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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: April 18, 2024) |
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64. Department of Health |
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64B13. Board of Optometry |
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64B13-15. Discipline |
1(1) Violations of the following statutory and rule provisions are considered to be Minor Administrative Violations:
17(a) Section 19456.062, F.S., 21entitled “Advertisement by Health Care Provider of Free or Discounted Services; Required Statement.”
34(b) Section 36456.057, F.S., 38entitled “Ownership and control of patient records; report or copies of records to be furnished.”
53(c) Section 55463.011, F.S., 57entitled “Exhibition of License.”
61(d) Subsection (1), paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) of section 70463.012, F.S., 72entitled “Prescriptions; Filing; Release; Duplication.”
77(e) Subsection 79463.0135(11), F.S., 81entitled “Standards of Practice,” if the violation is of a technical nature not related to patient care.
99(f) Paragraphs (1)(d) and (e) of section 106463.014, F.S., 108entitled “Certain Acts Prohibited.”
112(g) For the first violation of subsection 119463.0141, F.S., 121entitled “Reports of adverse incidents in the practice of optometry.”
131(h) Rule 13364B13-3.002, 134F.A.C., entitled “Responsibility to Patient.”
139(i) Rule 14164B13-3.005, 142F.A.C., entitled “Entrance Sign.”
146(j) Rule 14864B13-3.006, 149F.A.C., entitled “Licenses and Signs in Office.”
156(k) Rule 15864B13-3.012, 159F.A.C., entitled “Prescriptions” if the violation consists of failing to release a prescription or technical omissions or errors on the prescription not related to patient care.
185(l) Section 187456.072(1)(nn), F.S., 189violating any provision of section 194790.338, F.S.
196(m) Subsections (1), (2) and (5) of section 204465.0276, F.S., 206entitled “Dispensing Practitioner,” if the violation is of a technical nature not related to patient care.
223(2) Violations of the following statutory and rule provisions are considered to be Major Administrative Violations:
239(a) Sections 241456.072(1)(a), 242(b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (k), (m), (q), (r), (s), (w), (x), (cc), (gg), (ii), (jj), (kk), (ll), (pp), F.S., entitled “Grounds for Discipline; Penalties; Enforcement.”
270(b) Section 272463.0135(7) 273and (8), F.S., entitled “Standards of Practice.”
280(c) Section 282463.0135(11), F.S., 284entitled “Standards of Practice,” if the violation is substantially likely to affect patient care.
299(d) Section 301463.014(1)(a) 302and (b), F.S., entitled “Certain Acts Prohibited.”
309(e) For a second or subsequent violation of Section 318463.0141, F.S., 320entitled “Reports of adverse incidents in the practice of optometry.
330(f) Sections 332463.015(1)(a), 333(b), (c) and (2)(a), (c) and (d), F.S., entitled “Violations and Penalties.”
345(g) Sections 347463.016(1)(a), 348(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (q), (r) and (s), F.S., entitled “Grounds for Disciplinary Action; Action by the Board.”
375(h) Subsection (1), (2) and (5) of Section 383465.0276, F.S., 385entitled “Dispensing Practitioner,” if the violation is substantially likely to affect patient care.
399(i) Rule 40164B13-3.001, 402F.A.C., entitled “Confidential Information; Disclosure.”
407(j) Rule 40964B13-3.003, 410F.A.C., entitled “Patient Records; Transfer or Death of Licensed Practitioner.”
420(k) Paragraphs (2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and subsections (4), (5) and (6) of Rule 43664B13-3.009, 437F.A.C., entitled “False, Fraudulent, Deceptive and Misleading Advertising Prohibited; Policy; Definitions; Affirmative Disclosure.”
450(l) Rule 45264B13-3.012, 453F.A.C., entitled “Prescriptions” if the violation is substantially likely to affect patient care.
466(m) Subsection (3) of Rule 47164B13-11.001, 472F.A.C., entitled “Inactive Status.”
476(n) Rule 47864B13-5.001, 479F.A.C., entitled “Hours Requirement.”
483(o) Section 485456.0301(1)(a), F.S., 487failure by a certified optometrist registered with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to complete the required two (2) hour course on prescribing controlled substances prior to January 31, 2019.
518(p) Section 520465.0276(2)(d)1., F.S., 522dispensing a controlled substance to a person not known to the dispenser without requiring valid photographic identification or other verification of identity.
544(q) Section 546893.055(3), F.S., 548failure to report information regarding dispensed controlled substances to the 558Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Controlled Substance Dispensing Information Electronic System568.
569(r) Section 571893.0551(6), F.S., 573failure to maintain confidentiality of information obtained from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Controlled Substance Dispensing Information Electronic System.
592(s) Section 594893.055(8), F.S., 596second or subsequent failure to consult the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Controlled Substance Dispensing Information Electronic System prior to prescribing or dispensing a schedule IV or schedule V opioid controlled substance.
627(3) For any offense which is not specified above or in subsection (1) or (2) of Rule 64464B13-15.006, 645F.A.C., the Board will apply the guideline penalty based on the offense listed which is most comparable to the offense charged.
666Rulemaking Authority 668456.079, 669463.005(1) FS. 671Law Implemented 673456.079, 674465.0276(4) FS. 676History–New 2-24-87, Formerly 21Q-15.005, 61F8-15.005, Amended 8-18-96, Formerly 59V-15.005, Amended 5-1-02, 7-6-10, 2-1-12, 7-10-14, 11-5-14, 10-2-18, 12-6-21.
