2020 legislation amended the requirements related to providing the non-opioid alternatives pamphlet to patients. Click here for information and access to the pamphlet.
743: Nonopioid Alternatives
Effective Date: July 1, 2020
http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/743/BillText/er/PDF
The bill revises the requirements for certain health care practitioners providing an opioid drug listed as a Schedule II controlled substance to inform the patient about possible nonopioid alternatives, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of nonopioid alternatives, and provide the pamphlet as required in section 456.44, Florida Statutes by:
- Requiring that the pamphlet provided to the patient be printed;
- Authorizing a health care practitioner to discuss non-opioid alternatives with, and provide the pamphlet to, the patient’s representative rather than the patient;
- Specifying that only those health care practitioners ordering or prescribing or providing care that requires the administration of anesthesia using an opioid must meet the requirements and removing the requirement to address non-opioid alternatives when a drug is dispensed or administered; and
- Exempting health care practitioners providing hospice services and providing care in a hospital critical care unit or emergency department from the requirement to discuss non-opioid alternatives with a patient or the patient’s representative and provide a printed copy of the pamphlet.
