| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to dispensing of controlled substances; |
| 3 | amending s. 465.0276, F.S.; prohibiting registered |
| 4 | dispensing practitioners from dispensing more than a |
| 5 | specified amount of certain controlled substances; |
| 6 | providing an exception; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 465.0276, Florida |
| 11 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 12 | 465.0276 Dispensing practitioner.-- |
| 13 | (1)(a) A person may not dispense medicinal drugs unless |
| 14 | licensed as a pharmacist or otherwise authorized under this |
| 15 | chapter to do so, except that a practitioner authorized by law |
| 16 | to prescribe drugs may dispense such drugs to her or his |
| 17 | patients in the regular course of her or his practice in |
| 18 | compliance with this section. |
| 19 | (b) A practitioner registered under this section may not |
| 20 | dispense more than a 72-hour supply of a controlled substance |
| 21 | listed in Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV as provided |
| 22 | in s. 893.03. This paragraph does not apply to controlled |
| 23 | substances dispensed in the health care system of the Department |
| 24 | of Corrections. |
| 25 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |