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Florida Senate - 2003 CS for SB 1738
By the Committee on Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; and
Senator Fasano
317-2488-03
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to prescriptions for medicinal
3 drugs; creating s. 456.0392, F.S.; requiring
4 certain practitioners to include specified
5 information on prescriptions; providing that
6 certain prescriptions shall be presumed valid;
7 providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Section 456.0392, Florida Statutes, is
12 created to read:
13 456.0392 Prescription labeling.--
14 (1) A prescription written by a practitioner who is
15 authorized under the laws of this state to write prescriptions
16 for drugs that are not controlled substances listed in chapter
17 893 but who is not eligible for a federal drug enforcement
18 administration number shall include that practitioner's name
19 and professional license number. The pharmacist or dispensing
20 practitioner must include the practitioner's name on the
21 container of the drug that is dispensed. A pharmacist shall be
22 permitted, upon verification by the prescriber, to document
23 any information required by this section.
24 (2) A prescription for a drug that is not a controlled
25 substance listed in chapter 893 written by an advanced
26 registered nurse practitioner certified under s. 464.012 is
27 presumed, subject to rebuttal, to be valid and within the
28 parameters of the prescriptive authority delegated by a
29 practitioner licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, or
30 chapter 466.
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1 (3) A prescription for a drug that is not a controlled
2 substance listed in chapter 893 written by a physician
3 assistant licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 is
4 presumed, subject to rebuttal, to be valid and within the
5 parameters of the prescriptive authority delegated by the
6 physician assistant's supervising physician.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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9 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
10 Senate Bill 1738
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12 The Committee Substitute no longer creates a criminal offense
that makes it unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to
13 require the use on a prescription of a federally issued
registration number that authorizes the prescriber to
14 prescribe controlled substances or scheduled drugs when that
use is not otherwise required by federal or state law or rule.
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In lieu of the criminal offense, the Committee Substitute
16 requires a prescription written by a practitioner who is
authorized under the laws of Florida to write prescriptions
17 for drugs that are not controlled substances but who is not
eligible for a federal drug enforcement administration number
18 to include that practitioner's name and professional license
number. The pharmacist or dispensing practitioner must include
19 the practitioner's name on the container of the drug that is
dispensed. The pharmacist may document any required
20 information as specified in the bill. A prescription written
by a Florida-licensed advanced registered nurse practitioner
21 or physician assistant for a drug that is a not a controlled
substance is presumed, subject to rebuttal, to be valid and
22 within the parameters of the prescriptive authority delegated
to the advanced registered nurse practitioner or physician
23 assistant who is prescribing the drug.
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