(A) Definition. For the purposes of this section, PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC shall mean any clinic or medical practitioner’s office which is not affiliated with any hospital, hospice, or other facility for the treatment of the terminally ill in Broward County, and the primary purpose of which is to prescribe pain medication such as those controlled substances included in Schedule II, Schedule III and Schedule IV of F.S. § 893.03, as may be amended from time to time, as well as opioids, including but not limited to, fentanyl, hydrocodone, morphine, and oxycodone to individuals; or which holds itself out through advertising as being in business to prescribe such controlled substances, and which may or may not provide dispensing of pharmaceuticals on site.
(B) All medical directors and/or medical practitioners employed at pain management clinics operating within the city shall be board certified in pain medicine or anesthesia by a board approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties or any other board-approved specialty organization approved by the Board of Medicine/Board of Osteopathic Medicine and as set forth in Rule 64B8-1100K8), F.A.C., and 64B15-14.001, F.A.C.. as may be amended from time to time; recognized by the Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine; or has successfully completed a post-graduate training program in Pain Medicine/Management accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education/American Osteopathic Association, College of Family Physicians of Canada, or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada.
(C) The primary practice of pain management clinics operating within the city shall be to provide pain management treatment. Pain management treatment under this section shall not include treatment for substance abuse.
(D) All pain management clinics operating in the city shall have a medical director and/or medical practitioner on site during all hours of operation.
(Ord. 1657, passed 3-3-10)