FL H1143

Implements the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact allowing physicians to obtain expedited licenses across member states while maintaining state medical board authority over discipline and regulation

Expands pharmacist authority to administer extended-release medications for substance abuse treatment in addition to existing long-acting antipsychotic injections

Revises massage therapy licensure by eliminating apprenticeship pathway, requiring completion of board-approved school and national examination, and renaming chapter to "Massage Therapy Practice Act"

Updates mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist education requirements, including reducing required supervised clinical hours from 1,000 to 700 for mental health counselors and clinical experience from 3 to 2 years for marriage and family therapists

Adds battery against vulnerable adults or patients in licensed healthcare facilities as a disqualifying offense for healthcare practitioner licensure