Florida Laws & Regulations
The information contained on this website is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice on any matter. The Information constitutes general information of applicable administrative regulation and/or laws related to general topics in the arena of controlled substance misuse and abuse and may not reflect current legal developments and updates. Please refer to your state legislature for any potential changes.
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Florida State Statutes (FSS) Link
Florida Administrative Code (FAC) & Florida Administrative Register (FAR) Link
Florida Advertising & Marketing Information
- FSS 381.986(8)(h) – Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers
- FSS 499.0054 – Advertising and labeling of drugs, devices, and cosmetics; exemptions
- FSS 893.147 – Use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertisement, or retail sale of drug paraphernalia, specified machines, and materials
Florida Child Safety Information
- FSS 39.01 – Definitions
- FSS 39.201 – Required reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, sexual abuse of a child, and juvenile sexual abuse; required reports of death; reports involving a child who has exhibited inappropriate sexual behavior
- FSS 39.806 – Grounds for termination of parental rights
Florida Compounding Information
- FSS 465.0196 – Special Pharmacy Permits
- Florida Pharmacy Board Regulations 64B16-27.700 Definition of Compounding
- Florida Pharmacy Board Regulations 64B16-27.797 The Standards of Practice for Compounding Sterile Products
- Florida Pharmacy Board Regulations 64B16-28.100 Pharmacy Permits – Applications and Permitting
Florida Coroner/Medical Examiner Information
- FSS 401.253 – Reporting of controlled substance overdoses
- FSS 406 – Medical Examiners Act
- FSS 893.0301 – Death resulting from apparent drug overdose; reporting requirements
- Florida Medical Examiners Practice Guidelines
- Florida Administrative Code – Division 11G – Medical Examiners Commission
Florida Drug Checking Information (Test Strips)
- SB 164 – An act relating to controlled substance testing (effective 7/1/2023)
- FSS 893.145 – “Drug Paraphernalia” defined
- FSS 893.146 – Determination of Drug Paraphernalia
- FSS 893.147 – Use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertisement, or retail sale of drug paraphernalia, specified machines, and materials
Florida Drug Cleanup Information (Methamphetamine & Fentanyl Labs)
- NO STATE SPECIFIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE (RE: Clandestine Lab Cleanup for Methamphetamine or Fentanyl)
Florida Drug Court Information
- FSS 397.334 – Treatment-based drug court programs
Florida Drug Free Workplace Information
- FSS 112.0455 – Drug-Free Workplace Act
- FSS 440.102 – Drug-free Workplace program requirements
- Florida Administrative Code Chapter 59A-24 – Drug-Free Workplace Standards
Florida Drugged Driving Information
- FSS 316.193 – Driving Under the Influence; penalties
- FSS 316.1932 – Tests for alcohol, chemical substances, or controlled substances; implied consent; refusal
- FSS 316.1933 – Blood test for impairment or intoxication in cases of death or serious bodily injury; right to use reasonable force
- FSS 316.1934 – Presumption of Impairment; testing methods
Florida Drug Violation(s)/ Information
- FSS 456.065 – Unlicensed practice of a health care profession; intent; cease and desist notice; penalties; enforcement; citations; fees; allocation and disposition of moneys collected
- FSS 499.005 – Prohibited Acts
- FSS 499.0051 – Criminal Acts
- FSS 831.30 – Medicinal drugs; fraud in obtaining
- FSS 831.31 – Counterfeit controlled substance; sale, manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver
- FSS 831.311 – Unlawful sale, manufacture, alteration, delivery, uttering, or possession of counterfeit-resistant prescription blanks for controlled substances.
- FSS Chapter 859 et seq. – Poisons; Adulterated Drugs
- FSS Chapter 893 et seq. – Drug Abuse Prevention and Control
- FSS 893.0301 – Death resulting from apparent drug overdose; reporting requirements
- FSS 893.13 – Prohibited acts; penalties.
- FSS 893.131 – Distribution of controlled substances resulting in overdose or serious bodily injury.
- FSS 893.135 – Trafficking; mandatory sentences; suspension or reduction of sentences; conspiracy to engage in trafficking.
- FSS 893.1351 – Ownership, lease, rental, or possession for trafficking in or manufacturing a controlled substance.
- FSS 893.145 – “Drug Paraphernalia” defined
- FSS 893.146 – Determination of Drug Paraphernalia
- FSS 893.147 – Use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertisement, or retail sale of drug paraphernalia, specified machines, and materials
- SB 718 – Exposures of First Responders to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs (signed by Gov 4/9/2024 Chapter No. 2024-68)
- SB 1512 – Adds Tianeptine to the list of Schedule I controlled substances (effective July 1, 2024)
Florida Electronic Prescribing Information
- FSS 456.43 – Electronic Prescribing for medicinal drugs
- Florida Pharmacy Board Regulations 64B16-27.831 – Standards of Practice for the Filling of Controlled Substance Prescriptions; Electronic Prescribing; Mandatory Continuing Education
Florida First Responder Deflection Program(s) Information
- FSS 901.41 – Prearrest diversion programs
- FSS Chapter 985 Part III – Juvenile Justice: Intervention and Diversion
- FSS 985.12 – Civil citation or similar prearrest diversion programs
- FSS 985.125 – Prearrest or postarrest diversion programs
Florida 911 – Good Samaritan Information
- FSS 381.887 – Emergency treatment for suspected opioid overdose.
- FSS 768.13 – Good Samaritan Act; immunity from civil liability.
- FSS 893.21 – Alcohol-related or drug-related overdoses; medical assistance; immunity from arrest, charge, prosecution, and penalization.
