Effective March 7, the Florida Board of Medicine modified its final rule on telemedicine standards, allowing controlled substances to be prescribed via telemedicine for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. The previous version of the rule prohibited the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine, except in the case of patients hospitalized in a Florida licensed health care facility.

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