FL H0599

Requires pharmacists to complete additional board-required training to obtain a consultant pharmacist license, with license fees capped at $250

Authorizes consultant pharmacists to provide medication management services in health care facilities through written collaborative practice agreements with physicians, podiatric physicians, or dentists

Permits consultant pharmacists under collaborative agreements to order and evaluate laboratory/clinical tests, conduct patient assessments, modify or discontinue medications, and administer drugs

Prohibits consultant pharmacists from modifying or discontinuing medications prescribed by practitioners who lack a collaborative agreement with them, and explicitly bars them from diagnosing diseases or conditions

Defines eligible health care facilities as ambulatory surgical centers, hospitals, substance abuse treatment centers, inpatient hospices, nursing homes, ambulatory care centers, and continuing care facility nursing home components