- FSS 921.0026 – Mitigating circumstances – The defendant was making a good faith effort to obtain or provide medical assistance for an individual experiencing a drug-related overdose.
Florida Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana & CBD Information
- FSS 381.986 – Medical use of marijuana
- Florida Medical Board Regulations 64B8-9.018 Mandatory Standardized Informed Consent for Medical Marijuana; Required Documentation for Comparable Medical Conditions; Required Documentation for Smokable Medical Marijuana.
- Florida Medical Board Regulations 64B8-9.0181 Practice Standards for the Certification of Smoking Marijuana as a Route of Administration.
- Chapter 2023-299 – An Act relating to hemp
Florida Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Information
- FSS 397.305 – Legislative findings, intent, and purpose
Florida Naloxone Information
- FSS 381.887 – Emergency treatment for suspected opioid overdose.
- FSS 893.21 – Alcohol-related or drug-related overdoses; medical assistance; immunity from arrest, charge, prosecution, and penalization.
Florida Needle Exchange Programs (NEP) & Syringe Services programs (SSP) Information
- FSS 381.0038 – Education; sterile needle and syringe exchange programs
Florida Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal (NOWS) Information
- FSS 39.01 (34)(a)(4)(g) – Definitions.
- FSS 39.201 – Required reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, sexual abuse of a child, and juvenile sexual abuse; required reports of death; reports involving a child who has exhibited inappropriate sexual behavior.
- FSS 39.806 – Grounds for termination of parental rights.
- Florida Administrative Code Chapter 64D-3.029 – Diseases or Conditions to be Reported.
Florida Opioid Litigation Proceeds Information
- FSS 17.42 – Opioid Settlement Clearing Trust Fund
- FSS 397.335 – Statewide Council on Opioid Abatement.
Florida Overdose Prevention Centers (OPC), Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS), Supervised Injection Facilities (SIF) Information
- NO STATE LAW IDENTIFIED
Florida Overdose Surveillance/Reporting Information
- FSS 397.333 – Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council
- FSS 397.335 – Statewide Council on Opioid Abatement
- FSS 401.253 – Reporting of controlled substance overdoses
Florida Pain Management Information
- FSS 456.037 – Business establishments; requirements for active status licenses; delinquency; discipline; applicability.
- FSS 456.44 – Controlled substance prescribing.
- FSS 458.3265 – Pain-management clinics registration – Medical Practice
- FSS 458.327 – Penalty for violations – Medical Practice
- FSS 459.013 – Penalty for violations – Osteopathic Medicine
- FSS 459.0137 – Pain-management clinics registration – Osteopathic Medicine
- FSS 893.30 – Controlled substance safety education and awareness.
- Florida Medical Board Regulations 64B8-9.013 Standards for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain.
- Florida Medical Board Regulations 64B8-9.0131 Training Requirements for Physicians Practicing in Pain Management Clinics.
- Florida Medical Board Regulations 64B8-9.0132 Requirement for Pain Management Clinic Registration; Inspection or Accreditation.
- Florida Osteopathic Board Regulations 64B15-14.005 Standards for the Use of Controlled Substances for Treatment of Pain.
- Florida Osteopathic Board Regulations 64B15-14.0051 Training Requirements for Physicians Practicing in Pain Management Clinics
- Florida Osteopathic Board Regulations 64B15-14.0052 Requirement for Pain Management Clinic Registration; Inspection or Accreditation
Florida Pill Press & Counterfeit Medication Information
- FSS 499.003 – Definitions of terms used in this part
- FSS 499.005 – Prohibited Acts
- FSS 499.006 – Adulterated drug or device
- FSS 499.0051 – Criminal Acts
- FSS 831.032 – Offenses involving Forging or counterfeiting private labels
- FSS 831.033 – Forging or counterfeiting private labels; destruction; forfeiture
- FSS 831.31 – Counterfeit controlled substance; sale, manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver
- FSS 893.147(7) – Use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertisement, or retail sale of drug paraphernalia, specified machines, and materials
Florida Prescription Drug Drop-Off Information
- FSS 893.12 – Contraband; seizure, forfeiture, sale
- FL DEP – Pharmaceutical Waste Management for Businesses and Homeowners
Florida Prescription Drug Importation Information
- FSS 381.02035 – Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program
- FSS 499.0285 – International Prescription Drug Importation Program
- FSS 499.02851 – Federal arrangement to operate a pilot program for importing prescription drugs.
Florida Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Information
- FSS 893.055 – Prescription drug monitoring program.
- FSS 893.0551 – Public records exemption for the prescription drug monitoring program
Florida Precursor Chemicals/Including Pseudoephedrine Information
- FSS 893.1495 – Retail sale of ephedrine and related compounds
Florida Prison/Jail Program(s) Information
- FSS 921.00241 – Prison diversion program
- Chapter No. 2023-286 – Certified Peer Specialist Gateway Pilot Program
Florida School Programs/Information
- FSS 1002.20(3)(o) – K-12 student and parent rights: Health Issues (Naloxone)
- FSS 893.30 – Controlled substance safety education and awareness
Florida Sober Living Homes/Recovery Housing Information
- FSS 397.311 – Definitions
- FSS 397.487 – Voluntary certification of recovery residences
- FSS 817.505 – Patient brokering prohibited; exceptions; penalties
- Chapter 2024-176 – An act relating to substance abuse treatment
Florida Substance Abuse Services Information
- FAC Chapter 65D-30 – Substance Abuse Services Office
- FSS Chapter 394 Part IV – Community Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
- FSS 397 et seq – Substance Abuse Services
Florida Telemedicine/Telehealth Information
- FSS 456.47 – Use of Telehealth to provide services.
Last Updated on 6/25/2024
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