Optional Informed Consent for Cataract Surgery

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Medicine

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
64B8-9.017: Optional Informed Consent for Cataract Surgery

NOTICE OF CORRECTION

Notice is hereby given that the following correction has been made to the proposed rule in Vol. 37 No. 51, December 22, 2011 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

Rule 64B8-9.017 was incorrectly printed. The rule should have read:

64B8-9.017 Optional Informed Consent for Cataract Surgery.

Pursuant to Section 458.351, Florida Statutes, for those physicians who choose to use it, the Board has approved form DOH-MQA 1255 (10/11), entitled “Florida Board of Medicine and Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine Approved Informed Consent Form for Cataract Operation With or Without Implantation of Intraocular Lens,” (10/11), which is hereby incorporated by reference and available from the Board’s website at http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/medical/. The Board-approved informed consent form is not executed until:

(1) The physician performing the surgery has explained the information in the consent form to the patient. Such physician is prohibited from delegating this responsibility to another person. The physician performing the surgery is also required to sign the informed consent form;

(2) The patient or the person authorized by the patient to give consent is required to sign the informed consent form; and

(3) A competent witness is also required to sign the informed consent form.

Rulemaking Authority 458.351 FS. Law Implemented 458.351 FS. History–New________.