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2021 Florida Statutes (Including 2021B Session)

CHAPTER 459
OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
459.001
Purpose.
459.002
Chapter not applicable to practice of medicine, surgery, chiropractic medicine, etc.
459.003
Definitions.
459.004
Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
459.005
Rulemaking authority.
459.0055
General licensure requirements.
459.0066
Expert witness certificate.
459.0075
Limited licenses.
459.0076
Temporary certificate for practice in areas of critical need.
459.00761
Temporary certificate for active duty military and veterans practicing in areas of critical need.
459.0077
Osteopathic faculty certificate.
459.008
Renewal of licenses and certificates.
459.0081
Physician survey.
459.0082
Analysis of survey results; report.
459.0083
Confidentiality of certain information contained in physician workforce surveys.
459.0085
Financial responsibility.
459.009
Inactive status.
459.0092
Fees.
459.011
Privileges, obligations, and status of osteopathic physicians.
459.012
Itemized patient statement.
459.0122
Patient records; termination of osteopathic physician’s practice.
459.0125
Breast cancer; information on treatment alternatives.
459.013
Penalty for violations.
459.0135
Drugs to treat obesity; rules establishing guidelines.
459.0137
Pain-management clinics.
459.0138
Office surgeries.
459.0141
Sexual misconduct in the practice of osteopathic medicine.
459.0145
Concerted effort to refuse emergency room treatment to patients; penalties.
459.015
Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board and department.
459.0151
Emergency procedures for disciplinary action.
459.0152
Specialties.
459.016
Reports of disciplinary actions by medical organizations.
459.017
Osteopathic physician’s consent; handwriting samples; mental or physical examinations.
459.018
Search warrants for certain violations.
459.019
Subpoena of certain records.
459.021
Registration of resident physicians, interns, and fellows; list of hospital employees; penalty.
459.022
Physician assistants.
459.023
Anesthesiologist assistants.
459.025
Formal supervisory relationships, standing orders, and established protocols; notice; standards.
459.026
Reports of adverse incidents in office practice settings.