Florida Statutes
Chapter 458 - Medical Practice
458.339 - Physician’s Consent; Handwriting Samples; Mental or Physical Examinations.


(1) To render a handwriting sample to an agent of the department and, further, to have waived any objections to its use as evidence against him or her.
(2) To waive the confidentiality and authorize the preparation and release of medical reports pertaining to the mental or physical condition of the physician himself or herself when the department has reason to believe that a violation of this chapter has occurred and when the department issues an order, based on the need for additional information, to produce such medical reports for the time period relevant to the complaint. As used in this section, “medical reports” means a compilation of medical treatment of the physician himself or herself which shall include symptoms, diagnosis, treatment prescribed, relevant history, and progress.
(3) To waive any objection to the admissibility of the reports as constituting privileged communications. Such material maintained by the department shall remain confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) until probable cause is found and an administrative complaint issued.
History.—ss. 1, 8, ch. 79-302; ss. 1, 3, ch. 80-352; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 25, 26, ch. 86-245; s. 10, ch. 91-140; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 312, ch. 96-406; s. 1092, ch. 97-103.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations

Chapter 458 - Medical Practice

458.301 - Purpose.

458.303 - Provisions Not Applicable to Other Practitioners; Exceptions, Etc.

458.305 - Definitions.

458.307 - Board of Medicine.

458.309 - Rulemaking Authority.

458.310 - Restricted Licenses.

458.311 - Licensure by Examination; Requirements; Fees.

458.3115 - Restricted License; Certain Foreign-Licensed Physicians; Examination; Restrictions on Practice; Full Licensure.

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.

458.3137 - Temporary Certificate for Visiting Physicians to Obtain Medical Privileges for Instructional Purposes in Conjunction With Certain Plastic Surgery or Other Medical or Surgical Training Programs and Educational Symposiums.

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.

458.3151 - Temporary Certificate for Active Duty Military and Veterans Practicing in Areas of Critical Need.

458.316 - Public Health Certificate.

458.3165 - Public Psychiatry Certificate.

458.317 - Limited Licenses.

458.3175 - Expert Witness Certificate.

458.319 - Renewal of License.

458.3191 - Physician Survey.

458.3192 - Analysis of Survey Results; Report.

458.3193 - Confidentiality of Certain Information Contained in Physician Workforce Surveys.

458.320 - Financial Responsibility.

458.321 - Inactive Status.

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.

458.328 - Office Surgeries.

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.

458.3312 - Specialties.

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.

458.345 - Registration of Resident Physicians, Interns, and Fellows; List of Hospital Employees; Prescribing of Medicinal Drugs; Penalty.

458.347 - Physician Assistants.

458.3475 - Anesthesiologist Assistants.

458.348 - Formal Supervisory Relationships, Standing Orders, and Established Protocols; Notice; Standards.

458.3485 - Medical Assistant.

458.351 - Reports of Adverse Incidents in Office Practice Settings.