(1) The Board of Pharmacy and the Board of Medicine shall remove any generic named drug product from the formulary established by s. 465.025(6), if every commercially marketed equivalent of that drug product is “A” rated as therapeutically equivalent to a reference listed drug or is a reference listed drug as referred to in “Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations” (Orange Book) published by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
(2) Nothing in this act shall alter or amend s. 465.025 as to existing law providing for the authority of physicians to prohibit generic drug substitution by writing “medically necessary” on the prescription.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 2001-146.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
465.002 - Legislative Findings; Intent.
465.005 - Authority to Make Rules.
465.006 - Disposition of Fees; Expenditures.
465.007 - Licensure by Examination.
465.0075 - Licensure by Endorsement; Requirements; Fee.
465.009 - Continuing Professional Pharmaceutical Education.
465.012 - Reactivation of License; Continuing Education.
465.0125 - Consultant Pharmacist License; Application, Renewal, Fees; Responsibilities; Rules.
465.0126 - Nuclear Pharmacist License; Application, Renewal, Fees.
465.013 - Registration of Pharmacy Interns.
465.014 - Pharmacy Technician.
465.015 - Violations and Penalties.
465.0155 - Standards of Practice.
465.0156 - Registration of Nonresident Pharmacies.
465.0157 - International Export Pharmacy Permit.
465.0158 - Nonresident Sterile Compounding Permit.
465.016 - Disciplinary Actions.
465.0161 - Distribution of Medicinal Drugs Without a Permit.
465.017 - Authority to Inspect; Disposal.
465.018 - Community Pharmacies; Permits.
465.019 - Institutional Pharmacies; Permits.
465.0193 - Nuclear Pharmacy Permits.
465.0196 - Special Pharmacy Permits.
465.0197 - Internet Pharmacy Permits.
465.022 - Pharmacies; General Requirements; Fees.
465.023 - Pharmacy Permittee; Disciplinary Action.
465.024 - Promoting Sale of Certain Drugs Prohibited.
465.0244 - Information Disclosure.
465.025 - Substitution of Drugs.
465.0251 - Generic Drugs; Removal From Formulary Under Specified Circumstances.
465.0252 - Substitution of Interchangeable Biosimilar Products.
465.0255 - Expiration Date of Medicinal Drugs; Display; Related Use and Storage Instructions.
465.026 - Filling of Certain Prescriptions.
465.0265 - Centralized Prescription Filling.
465.0275 - Emergency Prescription Refill.
465.0276 - Dispensing Practitioner.
465.035 - Dispensing of Medicinal Drugs Pursuant to Facsimile of Prescription.
465.185 - Rebates Prohibited; Penalties.
465.186 - Pharmacist’s Order for Medicinal Drugs; Dispensing Procedure; Development of Formulary.
465.1865 - Collaborative Pharmacy Practice for Chronic Health Conditions.
465.187 - Sale of Medicinal Drugs.
465.188 - Medicaid Audits of Pharmacies.
465.189 - Administration of Vaccines and Epinephrine Autoinjection.
465.1893 - Administration of Antipsychotic Medication by Injection.
465.1895 - Testing or Screening for and Treatment of Minor, Nonchronic Health Conditions.