Harmonizing federal and Florida laws on prescribing controlled substances through telehealth

Harmonizing federal and Florida laws on prescribing controlled substances through telehealth 
JD Supra; by Jeremy Burnette, Martin Dix, and John Hood; 3/24/25 
Practitioners who want to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth to patients in Florida must meet the requirements of both federal and state law. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Florida legislature have recently amended the applicable federal regulations and state laws, respectively, to allow the prescribing of controlled substances via telehealth[*] without conducting an in-person evaluation under certain circumstances. There are key differences between federal and state law, so practitioners prescribing controlled substances via telehealth to patients in Florida should be aware of the particular requirements of each. [Continue reading ...]