The following appears on Florida Department of Health’s Website:

Effective January 1, 2012 in accordance with s. 456.44(2), Florida Statutes, an allopathic physician licensed under chapter  458, an osteopathic physician licensed under chapter 459,  a podiatric physician licensed under chapter  461 or a dentist licensed under chapter 466 who prescribes any controlled  substance, listed in Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV as defined in s. 893.03,  for the treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain, must designate himself or herself  as a controlled substance prescribing practitioner on the practitioner profile.

(“Chronic  nonmalignant pain” is defined as pain unrelated to cancer which persists beyond the usual course of disease or the injury that  is the cause of the pain or more than 90 days after surgery.)

This ends the information on the DOH’s website.

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