Florida Statute 459.003 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 459
OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE

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F.S. 459.003

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.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 459.003

Total Results: 12

Benjamin v. Tandem Healthcare, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-12-23

Citation: 998 So. 2d 566, 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1006, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 2432, 2008 WL 5333646

Snippet: (stating Legislative intent as to chapter 459); § 459.003, Fla. Stat. (2004) (defining terms); § 461.001

Lamar v. Lamar

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-12-22

Citation: 889 So. 2d 983, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 19673

Snippet: owed unpaid child support in the amount of $17,459.03, medical and dental expenses of $2,702.73, and

Lámar v. Lámar

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-12-22

Citation: 889 So. 2d 983, 2004 WL 2952755

Snippet: owed unpaid child support in the amount of $17,459.03, medical and dental expenses of $2,702.73, and

Pellegrini v. Winter

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-09-28

Citation: 552 So. 2d 213, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 2304, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 5266, 1989 WL 111529

Snippet: be given emergency treatment pursuant to s. 394.459(3)(a). The least restrictive form of treatment shall

Allstate Ins. Co. v. Garrett

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-07-28

Citation: 550 So. 2d 22, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 1789, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 4282, 1989 WL 84312

Snippet: person licensed to practice medicine. Section 459.003(4) defines "osteopathic physician" as a person

Fla. Soc. of Ophthalmology v. State, Bd. of Optometry

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-10-06

Citation: 532 So. 2d 1279, 1988 WL 19631

Snippet: under chapter 458 and 459. See §§ 458.305(3) and 459.003(3), Fla. Stat. (1981). In ruling that the petitioners

Pellegrini v. Winter

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-10-17

Citation: 476 So. 2d 1363, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2386

Snippet: be given emergency treatment pursuant to s. 394.459(3)(a). The least restrictive form of treatment shall

Barker v. Board of Medical Examiners, Dept. of Prof. Reg.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-03-09

Citation: 428 So. 2d 720

Snippet: mental condition." On the other hand, Section 459.003(3), Florida Statutes (1979), while defining the

Fla. Medical Ass'n v. Dept. of Prof. Regulation

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-02-02

Citation: 426 So. 2d 1112

Snippet: authorization to prescribe drugs generally, under Section 459.003(3), Florida Statutes (1981), as do physicians under

Bentley v. State Ex Rel. Rogers

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-05-20

Citation: 398 So. 2d 992

Snippet: the Act found unconstitutional were Sections 394.459(3)(a) and 394.467(4)(h), Florida Statutes (1979).

Green v. Ivey

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1903-01-15

Citation: 45 Fla. 338

Snippet: exclusive of contiguous competition (3 Kent’s Com. 459; 3 Bl. Com. 219), but we conceive the modern doctrine

Caulk v. Fox

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1869-07-01

Citation: 13 Fla. 147

Snippet: the docket. 5 Ark., 474 ; 6 Ark., 252; 13 Pet., 459; 3 Dall., 410 ; 18 How., 110 ; 7 Fla., 10; Thomp.