Core Medical Group physicians issue patient prescriptions in compliance with Drug Enforcement Administration Federal Register Notices – 2001, Guidance. Dispensing and Purchasing Controlled Substances over the Internet. Source: [Federal Register: April 27, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 82)] [Notices] [Page 21181-21184] [DEA-191N]. Core Medical Group physicians also issue prescriptions in consultation with examining primary care physicians in accordance with Florida Standards for Telemedicine Prescribing Practice, Florida Board of Medicine Rule 64B8-9.014 sections (4) and (5) under the specific authority of 458.309, 458.331 (1)(v) Florida Statutes. Law implemented 458.331(1)(q),(t),(v) Florida Statutes as new laws on September 14, 2003. Prescriptions are not issued to patients located in any state that requires the prescription to be issued by a physician located or licensed in the same state as the patient. In the case of our organization, we do not dispense over the internet and we do not prescribe over the internet or provide online prescriptions, but require a physical examination of each patient before issuing any prescription. Florida law allows one physician to conduct the physical examination and the second consulting physician to issue a prescription in reliance on the findings of the examining physician and medical history provided.
Core Medical Group physicians evaluate and analyze your medical records and provide the following services in consultation with a local physician who conducts a patient current physical exam at the request of Core Medical Group:
Evaluate your current physical examination report conducted by the local examining physician;
Evaluate your current medical history as reported by you to the examining physician at the time of your physical exam;
Evaluate the contents and comments provided by the examining physician on the form entitled Physician's Physical Examination Acknowledgement ;
Evaluate your medical complaint and other information provided by you online at this site when you complete your 'Patient Medical History Questionnaire'
If you are seeking hormone replacement therapy, then your medical laboratory diagnostic test report reflecting your hormonal level will also be assessed by the prescribing physician;
Consult with the examining physician to the extent medically appropriate under the circumstances;
Assure that there is some logical connection with regard to your medical complaint and the drug to be prescribed for you; and,
Issue your prescription for the requested medication if medically appropriate
