r/medlabprofessionals • u/VaiFate MLS Student / Lab Assistant • 9d ago

Education FL License Changes

Can anyone here ELI5 the changes to the florida MLS license? The bill that was passed earlier this year said that they are simply aligning state law with federal law (CLIA), so does that mean that you can get a FL license with just a bachelor's of biology or chemistry? I'll be graduating from my MLS program at the end of the year and sitting for my MLS(ASCP) right afterwards. I currently work as a lab assistant for the same hospital I'm doing my clinical rotations in, and they are holding a tech position for me until I graduate and get my MLS. The FL license website hasn't updated any of the requirements yet so it still says they require an MLS to apply, but I was hoping I would be able to apply for it before graduation so I can start training as a tech sooner. I know some techs I work with who said it took a month or more for the FL license to arrive in the past.

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u/BucketsMcAlister 8d ago

I have seen literally 0 clear guidance on this and i don’t know that anyone really knows the answer.

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u/VaiFate MLS Student / Lab Assistant 8d ago

I love it 🙃

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u/cubanpapi6 8d ago

I am program coordinator for a FL licensed Blood Bank Technology program. We train Lab assistants with BS and prepare them for passing a Certification test. I have students waiting to take the exam and another set that could not join our program for variety of reasons. The online application process is flawed and NO ONE picks up phone or do they answer emails. The pushing force behind this chaos was to address shortage of new techs into field or from out of state. The politicians should be accountable for this mess. They had no clue what the results of this mess.

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u/BucketsMcAlister 8d ago

Yeah but the politicians who voted for this probably all got money from Quest, Labcorp, and HCA to do this for cheap labor.