Florida Statute 463.012 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 463
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F.S. 463.012

463.012 Prescriptions; filing; release; duplication.—

(1) A licensed practitioner shall keep on file for a period of at least 2 years any prescription she or he writes.

(2)(a) A licensed practitioner shall make available to the patient or her or his agent any spectacle prescription or duplicate copy determined for that patient. Such prescription shall be considered a valid prescription to be filled for a period of 5 years.

(b) A licensed practitioner shall make available to the patient or her or his agent any daily wear soft contact lens prescription or duplicate copy determined for that patient. Such prescription shall be considered a valid prescription to be filled for a period of 2 years.

History.—ss. 1, 6, ch. 79-194; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 12, 20, 21, ch. 86-289; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 236, ch. 97-103.

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Cases Citing Statute 463.012

Total Results: 2

Dubuisson v. Simmons

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1946-05-28

Citation: 26 So. 2d 438, 157 Fla. 473, 1946 Fla. LEXIS 775

Snippet: Freeborn et al. v. The Ship Protector, etc.,20 L. Ed. 463, 12 Wallace 700; Kahn v. Anderson, 65 L.Ed. 469,41

Briggs v. Brown

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1908-01-15

Citation: 55 Fla. 417

Snippet: v. Met. Life Ins. Co. (Iowa), 109, N. W. Rep. 463; 12 L. R. A. (N. S.) 504. .To be privileged a publication