Florida legal term
Prescription in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Prescription” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Florida criminal code.
What does “Prescription” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Prescription” includes any order for drugs or medicinal supplies which is written or transmitted by any means of communication by a licensed practitioner authorized by the laws of this state to prescribe such drugs or medicinal supplies, is issued in good faith and in the course of professional practice, is intended to be dispensed by a person authorized by the laws of this state to do so, and meets the requirements of s. 893.04.(a) The term also includes an order for drugs or medicinal supplies transmitted or written by a physician, dentist, veterinarian, or other practitioner licensed to pr (Fla. Stat. § 893.02)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Battery by strangulation
- Felony battery; domestic battery by strangulation
- Introduction, removal, or possession of certain articles unlawful; penalty
- Introduction, removal, or possession of contraband; penalty
- Prescription drug monitoring program
- Records
- Sexual predators; erectile dysfunction drugs
- Unlawful sale, manufacture, alteration, delivery, uttering, or possession of counterfeit-resistant prescription blanks for controlled substances
- Use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertisement, or retail sale of drug paraphernalia, specified machines, and materials
Related terms in the same statutes
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