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Fla. Stat. § 459.003 (2025)
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459.003 Definitions.—As used in this chapter:
(1) “Board” means the Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
(2) “Department” means the Department of Health.
(3) “Practice of osteopathic medicine” means the diagnosis, treatment, operation, or prescription for any human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or other physical or mental condition, which practice is based in part upon educational standards and requirements which emphasize the importance of the musculoskeletal structure and manipulative therapy in the maintenance and restoration of health.
(4) “Osteopathic physician” means a person who is licensed to practice osteopathic medicine in this state.
(5) “Doctor of Osteopathy” and “Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine,” when referring to degrees, shall be construed to be equivalent and equal degrees.
History.—ss. 1, 6, ch. 79-230; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 27, 29, ch. 86-290; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 84, ch. 92-149; s. 109, ch. 94-218; s. 29, ch. 97-264.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1983–2008 · leading case: Barker v. Bd. of Med. Examiners, Dept. of Prof. Reg., 428 So. 2d 720 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).
Barker v. Bd. of Med. Examiners, Dept. of Prof. Reg., 428 So. 2d 720 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). “" On the other hand, Section 459.003(3), Florida Statutes (1979), while defining the practice of osteopathic medicine in the same terms as those provided in section 458.”
Fla. Med. Ass'n v. Dept. of Prof. Reg., 426 So. 2d 1112 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). “" [14] Osteopathic physicians apparently have the same statutory authorization to prescribe drugs generally, under Section 459.003(3), Florida Statutes (1981), as do physicians under Section 458.”
Benjamin v. Tandem Healthcare, Inc., 998 So. 2d 566 (Fla. 2008). “(2004) (stating Legislative intent as to chapter 459); § 459.003, Fla. Stat. (2004) (defining terms); § 461.”
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Garrett, 550 So. 2d 22 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). “Section 459.003(4) defines "osteopathic physician" as a person licensed to practice osteopathic medicine.”
— 459.003(3) — 2 cases
Fla. Med. Ass'n v. Dept. of Prof. Reg., 426 So. 2d 1112 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). “" [14] Osteopathic physicians apparently have the same statutory authorization to prescribe drugs generally, under Section 459.003(3), Florida Statutes (1981), as do physicians under Section 458.”
Barker v. Bd. of Med. Examiners, Dept. of Prof. Reg., 428 So. 2d 720 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). “" On the other hand, Section 459.003(3), Florida Statutes (1979), while defining the practice of osteopathic medicine in the same terms as those provided in section 458.”
— 459.003(4) — 2 cases
Barker v. Bd. of Med. Examiners, Dept. of Prof. Reg., 428 So. 2d 720 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). “" On the other hand, Section 459.003(3), Florida Statutes (1979), while defining the practice of osteopathic medicine in the same terms as those provided in section 458.”
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Garrett, 550 So. 2d 22 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989). “Section 459.003(4) defines "osteopathic physician" as a person licensed to practice osteopathic medicine.”
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