FL H0915

Redefines "addiction medicine specialist" to include board-certified psychiatrists instead of physiatrists, and requires consultation with psychiatrists for pain management in patients with substance abuse or psychiatric disorders.

Establishes that prescriptions are deemed compliant and valid for dispensing when received by a pharmacy, and exempts board-certified psychiatrists and rheumatologists from controlled substance prescribing standards.

Requires pain-management clinics to register with the Department of Health unless wholly owned by board-certified anesthesiologists, physiatrists, psychiatrists, rheumatologists, neurologists, or pain medicine specialists.

Expands pharmacy permit denial and disciplinary grounds to include affiliated health care practitioners convicted of unlawfully providing controlled substances through fraud, forgery, deception, or misrepresentation.

Authorizes pharmacists to fill out-of-state prescriptions for chronic or recurrent illnesses; prohibits controlled substances from multiple drug schedules on the same prescription blank; requires prescribers to access prescription drug monitoring database before prescribing Schedule II-IV controlled substances.