Fla. Stat. § 465.001
Short Title
This chapter shall be known as the “Florida Pharmacy Act.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 465 — PHARMACY
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Provisions
Fla. Stat. § 465.002
Legislative findings; intent
The Legislature finds that the practice of pharmacy is a learned profession. The sole legislative purpose for enacting this chapter is to ensure that every pharmacist practicing in this state and every pharmacy meet minimum requirements for safe practice. It is the legislative intent that pharmacists who fall below min…
Fla. Stat. § 465.003
Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Acute and postacute hospital care at home” means acute and postacute health care services provided in a clinically qualified patient’s permanent residence, as defined in s. 196.012(17), through a program approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Agency for…
Fla. Stat. § 465.004
Board of Pharmacy
(1) The Board of Pharmacy is created within the department and shall consist of nine members to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.(2) Seven members of the board must be licensed pharmacists who are residents of this state and who have been engaged in the practice of the profession of pharmacy in…
Fla. Stat. § 465.005
Authority to make rules
The Board of Pharmacy 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.
Fla. Stat. § 465.006
Disposition of fees; expenditures
All moneys received under this chapter shall be deposited and expended pursuant to the provisions of s. 456.025. All expenditures for duties of the board authorized by this chapter shall be paid upon presentation of vouchers approved by the executive director of the board.
Fla. Stat. § 465.007
Licensure by examination
(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a pharmacist shall apply to the department to take the licensure examination. The department shall examine each applicant who the board certifies has met all of the following criteria:(a) Completed the application form and remitted an examination fee set by the board not to exc…
Fla. Stat. § 465.0075
Licensure by endorsement; requirements; fee
The department shall issue a license by endorsement to any applicant who, upon applying to the department, submitting to background screening in accordance with s. 456.0135, and remitting a nonrefundable fee set by the board in an amount not to exceed $100, the board certifies has met the requirements for licensure by…
Fla. Stat. § 465.008
Renewal of license
(1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application, verification of compliance with s. 465.009, and receipt of a fee set by the board not to exceed $250.(2) The department shall adopt rules establishing a procedure for the biennial renewal of licenses.(3) Any person licensed under this cha…
Fla. Stat. § 465.009
Continuing professional pharmaceutical education
(1) No license renewal shall be issued by the department until the licensee submits proof satisfactory to the board that during the 2 years prior to her or his application for renewal the licensee has participated in not less than 30 hours of continuing professional pharmaceutical education in courses approved by the b…
Fla. Stat. § 465.012
Reactivation of license; continuing education
(1) The board shall prescribe by rule continuing education requirements as a condition of reactivating a license. The continuing education requirements for reactivating a license shall be at least 15 classroom hours for each year the license was inactive in addition to completion of the number of hours required for ren…
Fla. Stat. § 465.0125
Consultant pharmacist license; application, renewal, fees; responsibilities; rules
(1) The department shall issue or renew a consultant pharmacist license upon receipt of an initial or renewal application that conforms to the requirements for consultant pharmacist initial licensure or renewal as adopted by the board by rule and a fee set by the board not to exceed $250. To be licensed as a consultant…
Fla. Stat. § 465.0126
Nuclear pharmacist license; application, renewal, fees
The department shall issue or renew a nuclear pharmacist license upon receipt of an initial or renewal application which conforms to the requirements for nuclear pharmacist initial licensure or biennial renewal as established by the board by rule and receipt of a fee established by the board by rule not to exceed $250,…
Fla. Stat. § 465.013
Registration of pharmacy interns
The department shall register as pharmacy interns persons certified by the board as being enrolled in an intern program at an accredited school or college of pharmacy or who are graduates of accredited schools or colleges of pharmacy and are not yet licensed in the state. The board may refuse to certify to the departme…
Fla. Stat. § 465.014
Pharmacy technician
(1) A person other than a licensed pharmacist or pharmacy intern may not engage in the practice of the profession of pharmacy, except that a licensed pharmacist may delegate to pharmacy technicians who are registered pursuant to this section those duties, tasks, and functions that do not fall within the purview of s. 4…
Fla. Stat. § 465.015
Violations and penalties
(1) It is unlawful for any person to own, operate, maintain, open, establish, conduct, or have charge of, either alone or with another person or persons, a pharmacy:(a) Which is not registered under the provisions of this chapter.(b) In which a person not licensed as a pharmacist in this state or not registered as an i…
Fla. Stat. § 465.0155
Standards of practice
(1) Consistent with the provisions of this act, the board shall adopt by rule standards of practice relating to the practice of pharmacy which shall be binding on every state agency and shall be applied by such agencies when enforcing or implementing any authority granted by any applicable statute, rule, or regulation,…
Fla. Stat. § 465.0156
Registration of nonresident pharmacies
(1) Any pharmacy which is located outside this state and which ships, mails, or delivers, in any manner, a dispensed medicinal drug into this state shall be considered a nonresident pharmacy, shall be registered with the board, shall provide pharmacy services at a high level of protection and competence, and shall disc…
Fla. Stat. § 465.0157
International export pharmacy permit
(1) To participate as an exporter of prescription drugs into this state under the International Prescription Drug Importation Program established in s. 499.0285, a pharmacy located outside of the United States must hold an international export pharmacy permit.(2) An international export pharmacy shall maintain at all t…
Fla. Stat. § 465.0158
Nonresident sterile compounding permit
(1) In order to ship, mail, deliver, or dispense, in any manner, a compounded sterile product into this state, a nonresident pharmacy registered under s. 465.0156, or an outsourcing facility, must hold a nonresident sterile compounding permit.(2) An application for a nonresident sterile compounding permit shall be subm…
Fla. Stat. § 465.016
Disciplinary actions
(1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a license or disciplinary action, as specified in s. 456.072(2):(a) Obtaining a license by misrepresentation or fraud or through an error of the department or the board.(b) Procuring, or attempting to procure, a license for any other person by making, or causing t…
Fla. Stat. § 465.0161
Distribution of medicinal drugs without a permit
An Internet pharmacy that distributes a medicinal drug to any person in this state without being permitted as a pharmacy under this chapter commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
Fla. Stat. § 465.017
Authority to inspect; disposal
(1) Duly authorized agents and employees of the department may inspect in a lawful manner at all reasonable hours any pharmacy, hospital, clinic, wholesale establishment, manufacturer, physician’s office, or any other place in the state in which drugs and medical supplies are compounded, manufactured, packed, packaged,…
Fla. Stat. § 465.018
Community pharmacies; permits
(1) Any person desiring a permit to operate a community pharmacy shall apply to the department.(2) If the board office certifies that the application complies with the laws of the state and the rules of the board governing pharmacies, the department shall issue the permit. No permit shall be issued unless a licensed ph…
Fla. Stat. § 465.0181
Community pharmacy permit required to dispense Schedule II or Schedule III controlled substances
In order to dispense controlled substances listed in Schedule II or Schedule III, as provided in s. 893.03, on or after July 1, 2012, a community pharmacy permittee must be permitted pursuant to this chapter, as amended by this act, and any rules adopted thereunder.
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