for sickle cell patients.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Health care practitioners

Must complete updated continuing education including sickle cell pain management to maintain their license to prescribe controlled substances.

Sickle cell disease patients

The law mandates that their specific pain management needs be included in the training curriculum for their healthcare providers.

What changed

Current stage: signed.

What's next

Next step not available in the current record.

Summary

This law requires doctors and other health care practitioners who prescribe to include training on sickle cell disease pain management in their mandatory biennial continuing education courses. Practitioners who fail to complete this updated training will be unable to renew their professional licenses.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is required to take this new training?

Any person registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) who is authorized to prescribe and is subject to in Florida.

Does this add extra hours to my continuing education requirements?

No, the course must be included within the total number of continuing education hours already required by law.

What happens if I don't complete the course?

The department will not renew your professional license.

Why It Matters

This change directly impacts the process for all Florida-based practitioners registered with the DEA to prescribe , requiring them to update their curriculum to include specific pain management protocols for sickle cell patients.

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Voting Record

Motion succeededlower3/11/2026openstates_bulkOfficial roll call ↗

Passage, Third Reading

Total

117

Yes

113

No

0

Present

0

Not Voting

4

Abstain

0

How they voted (117)

+ 93 more

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Third Reading

Total

39

Yes

37

No

0

Present

0

Not Voting

0

Abstain

0

How they voted (39)

+ 15 more

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Favorable with Committee Substitute

Total

9

Yes

9

No

0

Present

0

Not Voting

0

Abstain

0

How they voted (9)

Darryl Rouson

Democratic · yes

Tracie Davis

Democratic · yes

Jay Trumbull

Republican · yes

Colleen Burton

Republican · yes

Jason Brodeur

Republican · yes

Ana Maria Rodriguez

Republican · yes

Ileana Garcia

Republican · yes

Barbara Sharief

Democratic · yes

Gayle Harrell

Republican · yes

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Favorable

Total

11

Yes

11

No

0

Present

0

Not Voting

0

Abstain

0

How they voted (11)

Tracie Davis

Democratic · yes

Don Gaetz

Republican · yes

Lori Berman

Democratic · yes

Colleen Burton

Republican · yes

Rosalind Osgood

Democratic · yes

Tom Leek

Republican · yes

Ralph Massullo

Republican · yes

Gayle Harrell

Republican · yes

Alexis Calatayud

Republican · yes

Jay Trumbull

Republican · yes

Kathleen Passidomo

Republican · yes

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Discoveries

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Integration of Specialized Pain Management into General Training

The legislature is moving to integrate specific disease-state pain management (sickle cell) into the broader, mandatory opioid prescribing curriculum for all practitioners.

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