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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to telehealth; amending s. 456.47,
    3         F.S.; revising the prohibition on prescribing
    4         controlled substances through the use of telehealth to
    5         include only specified controlled substances;
    6         providing an effective date.
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    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         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.