ENROLLED 2022 Legislature SB 312, 1st Engrossed 2022312er 1 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. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 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.