The Florida Senate

468.812  Exemptions from licensure.--

(1)  This part does not apply to:

(a)  A person who is licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, or chapter 461;

(b)  A person performing services for the Federal Government, if the person provides orthotic, prosthetic, or pedorthic care solely under the direction or control of the organization by which that person is employed;

(c)  A student, fellow, or trainee in orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics pursuing a course of study at a regionally accredited college or university or working in a recognized training center or research facility, provided the activities and services are part of a regular course of study under a supervisor licensed under this part;

(d)  An instructor in a regionally accredited university or college, while performing regularly assigned work under the curriculum of such a school; or

(e)  A person engaged exclusively in the fabrication of orthoses, pedorthic devices, or prostheses as defined in this part, provided there is no patient contact.

(2)  This part does not require an additional license of, or regulate the practice of, any other licensed health care professional within the state, or prevent a qualified member of any other profession or any person employed under the supervision of such a licensed professional from doing work of a nature consistent with that person's training, as long as the person does not hold himself or herself out to the public as a licensee under this act.

(3)  The provisions of this part relating to orthotics or pedorthics do not apply to any licensed pharmacist or to any person acting under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. The practice of orthotics or pedorthics by a pharmacist or any of the pharmacist's employees acting under the supervision of a pharmacist shall be construed to be within the meaning of the term "practice of the profession of pharmacy" as set forth in s. 465.003(13), and shall be subject to regulation in the same manner as any other pharmacy practice. The Board of Pharmacy shall develop rules regarding the practice of orthotics and pedorthics by a pharmacist. Any pharmacist or person under the supervision of a pharmacist engaged in the practice of orthotics or pedorthics shall not be precluded from continuing that practice pending adoption of these rules.

History.--s. 12, ch. 97-284; s. 123, ch. 99-397; s. 11, ch. 2008-121.