Florida State Profile

PMP Region: 
South
Name of Program: 
Florida Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Agency Name: 
Department of Health
Agency Type: 
Department of Health
State Information
State Population: 
18,328,340
Number of Pharmacies in State: 
8,215
Number of Practitioners/Prescribers: 
60,764
Frequency of data collected: 
Bi-Weekly
Data collected from pharmacies?: 
yes
Data collected from dispensing practitioners?: 
yes
Drug Schedules Monitored
Schedule II: 
yes
Schedule III: 
yes
Schedule IV: 
yes
Schedule V: 
no
Who May Request Patient Information?
Prescribers: 
yes
Pharmacists: 
yes
Pharmacies: 
yes
Law Enforcement: 
yes
Licensing Boards: 
yes
Patients: 
yes
De-identified data provided to researchers?: 
yes
Legislation
Year PMP Legislation Enacted: 
2009
Year PMP Became Operational: 
2011
Laws/statute Citation: 
893.055, F.S. (Florida Statutes)
Regulation/rule Citations: 
Rules have not been developed
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