subsection to update and submit information, the department or board, as appropriate, may: (a) Refuse to issue a license to any person applying for initial licensure who fails to submit and update the required information. (b) Issue a citation to any certificateholder or licensee who fails to submit and update the required information and may fine the certificateholder or licensee up to $50 for each day that the certificateholder or licensee is not in compliance with this subsection. The citation must clearly state that the certificateholder or licensee may choose, in lieu of accepting the citation, to follow the procedure under s. 456.073. If the certificateholder or licensee disputes the matter in the citation, the procedures set forth in s. 456.073 must be followed. However, if the certificateholder or licensee does not dispute the matter in the citation with the department within 30 days after the citation is served, the citation becomes a final order and constitutes discipline. Service of a citation may be made by personal service or certified mail, restricted delivery, to the subject at the certificateholder’s or licensee’s last known address. 464.012 must submit a set of fingerprints to the Department of Health on a form and under procedures specified by the department, along with payment in an amount equal to the costs (a) An applicant for initial licensure under s. incurred by the Department of Health for a national criminal history check of the applicant. (b) An applicant for renewed licensure who has not previously submitted a set of fingerprints to the Department of Health for purposes of certification must submit a set of fingerprints to the department as a condition of the initial renewal of his or her certificate after the effective date of this section. The applicant must submit the fingerprints on a form and under procedures specified by the department, along with payment in an amount equal to the costs incurred by the Department of Health for a national criminal history check. For subsequent renewals, the applicant for renewed licensure must only submit information necessary to conduct a statewide criminal history check, along with payment in an amount equal to the costs incurred by the Department of Health for a statewide criminal history check. (c) 1. The Department of Health shall submit the
2. The department shall submit the
fingerprints provided by an applicant for the initial renewal of licensure to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for a statewide criminal history check, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shall forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check for the initial renewal of the applicant’s certificate after the effective date of this section. 3. For any subsequent renewal of the applicant’s certificate, the department shall submit the required information for a statewide criminal history check of the applicant to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. (d) Any applicant for initial licensure or renewal of licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse who submits to the Department of Health a set of fingerprints and information required for the criminal history check required under this section shall not be required to provide a subsequent set of fingerprints or other duplicate information required for a criminal history check to the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the Department of Children and Families for employment or licensure with such agency or department, if the applicant has undergone a criminal history check as a condition of initial licensure or renewal of licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse with the Department of Health, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary. In lieu of such duplicate submission, the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Children and Families shall obtain criminal history information for employment or licensure of persons licensed under s. 464.012 by such agency or department from the Department of Health’s health care practitioner credentialing system. (5) Each person who is required to submit information pursuant to this section may submit additional information to the Department of Health. Such information may include, but is not limited to: (a) Information regarding publications in peer- reviewed professional literature within the previous 10 years. (b) Information regarding professional or community service activities or awards. (c) Languages, other than English, used by the applicant to communicate with patients or clients and identification of any translating service that may be available at the place where the applicant primarily conducts his or her practice. (d) An indication of whether the person participates in the Medicaid program. History.—s. 152, ch. 2000-318; s. 268, ch. 2014-19; s. 43, ch. 2018- 106. that is dispensed. A pharmacist shall be permitted, upon verification by the prescriber, to document any information required by this section. (2) A prescription for a drug that is not listed as a controlled substance in chapter 893 which is issued by an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under s. 464.012 is presumed, subject to rebuttal, to be valid and within the parameters of the prescriptive authority
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fingerprints provided by an applicant for initial licensure to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for a statewide criminal history check, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shall forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check of the applicant.
456.0392—Prescription Labeling (1) A prescription issued by a practitioner who is
authorized under the laws of this state to prescribe drugs that are not listed as controlled substances in chapter 893 but who is not eligible for a federal Drug Enforcement Administration number shall include that practitioner’s name and professional license number. The pharmacist or dispensing practitioner must include the practitioner’s name on the container of the drug
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