Florida Statute 459.003 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 459
OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE

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459.003 Definitions.—As used in this chapter:

(1) “Board” means the Board of Osteopathic Medicine.

(2) “Department” means the Department of Health.

(3) “Practice of osteopathic medicine” means the diagnosis, treatment, operation, or prescription for any human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or other physical or mental condition, which practice is based in part upon educational standards and requirements which emphasize the importance of the musculoskeletal structure and manipulative therapy in the maintenance and restoration of health.

(4) “Osteopathic physician” means a person who is licensed to practice osteopathic medicine in this state.

(5) “Doctor of Osteopathy” and “Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine,” when referring to degrees, shall be construed to be equivalent and equal degrees.

History.—ss. 1, 6, ch. 79-230; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 27, 29, ch. 86-290; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 84, ch. 92-149; s. 109, ch. 94-218; s. 29, ch. 97-264.

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Fla. Med. Ass'n v. Dept. of Prof. Reg., 426 So. 2d 1112 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).

Cited 22 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...at 738): "We do not think anyone will disagree that the beneficial purpose of Chapter 484, Fla. Stat. (1967), F.S.A., is to protect from harm the eyes of all people in Florida... ." [14] Osteopathic physicians apparently have the same statutory authorization to prescribe drugs generally, under Section 459.003(3), Florida Statutes (1981), as do physicians under Section 458.305(3).

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Barker v. Bd. of Med. Examiners, Dept. of Prof. Reg., 428 So. 2d 720 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).

Cited 15 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...For example, Section 458.305(3), Florida Statutes (1979), defines the practice of medicine as "the diagnosis, treatment, operation, or prescription for any human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or other physical or mental condition." On the other hand, Section 459.003(3), Florida Statutes (1979), while defining the practice of osteopathic medicine in the same terms as those provided in section 458.305(3), continues with the following language: "[W]hich practice is based in part upon educational sta...

...though a physician is defined as "a person who is licensed to practice medicine in this state," Section 458.305(4), Florida Statutes (1979), an osteopathic physician is defined as one "who is licensed to practice osteopathic medicine in this state." Section 459.003(4), Florida Statutes (1979)....

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Benjamin v. Tandem Healthcare, Inc., 998 So. 2d 566 (Fla. 2008).

Cited 4 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1006, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 2432, 2008 WL 5333646

...odiatric physicians, respectively. See, e.g., § 458.301, Fla. Stat. (2004) (stating Legislative intent as to chapter 458); § 458.305, Fla. Stat. (2004) (defining terms); § 459.001, Fla. Stat. (2004) (stating Legislative intent as to chapter 459); § 459.003, Fla....

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Allstate Ins. Co. v. Garrett, 550 So. 2d 22 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 14 Fla. L. Weekly 1789, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 4282, 1989 WL 84312

...FRANK and PATTERSON, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] The term "physician" is not defined in chapter 627, except in section 627.6498, and the definition there does not include chiropractors. [2] Section 458.305(4) defines "physician" as a person licensed to practice medicine. Section 459.003(4) defines "osteopathic physician" as a person licensed to practice osteopathic medicine....

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