Florida Hospices and Palliative Care, Inc., on July 13, 2011.; Specifically, the Petitioner seeks the Board’s interpretation of the applicability of the statute to the prescribing of controlled substances by physicians licensed under Chapter 458, F....

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Medicine

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Medicine has received a Petition for Declaratory Statement filed on behalf of Florida Hospices and Palliative Care, Inc., on July 13, 2011. The Petitioner requests the Board’s interpretation of Section 456.44, Florida Statutes, as created in Section 3 of Chapter 2011-141, Laws of Florida. Specifically, the Petitioner seeks the Board’s interpretation of the applicability of the statute to the prescribing of controlled substances by physicians licensed under Chapter 458, F.S., in connection with the provision of palliative care to patients served by a hospice or an entity that is controlled by or under common control with a hospice. The Board will consider this petition at its meeting scheduled for August 5-6, 2011, in Jacksonville, Florida.

Copies of the petition may be obtained by writing: Joy A. Tootle, Executive Director, Board of Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3253.