458.3175 Expert witness certificate.— (1)(a) The department shall issue a certificate authorizing a physician who holds an active and valid license to practice medicine in another state or a province of Canada to provide expert testimony in this state, if the physician submits to the department: 1. A complete registration application containing the physician’s legal name, mailing address, […]
458.319 Renewal of license.— (1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application, evidence that the applicant has actively practiced medicine or has been on the active teaching faculty of an accredited medical school for at least 2 years of the immediately preceding 4 years, and a fee not to exceed $500; provided, […]
1458.3191 Physician survey.— (1) Each person who applies for licensure renewal as a physician under this chapter or chapter 459 must, in conjunction with the renewal of such license under procedures adopted by the Department of Health and in addition to any other information that may be required from the applicant, furnish the following to the Department […]
1458.3192 Analysis of survey results; report.— (1) Each year, the Department of Health shall analyze the results of the physician survey required by s. 458.3191 and determine by geographic area and specialty the number of physicians who: (a) Perform deliveries of children in this state. (b) Read mammograms and perform breast-imaging-guided procedures in this state. (c) Perform emergency care on […]
1458.3193 Confidentiality of certain information contained in physician workforce surveys.—All personal identifying information contained in records provided by physicians licensed under this chapter or chapter 459 in response to physician workforce surveys required as a condition of license renewal and held by the Department of Health is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), […]
458.320 Financial responsibility.— (1) As a condition of licensing and maintaining an active license, and prior to the issuance or renewal of an active license or reactivation of an inactive license for the practice of medicine, an applicant must by one of the following methods demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board and the department financial responsibility […]
458.321 Inactive status.— (1) A license that has become inactive may be reactivated under s. 458.319 upon application to the department. The board shall prescribe by rule continuing education requirements as a condition of reactivating a license. The continuing education requirements for reactivating a license must not be fewer than 20 classroom hours for each year the […]
458.323 Itemized patient billing.—Whenever a physician licensed under this chapter renders professional services to a patient, the physician is required, upon request, to submit to the patient, the patient’s insurer, or the administrative agency for any federal or state health program under which the patient is entitled to benefits an itemized statement of the specific services […]
458.324 Breast cancer; information on treatment alternatives.— (1) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term “medically viable,” as applied to treatment alternatives, means modes of treatment generally considered by the medical profession to be within the scope of current, acceptable standards. (2) COMMUNICATION OF TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES.— (a) Each physician treating a patient who is, or in the judgment of […]
458.325 Electroconvulsive and psychosurgical procedures.— (1) In each case of utilization of electroconvulsive or psychosurgical procedures, prior written consent shall be obtained after disclosure to the patient, if he or she is competent, or to the patient’s guardian, if he or she is a minor or incompetent, of the purpose of the procedure, the common side effects […]
458.3255 Electronic-communications diagnostic-imaging or treatment services.—Only a physician licensed in this state or otherwise authorized to practice medicine in this state may order, from a person located outside this state, electronic-communications diagnostic-imaging or treatment services for a person located in this state. History.—s. 2, ch. 95-208.
458.326 Intractable pain; authorized treatment.— (1) For the purposes of this section, the term “intractable pain” means pain for which, in the generally accepted course of medical practice, the cause cannot be removed and otherwise treated. (2) Intractable pain must be diagnosed by a physician licensed under this chapter and qualified by experience to render such diagnosis. (3) Notwithstanding […]
458.3265 Pain-management clinics.— (1) REGISTRATION.— (a)1. As used in this section, the term: a. “Board eligible” means successful completion of an anesthesia, physical medicine and rehabilitation, rheumatology, or neurology residency program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association for a period of 6 years from successful completion of such residency program. b. “Chronic […]
458.327 Penalty for violations.— (1) Each of the following acts constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084: (a) The practice of medicine or an attempt to practice medicine without a license to practice in Florida. (b) The use or attempted use of a license which is suspended or […]
458.328 Office surgeries.— (1) REGISTRATION.— (a) An office in which a physician performs a liposuction procedure in which more than 1,000 cubic centimeters of supernatant fat is removed, a Level II office surgery, or a Level III office surgery must register with the department unless the office is licensed as a facility under chapter 390 or chapter 395. […]
458.329 Sexual misconduct in the practice of medicine.—The physician-patient relationship is founded on mutual trust. Sexual misconduct in the practice of medicine means violation of the physician-patient relationship through which the physician uses said relationship to induce or attempt to induce the patient to engage, or to engage or attempt to engage the patient, in sexual […]
458.3295 Concerted effort to refuse emergency room treatment to patients; penalties.— (1) A physician licensed pursuant to this chapter may not instigate or engage in a concerted effort to refuse or get physicians to refuse to render services to a patient or patients in a hospital emergency room by failing to report for duty, absenting themselves from […]
458.331 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board and department.— (1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a license or disciplinary action, as specified in s. 456.072(2): (a) Attempting to obtain, obtaining, or renewing a license to practice medicine by bribery, by fraudulent misrepresentations, or through an error of the department or the board. (b) Having […]
458.3311 Emergency procedures for disciplinary action.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no later than 30 days after a third report of a professional liability claim against a licensed physician has been submitted, within a 60-month period, as required by ss. 456.049 and 627.912, the Department of Health shall initiate an emergency investigation and […]
458.3312 Specialties.—A physician licensed under this chapter may not hold himself or herself out as a board-certified specialist unless the physician has received formal recognition as a specialist from a specialty board of the American Board of Medical Specialties or other recognizing agency that has been approved by the board. However, a physician may indicate the […]
