Florida SB 1524: Practice of Chiropractic Medicine

Bill Text

1524 
Practice of Chiropractic Medicine 
2026-01-09T03:11:11Z 
Revising the definition of the term “practice of chiropractic medicine”; authorizing chiropractic physicians to possess, prescribe, and administer vitamins, nutrient preparations, homeopathic remedies, dietary supplements, and prescription epinephrine, by specified means; requiring chiropractic physicians to be certified by the Board of Chiropractic Medicine to administer by injection vitamins, nutrient preparations, homeopathic remedies, dietary supplements, and epinephrine, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1524 

 By Senator Simon 

 3-00907A-26 20261524__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the practice of chiropractic 
 3 medicine; amending s. 460.403, F.S.; revising the 
 4 definition of the term “practice of chiropractic 
 5 medicine”; authorizing chiropractic physicians to 
 6 possess, prescribe, and administer vitamins, nutrient 
 7 preparations, homeopathic remedies, dietary 
 8 supplements, and prescription epinephrine, by 
 9 specified means; requiring chiropractic physicians to 
 10 be certified by the Board of Chiropractic Medicine to 
 11 administer by injection vitamins, nutrient 
 12 preparations, homeopathic remedies, dietary 
 13 supplements, and epinephrine; authorizing licensed 
 14 pharmacists to fill, compound, or dispense certain 
 15 prescriptions for licensed chiropractic physicians 
 16 under certain circumstances; providing requirements 
 17 for the certification program; providing an effective 
 18 date. 
 19 
 20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 22 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (9) of section 
 23 460.403, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 24 460.403 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term: 
 25 (9) 
 26 (c)1. Chiropractic physicians may adjust, manipulate, or 
 27 treat the human body by manual, mechanical, electrical, or 
 28 natural methods; by the use of physical means or physiotherapy, 
 29 including light, heat, water, or exercise; by the use of 
 30 acupuncture; by the use of monofilament intramuscular 
 31 stimulation treatment, also known as dry needling, for trigger 
 32 points or myofascial pain; or by the administration of foods, 
 33 food concentrates, food extracts, and items for which a 
 34 prescription is not required and may apply first aid and 
 35 hygiene, but chiropractic physicians are expressly prohibited 
 36 from prescribing or administering to any person any legend drug 
 37 except as authorized under subparagraph 2., from performing any 
 38 surgery except as stated herein, or from practicing obstetrics. 
 39 2. Notwithstanding the prohibition against prescribing and 
 40 administering legend drugs under subparagraph 1. or s. 
 41 499.83(2)(c), pursuant to board rule chiropractic physicians may 
 42 order, store, possess, prescribe, and administer vitamins, 
 43 nutrient preparations, homeopathic remedies, and dietary 
 44 supplements in the form of sterile substances by means of 
 45 injection but not by means of intravenous therapy;, for 
 46 emergency purposes only at the chiropractic physician’s office 
 47 or place of business, prescription medical oxygen and 
 48 prescription epinephrine using an autoinjector delivery system; 
 49 and may also order, store, and administer the following topical 
 50 anesthetics in aerosol form: 
 51 a. Any solution consisting of 25 percent ethyl chloride 
 52 ethylchloride and 75 percent dichlorodifluoromethane. 
 53 b. Any solution consisting of 15 percent 
 54 dichlorodifluoromethane and 85 percent 
 55 trichloromonofluoromethane. 
 56 3. A chiropractic physician may only administer by 
 57 injection vitamins, nutrient preparations, homeopathic remedies, 
 58 dietary supplements, or epinephrine after being certified by the 
 59 board. Certification shall be granted to a chiropractic 
 60 physician who has satisfactorily completed at least 36 hours of 
 61 education and training as established by board rule and 
 62 successfully passed an examination administered by the 
 63 department in collaboration with the board. The certification 
 64 program shall consist of didactic lectures and laboratory 
 65 training on the safe and effective administration of vitamins, 
 66 nutrient preparations, homeopathic remedies, dietary 
 67 supplements, and epinephrine, including, but not limited to, 
 68 protocols, indications, contraindications, and emergency 
 69 procedures. 
 70 4. Licensed pharmacists may fill, compound, or dispense 
 71 prescriptions of vitamins, nutrient preparations, homeopathic 
 72 remedies, and dietary supplements prescribed by certified 
 73 licensed chiropractic physicians. 
 74 
 75 However, this paragraph does not authorize a chiropractic 
 76 physician to prescribe medical oxygen as defined in s. 
 77 499.82(10). 
 78 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.