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FL S1386

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/24/2011

Primary Sponsor

Ellyn Bogdanoff

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Renames "pain-management clinics" to "controlled-substance medical clinics" and redefines them as facilities where a physician prescribes more than 25 Schedule II or III controlled substance prescriptions daily or dispenses controlled substances, with prohibition on advertising dispensing services.

  • Prohibits controlled-substance medical clinics from advertising services related to medication dispensing and removes requirements for physicians to complete pain-medicine fellowships or comply with specific fellowship training rules.

  • Changes prescription drug monitoring program reporting deadline from 15 days to 24 hours after dispensing controlled substances and establishes that the State Surgeon General (not the Office of Drug Control) appoints the board of directors for the direct-support organization.

  • Authorizes law enforcement agencies to request confidential prescription drug monitoring program information upon determination of probable cause and issuance of a search warrant, and allows law enforcement to disclose this information to criminal justice agencies under search warrant authority.

  • Allows Department of Health to obtain patient records without notification from controlled-substance medical clinics when probable cause exists that violations are occurring and obtaining authorization would jeopardize investigations.

Legislative Description

Controlled Substances

Last Action

Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

5/7/2011

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice3/31/2011
Health Regulation3/7/2011

Full Bill Text

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