The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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(defining terms); § 461.001, Fla. Stat. (2004) (stating Legislative intent as to chapter 461); § 461.003, Fla. Stat. (2004) (defining terms). ANALYSIS Our review of this question of constitutional construction
The provisions of section 461.003(3), Fla. Stat. (1997), are now codified at section 461.003(5) in the current version of the Florida Statutes.
To the extent that the present legislation treats chiropractors differently than medical doctors, osteopaths, or podiatrists, it is not novel. As the supreme court in Clair noted, the scope of practice of chiropractors is far more specifically delineated by Florida law than the range of practice allowed for the other classes of health care providers. See § 458.305, Fla. Stat. (1993) (medical doctors); § 459.011(2), Fla. Stat. (1993) (osteopathic physicians); § 461.003(3), Fla. Stat. (1993) (practitioners of podiatric medicine); § 460.403, Fla. Stat. (1993) (chiropractors). Chiropractic physicians "are expressly prohibited from prescribing or administering to any person, any legend drug, from performing any surgery (except as specifically authorized), or from practicing obstetrics." § 460.403(3)(c), Fla. Stat. (1995). Although Florida hospitals are required by law to set standards and procedures which provide for reasonable access by licensed chiropractors to x-ray reports and laboratory tests, such hospitals are not required by law to grant staff privileges to a chiropractor. § 395.0195, Fla. Stat. (1995).
A medical doctor in Florida is authorized to diagnose, treat, operate, or prescribe for any human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or other physical or mental condition (e.s.). § 458.305, Fla. Stat. (1993). Osteopathic physicians have "the same rights as physicians and surgeons of other schools of medicine with respect to the treatment of cases or holding of offices in public institutions." Section 459.011(2), Fla. Stat. (1993). Practitioners of podiatric medicine in Florida may engage in "the diagnosis or medical, surgical, palliative, and mechanical treatment of ailments of the human foot and leg, and may prescribe drugs that relate to this scope of practice." Section 461.003(3), Fla. Stat. (1993).
A medical doctor in Florida is authorized to diagnose, treat, operate, or prescribe for any human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or other physical or mental condition (e.s.). § 458.305, Fla. Stat. (1993). Osteopathic physicians have "the same rights as physicians and surgeons of other schools of medicine with respect to the treatment of cases or holding of offices in public institutions." Section 459.011(2), Fla. Stat. (1993). Practitioners of podiatric medicine in Florida may engage in "the diagnosis or medical, surgical, palliative, and mechanical treatment of ailments of the human foot and leg, and may prescribe drugs that relate to this scope of practice." Section 461.003(3), Fla. Stat. (1993).
. . . Stat. (2004) (stating Legislative intent as to chapter 461); § 461.003, Fla. . . .
. . . The proposed rule defines the terms “human leg” and “surgical treatment” as used in section 461.003(3 . . . rule provides a permissible explication and definition of the statutory terminology used in section 461.003 . . . Section 461.003(3), Florida Statutes (1997), provides that, as used in chapter 461: “Practice of podiatric . . . The provisions of section 461.003(3), Fla. . . . Stat. (1997), are now codified at section 461.003(5) in the current version of the Florida Statutes. . . .
. . . 458.305, Fla.Stat. (1993) (medical doctors); § 459.011(2), Fla.Stat. (1993) (osteopathic physicians); § 461.003 . . .
. . . Section 461.003(3), Fla.Stat. (1993). . . .
. . . Section 461.003(3), Fla.Stat. (1993). . . .
. . . . § 461.003(3) (1981). . . . .