Chapter 465 Pharmacy
- 465.001 Short Title.
This chapter shall be known as the "Florida Pharmacy Act." History.--ss. 1, 7, ch. 79-226; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 26, 27, ch. 86-256;...
- 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...
- 465.003 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Administration" means the obtaining and giving of a single dose of medicinal drugs by a legally authorized person...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 465.0075 Licensure by endorsement; requirements; fee.
(1) The department shall issue a license by endorsement to any applicant who applies to the department and remits a nonrefundable fee of not more than...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 which conforms to the requirements for consultant...
- 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...
- 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...
- 465.014 Pharmacy technician.
No person other than a licensed pharmacist or pharmacy intern may engage in the practice of the profession of pharmacy, except that a licensed pharmacist...
- 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,...
- 465.0155 Standards of practice.
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 465.017 Authority to inspect; disposal.
(1) Duly authorized agents and employees of the department shall have the power to inspect in a lawful manner at all reasonable hours any pharmacy, hospital,...
- 465.018 Community pharmacies; permits.
Any person desiring a permit to operate a community pharmacy shall apply to the department. If the board office certifies that the application complies with...
- 465.019 Institutional pharmacies; permits.
(1) Any institution desiring to operate an institutional pharmacy shall apply to the department. If the board certifies that the application complies with the laws of...
- 465.0193 Nuclear pharmacy permits.
Any person desiring a permit to operate a nuclear pharmacy shall apply to the department. If the board certifies that the application complies with applicable...
- 465.0196 Special pharmacy permits.
Any person desiring a permit to operate a special pharmacy shall apply to the department for a special pharmacy permit. If the board certifies that...
- 465.0197 Internet pharmacy permits.
(1) Any person desiring a permit to operate an Internet pharmacy shall apply to the department for an Internet pharmacy permit. If the board certifies that...
- 465.022 Pharmacies; general requirements; fees.
(1) The board shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter. Such rules shall include, but shall not...
- 465.023 Pharmacy permittee; disciplinary action.
(1) The department or the board may revoke or suspend the permit of any pharmacy permittee, and may fine, place on probation, or otherwise discipline any...
- 465.0235 Automated pharmacy systems used by long-term care facilities, hospices, or state correctional institutions.
(1) A pharmacy may provide pharmacy services to a long-term care facility or hospice licensed under chapter 400 or chapter 429 or a state correctional institution...
- 465.024 Promoting sale of certain drugs prohibited.
(1) It is declared that the unrestricted use of certain controlled substances, causing abnormal reactions that may interfere with the user's physical reflexes and judgments, may...
- 465.0244 Information disclosure.
Every pharmacy shall make available on its Internet website a link to the performance outcome and financial data that is published by the Agency for...
- 465.025 Substitution of drugs.
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Brand name" means the registered trademark name given to a drug product by its manufacturer, labeler, or distributor. (b) "Generically equivalent...
- 465.0251 Generic drugs; removal from formulary under specified circumstances.
(1) The Board of Pharmacy and the Board of Medicine shall remove any generic named drug product from the formulary established by s. 465.025(6), if every...
- 465.0255 Expiration date of medicinal drugs; display; related use and storage instructions.
(1) The manufacturer, repackager, or other distributor of any medicinal drug shall display the expiration date of each drug in a readable fashion on the container...
- 465.026 Filling of certain prescriptions.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a pharmacist licensed in this state from filling or refilling a valid prescription which is...
- 465.0265 Centralized prescription filling.
(1) A pharmacy licensed under this chapter may perform centralized prescription filling for another pharmacy, provided that the pharmacies have the same owner or have a...
- 465.0266 Common database.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the dispensing by a pharmacist licensed in this state or another state of a prescription...
- 465.027 Exceptions.
This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of home remedies or preparations commonly known as patents or proprietary preparations, when such are...
- 465.0275 Emergency prescription refill.
In the event a pharmacist receives a request for a prescription refill and the pharmacist is unable to readily obtain refill authorization from the prescriber,...
- 465.0276 Dispensing practitioner.
(1) A person may not dispense medicinal drugs unless licensed as a pharmacist or otherwise authorized under this chapter to do so, except that a practitioner...
- 465.035 Dispensing of medicinal drugs pursuant to facsimile of prescription.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, it is lawful for a pharmacy to dispense medicinal drugs, including controlled substances authorized under subsection (2), based...
- 465.185 Rebates prohibited; penalties.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to pay or receive any commission, bonus, kickback, or rebate or engage in any split-fee arrangement in any form...
- 465.186 Pharmacist's order for medicinal drugs; dispensing procedure; development of formulary.
(1) There is hereby created a committee composed of two members of the Board of Medicine licensed under chapter 458 chosen by said board, one member...
- 465.187 Sale of medicinal drugs.
The sale of medicinal drugs dispensed upon the order of a practitioner pursuant to this chapter shall be entitled to the exemption from sales tax...
- 465.188 Medicaid audits of pharmacies.
(1) Notwithstanding any other law, when an audit of the Medicaid-related records of a pharmacy licensed under chapter 465 is conducted, such audit must be conducted...
- 465.189 Administration of influenza virus immunizations.
(1) Pharmacists may administer influenza virus immunizations to adults within the framework of an established protocol under a supervisory practitioner who is a physician licensed under...
