Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1232
       
       
        
       By Senator Brodeur
       
       
       
       
       
       10-01096A-23                                          20231232__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to telehealth prescribing; amending s.
    3         456.47, F.S.; revising the circumstances under which a
    4         telehealth provider may use telehealth to prescribe
    5         certain controlled substances; providing an effective
    6         date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
   11  456.47, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         456.47 Use of telehealth to provide services.—
   13         (2) PRACTICE STANDARDS.—
   14         (c) A telehealth provider may not use telehealth to
   15  prescribe a controlled substance listed in Schedule II of s.
   16  893.03 unless the controlled substance is prescribed for the
   17  following:
   18         1. The treatment of a psychiatric disorder;
   19         2. Inpatient treatment at a hospital licensed under chapter
   20  395;
   21         3. The treatment of a patient receiving hospice services as
   22  defined in s. 400.601; or
   23         4. The treatment of a resident of a nursing home facility
   24  as defined in s. 400.021;
   25         5. The treatment of a terminal condition as defined in s.
   26  456.44(1)(a)2; or
   27         6. The treatment of cancer.
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.