Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Oct. 06, 2000
The ultimate issues for determination are whether Respondent violated Section 458.331(1)(f) and (w), Florida Statutes (2000), by allowing or directing a nurse to fill out two separate written prescriptions for Keflex and Vicodin and to sign Respondent's name and the nurse's initials on each prescription; and, if so, what penalty, if any, should be imposed against Respondent's license to practice medicine. (All chapter and section references are to Florida Statutes (2000) unless otherwise stated.)Nurse`s signature on written prescription for controlled substance may, or may not, have violated Section 893.04(1)(b), Florida Statutes, but did not violate Section 458.331, Florida Statutes.