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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 458
MEDICAL PRACTICE
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F.S. 458.303
458.303 Provisions not applicable to other practitioners; exceptions, etc.
(1) The provisions of ss. 458.301, 458.305, 458.307, 458.309, 458.311, 458.313, 458.315, 458.317, 458.319, 458.321, 458.327, 458.329, 458.331, 458.337, 458.339, 458.341, 458.343, 458.345, 458.347, and this section shall have no application to:
(a) Other duly licensed health care practitioners acting within their scope of practice authorized by statute.
(b) Any physician lawfully licensed in another state or territory or foreign country, when meeting duly licensed physicians of this state in consultation.
(c) Commissioned medical officers of the Armed Forces of the United States and of the Public Health Service of the United States while on active duty and while acting within the scope of their military or public health responsibilities.
(d) Any person while actually serving without salary or professional fees on the resident medical staff of a hospital in this state, subject to the provisions of s. 458.321.
(e) Any person furnishing medical assistance in case of an emergency.
(f) The domestic administration of recognized family remedies.
(g) The practice of the religious tenets of any church in this state.
(h) Any person or manufacturer who, without the use of drugs or medicine, mechanically fits or sells lenses, artificial eyes or limbs, or other apparatus or appliances or is engaged in the mechanical examination of eyes for the purpose of constructing or adjusting spectacles, eyeglasses, or lenses.
(2) Nothing in s. 458.301, s. 458.305, s. 458.307, s. 458.309, s. 458.311, s. 458.313, s. 458.319, s. 458.321, s. 458.327, s. 458.329, s. 458.331, s. 458.337, s. 458.339, s. 458.341, s. 458.343, s. 458.345, s. 458.347, or this section shall be construed to prohibit any service rendered by a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse, if such service is rendered under the direct supervision and control of a licensed physician who provides specific direction for any service to be performed and gives final approval to all services performed. Further, nothing in this or any other chapter shall be construed to prohibit any service rendered by a medical assistant in accordance with the provisions of s. 458.3485.
History.ss. 1, 8, ch. 79-302; s. 290, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 2, ch. 84-543; s. 1, ch. 84-552; s. 2, ch. 84-553; s. 9, ch. 85-196; s. 1, ch. 85-307; ss. 2, 25, 26, ch. 86-245; s. 15, ch. 88-1; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 14, ch. 97-264; s. 24, ch. 2016-224.

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Cases Citing Statute 458.303

Total Results: 6

Ortiz v. Department of Health

882 So. 2d 402, 2004 WL 1621440

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 21, 2004 | Docket: 1289633

Cited 1 times | Published

contravenes a specific statutory prohibition under section 458.303(2), Florida Statutes (2002). The administrative

Griffin Ex Rel. Griffin v. Jb Hunt Transport

795 So. 2d 155, 2001 WL 1001247

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 4, 2001 | Docket: 1252238

Cited 1 times | Published

he acted within the scope of his practice. See § 458.303(1)(a), (b), Fla. Stat. (1999) (excluding from

Dirga v. Butler

39 So. 3d 388, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 8934, 2010 WL 2472489

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 21, 2010 | Docket: 2410784

Published

statutory provision in another jurisdiction"; and section 458.303(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2003), refers to "[a]ny

Carter v. Department of Professional Regulation, Board of Medicine

550 So. 2d 494, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 2207, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 5150, 1989 WL 109519

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 20, 1989 | Docket: 64645553

Published

due to lack of statutory authority. Under Section 458.303, Florida Statutes (1987), several classes of

Lujan v. Department of Professional Regulation, Board of Medicine

528 So. 2d 27, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1314, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 2193, 1988 WL 53057

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 31, 1988 | Docket: 64635864

Published

certificate issued by the Board to Dr. Lujan. See § 458.303(1)(i), Fla.Stat. (1985). We have not overlooked

Practicing Doctors of Acupuncture v. Department of Professional Regulation

518 F. Supp. 282, 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13289

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 10, 1981 | Docket: 66156420

Published

limited capacity of a trained assistant. Fla.Stat. § 458.-303(2).1 A reading of the exemption provisions of