(1) The provisions of ss. 458.301, 458.305, 458.307, 458.309, 458.311, 458.313, 458.315, 458.317, 458.319, 458.321, 458.327, 458.329, 458.331, 458.337, 458.339, 458.341, 458.343, 458.345, 458.347, and this section shall have no application to:
(a) Other duly licensed health care practitioners acting within their scope of practice authorized by statute.
(b) Any physician lawfully licensed in another state or territory or foreign country, when meeting duly licensed physicians of this state in consultation.
(c) Commissioned medical officers of the Armed Forces of the United States and of the Public Health Service of the United States while on active duty and while acting within the scope of their military or public health responsibilities.
(d) Any person while actually serving without salary or professional fees on the resident medical staff of a hospital in this state, subject to the provisions of s. 458.321.
(e) Any person furnishing medical assistance in case of an emergency.
(f) The domestic administration of recognized family remedies.
(g) The practice of the religious tenets of any church in this state.
(h) Any person or manufacturer who, without the use of drugs or medicine, mechanically fits or sells lenses, artificial eyes or limbs, or other apparatus or appliances or is engaged in the mechanical examination of eyes for the purpose of constructing or adjusting spectacles, eyeglasses, or lenses.
(2) Nothing in s. 458.301, s. 458.305, s. 458.307, s. 458.309, s. 458.311, s. 458.313, s. 458.319, s. 458.321, s. 458.327, s. 458.329, s. 458.331, s. 458.337, s. 458.339, s. 458.341, s. 458.343, s. 458.345, s. 458.347, or this section shall be construed to prohibit any service rendered by a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse, if such service is rendered under the direct supervision and control of a licensed physician who provides specific direction for any service to be performed and gives final approval to all services performed. Further, nothing in this or any other chapter shall be construed to prohibit any service rendered by a medical assistant in accordance with the provisions of s. 458.3485.
History.—ss. 1, 8, ch. 79-302; s. 290, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 2, ch. 84-543; s. 1, ch. 84-552; s. 2, ch. 84-553; s. 9, ch. 85-196; s. 1, ch. 85-307; ss. 2, 25, 26, ch. 86-245; s. 15, ch. 88-1; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 14, ch. 97-264; s. 24, ch. 2016-224.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
Chapter 458 - Medical Practice
458.303 - Provisions Not Applicable to Other Practitioners; Exceptions, Etc.
458.309 - Rulemaking Authority.
458.310 - Restricted Licenses.
458.311 - Licensure by Examination; Requirements; Fees.
458.3124 - Restricted License; Certain Experienced Foreign-Trained Physicians.
458.313 - Licensure by Endorsement; Requirements; Fees.
458.3135 - Temporary Certificate for Visiting Physicians to Practice in Approved Cancer Centers.
458.314 - Certification of Foreign Educational Institutions.
458.3145 - Medical Faculty Certificate.
458.3147 - Medical School Eligibility of Military Academy Students or Graduates.
458.315 - Temporary Certificate for Practice in Areas of Critical Need.
458.316 - Public Health Certificate.
458.3165 - Public Psychiatry Certificate.
458.3175 - Expert Witness Certificate.
458.3192 - Analysis of Survey Results; Report.
458.3193 - Confidentiality of Certain Information Contained in Physician Workforce Surveys.
458.320 - Financial Responsibility.
458.323 - Itemized Patient Billing.
458.324 - Breast Cancer; Information on Treatment Alternatives.
458.325 - Electroconvulsive and Psychosurgical Procedures.
458.3255 - Electronic-Communications Diagnostic-Imaging or Treatment Services.
458.326 - Intractable Pain; Authorized Treatment.
458.3265 - Pain-Management Clinics.
458.327 - Penalty for Violations.
458.329 - Sexual Misconduct in the Practice of Medicine.
458.3295 - Concerted Effort to Refuse Emergency Room Treatment to Patients; Penalties.
458.331 - Grounds for Disciplinary Action; Action by the Board and Department.
458.3311 - Emergency Procedures for Disciplinary Action.
458.335 - Prescription or Administration of Dimethyl Sulfoxide (Dmso).
458.336 - Drugs to Treat Obesity; Rules Establishing Guidelines.
458.337 - Reports of Disciplinary Actions by Medical Organizations and Hospitals.
458.339 - Physician’s Consent; Handwriting Samples; Mental or Physical Examinations.
458.341 - Search Warrants for Certain Violations.
458.343 - Subpoena of Certain Records.
458.347 - Physician Assistants.
458.3475 - Anesthesiologist Assistants.
458.351 - Reports of Adverse Incidents in Office Practice Settings.