eLaws of Florida

 

  CHAPTER 459. OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE  


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