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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