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2An act relating to safety design standards for office
3surgery suites; creating s. 553.884, F.S.; requiring
4the Florida Building Commission and the State Fire
5Marshal to establish safety design standards for
6certain office surgical suites by a specified date;
7defining the term "office surgery suite"; providing an
8effective date.
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10Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12Section 1.  Section 553.884, Florida Statutes, is created
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14553.884       Office surgery suites; safety design standards.—
15(1)     By January 1, 2027, the commission must establish
16within the Florida Building Code and the State Fire Marshal must
17establish within the Florida Fire Prevention Code, safety design
18standards that allow office surgery suites to provide the
19following services or treatment simultaneously for up to six
20patients on an outpatient basis:
21(a)     Treatment for patients that renders the patients
22incapable of taking action for self-preservation under emergency
23conditions without the assistance of others.
24(b)     Anesthesia that renders the patients incapable of
25taking action for self-preservation under emergency conditions
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26    without the assistance of others.
27(c)     Treatment for patients who, due to the nature of their
28    injury or illness, are incapable of taking action for self-
29    preservation under emergency conditions without the assistance
30    of others.
31(2)     Such standards must be an alternative to the safety
32    design standards for ambulatory health care occupancies. For
33    purposes of this section, an "office surgery suite" is that
34    portion of a physician's office where surgery is performed.
35Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
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