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Prescribing Controlled Substances course has been approved by the Florida Board of Medicine, Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine, Florida Board of Dentistry and Florida Board of Podiatry as continuing medical education that meets the controlled substance bill (House Bill 21) requirements for biennial license renewal. This course is not approved for Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners.
Current Florida Board of Medicine relicensure requirements are available here.
Target Audience
All allopathic and osteopathic physicians, dentists and podiatrists licensed in Florida.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the scope of the opioid abuse crisis in Florida.
- Explain new Florida laws and rules regarding prescribing controlled substances and comply with practitioner requirements under the new regulations.
- Follow the current evidence-based standard for prescribing opioids and other controlled substances, including prescribing of emergency opioid antagonists.
- Identify inpatients who would benefit from non-opioid alternatives and non-pharmacological therapies for pain while maintaining optimal patient care and pain management.
- Implement best practices in the outpatient setting when prescribing controlled substances and consider alternative therapies.
- Explain the mechanisms of action that trigger addiction in certain patients and not in others.
- Identify patients at risk of addiction following opioid treatment for acute pain and implement prevention strategies.
Bernie Fernandez, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Baptist Health Medical Group
Baptist Health South Florida
Jonathan Fialkow, M.D., FACC, FAHA
Chief Population Health Officer
Baptist Health South Florida
Yvonne T. Johnson, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer, South Miami Hospital
Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care Physician
South Miami and West Kendall Baptist Hospitals
Baptist Health Quality Network
Baptist Health South Florida
Rene A. Larrieu, M.D.
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology
Fellowship-trained in Acute Pain Medicine & Regional Anesthesiology
Medical Staff, South Miami and West Kendall Baptist Hospitals
Baptist Health Quality Network
Baptist Health South Florida
Mike Novo, Esq.
Assistant Vice President and Associate General Counsel
Baptist Health South Florida
Rachel Rohaidy, M.D.
Medical Director, Baptist Health Care & Counseling
Psychiatrist, Baptist and South Miami Hospitals
Baptist Health Medical Group
Baptist Health South Florida
CONTENT CONTRIBUTOR
Julian F. Naranjo, M.D.
Chronic Pain Medicine Physician
South Miami, Doctors, Homestead and West Kendall Baptist Hospitals
Baptist Health Quality Network
Baptist Health South Florida
NARRATOR
Marie Vital Acle, MPH, MCHES
Manager, CME Programs and Online Learning
Continuing Medical Education
Baptist Health South Florida
Bernie Fernandez, M.D., Jonathan Fialkow, M.D., Yvonne T. Johnson, M.D., Rene A. Larrieu, M.D., Julian F. Naranjo, M.D., Mike Novo, Esq., and Rachel Rohaidy, M.D., have no relevant financial relationship with ineligible companies* to disclose and have indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.
Marie Vital Acle, MPH, non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*.
*Ineligible companies -- Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer
Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Please note this course is currently approved by the Florida Board of Medicine, Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine, Florida Board of Dentistry and the Florida Board of Podiatry to meet the two hour relicensure requirements. CEBroker # 20-632697.
NOTE: This course is not approved for physician assistant and nurse practitioner relicensure requirements.
Available Credit
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 2.00 General certificate of attendance
- 2.00 Florida Board of Dentistry
- 2.00 Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine
This course is approved for allopathic physicians, osteopathic physicians, dentists and podiatrists. This course is not approved for Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners.
Please confirm your CME Portal profile is complete to ensure proper reporting prior to beginning this course. Please make sure you use the correct profession, if license is ME..... you must choose medical doctor, if a DO please choose Osteopathic Physician. Please do not choose Medical Doctor-Area of Critical Need, Limited License, etc, if your license starts with ME. Also please no preceding 00 in front of license number.
CERTIFICATE AND CE BROKER REPORTING: Select MY ACCOUNT in the upper right-hand corner of this website. Select VIEW tab to confirm that Occupation, "I am licensed in the State of Florida...," License Number and Profession are all completed fields. Please make sure you use the correct profession, if license is ME..... you must choose medical doctor, if a DO please choose Osteopathic Physician. To edit fields select EDIT tab. These fields prompt reporting to CE Broker and your certificate. Missing information will cause reporting errors. If you prefer to self-report to CE Broker, please verify that the OCCUPATION field indicates "physician" to ensure that the correct certificate type is available upon successful completion of this course. Your certificate will be available after course completion ONLY if this field is completed accurately.
CE Broker self-report guide.
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