Florida · statute · Fla. Stat. ch. 460 · 18 active provisions
The sole legislative purpose for enacting this chapter is to ensure that every chiropractic physician practicing in this state meets minimum requirements for safe practice. It is the legislative intent that chiropractic physicians who fall below minimum competency or who otherwise present a danger to the public health…
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:(1) Other duly licensed health care practitioners acting within their authorized scope of practice.(2) Any person furnishing medical assistance in case of an emergency.(3) The domestic administration of recognized family remedies.(4) The practice of the religious tenets…
As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Approved program” means a program for the education of certified chiropractic physician’s assistants, which program has been formally approved by the board.(2) “Board” means the Board of Chiropractic Medicine.(3) “Certified chiropractic physician’s assistant” means a person who is…
(1) The Board of Chiropractic Medicine is created within the department and shall consist of seven members to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.(2) Five members of the board must be licensed chiropractic physicians who are residents of the state and who have been licensed chiropractic physicians…
The Board of Chiropractic Medicine has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter conferring duties upon it.
(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a chiropractic physician must apply to the department to take the licensure examination. There shall be an application fee set by the board not to exceed $100 which shall be nonrefundable. There shall also be an examination fee not to exceed $500 plus the actual per applicant c…
(1) An applicant for licensure as a chiropractic physician may apply to the department for a restricted license without undergoing a state or national written or clinical competency examination for licensure if the applicant initially applies not later than October 31, 1994, for the restricted license and:(a) Holds a d…
(1) The department may issue a chiropractic medicine faculty certificate without examination to an individual who remits a nonrefundable application fee, not to exceed $100 as determined by rule of the board, and who demonstrates to the board that he or she meets the following requirements:(a) Is a graduate of an accre…
(1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and the fee set by the board not to exceed $500. An applicant for a renewed license must also submit the information required under s. 456.039 to the department on a form and under procedures specified by the department, along with payment…
(1) The board shall require licensees to periodically demonstrate their professional competence as a condition of renewal of a license by completing up to 40 contact classroom hours of continuing education.(a) Continuing education courses sponsored by chiropractic colleges whose graduates are eligible for examination u…
(1) The board shall establish minimum standards of practice for the performance of dry needling by chiropractic physicians, including, at a minimum, all of the following:(a) Completion of 40 hours of in-person continuing education on the topic of dry needling for chiropractic physicians not certified in chiropractic ac…
Whenever a chiropractic physician licensed under this chapter renders professional services to a patient, the chiropractic physician shall submit to the patient, to the patient’s insurer, or to the administrative agency for any federal or state health program under which the patient is entitled to benefits an itemized…
(1) Each of the following acts constitutes a violation of this chapter and is a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084:(a) Practicing or attempting to practice chiropractic medicine without an active license or with a license fraudulently obtained.(b) Using or attemp…
The chiropractic physician-patient relationship is founded on mutual trust. Sexual misconduct in the practice of chiropractic medicine means violation of the chiropractic physician-patient relationship through which the chiropractic physician uses said relationship to induce or attempt to induce the patient to engage,…
(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 chiropractic medicine by bribery, by fraudulent misrepresentations, or through an error of the department or the board.(b) Having…
All licensed chiropractic physicians shall observe and be subject to all state and municipal rules and regulations relating to the control of contagious and infectious diseases, sign death certificates in accordance with chapter 382, and comply with all laws pertaining to public health, reporting to the proper authorit…
(1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—The purpose of this section is to encourage the more effective utilization of the skills of chiropractic physicians by enabling them to delegate health care tasks to qualified assistants when such delegation is consistent with the patient’s health and welfare and to allow for innovative developm…
(1) A person may not employ a chiropractic physician licensed under this chapter or engage a chiropractic physician licensed under this chapter as an independent contractor to provide services that chiropractic physicians are authorized to offer under this chapter, unless the person is any of the following:(a) A sole p…