Florida Senate Bill 554 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 5 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-05 - Died in Agriculture
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Citing this act as the "Veterinary Telemedicine Act"; redefining the term "patient"; authorizing licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telemedicine; authorizing a veterinarian practicing telemedicine to order, prescribe, or make available specified medicinal drugs and controlled substances; providing requirements for use of veterinary telemedicine in veterinarian referrals; providing that a supervising veterinarian assumes responsibility for any person working under the veterinarian's supervision or at his or her direction, etc.

Medical Treatment of Animals

Sen. Joe Gruters [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-05	Senate	Died in Agriculture
2023-03-07	Senate	Introduced
2023-02-16	Senate	Referred to Agriculture; Regulated Industries; Rules
2023-02-07	Senate	Filed

H1117 (Similar To) 2023-05-05 - Died in Rules
S1600 (Similar To) 2023-05-05 - Died in Agriculture

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
465	0276		Amended Code	See Bill Text
474	202		Amended Code	See Bill Text
474	2021		Amended Code	See Bill Text
474	203		Amended Code	See Bill Text
474	214		Amended Code	See Bill Text
828	30		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/554
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/554/BillText/Filed/HTML