A Florida appeals court held that the Department of Financial Services exceeded its rulemaking authority with a 2023 proposal that essentially equated dispensing doctors with pharmacies and pharmacists.
"Dispensing practitioners do not fit within the plain meaning of 'pharmacist,' nor do they engage in the 'practice of the profession of pharmacy,'" the 1st District Court of Appeal said Wednesday.
As a result, proposed rules that would have prohibited carriers from refusing to pay for medications solely because the injured worker had the prescription filled by ...
Comments