The department shall deny registration to any pain-management clinic owned by or with any contractual or employment relationship with a physician:1. Whose Drug Enforcement Administration number has ever been revoked.2. Whose application for a license to prescribe, dispense, or administer a controlled substance has been denied by any jurisdiction.3. Who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, an offense that constitutes a felony for receipt of illicit and diverted drugs, including a controlled substance listed in Schedule I, Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, or Schedule V of s. 893.03, in this state, any other state, or the United States. see full law

Effective July 1, 2012, physicians who have not met the qualifications set forth in subsections (1) through (6), below, shall have successfully completed a pain medicine fellowship that is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or a pain medicine residency that is accredited by ACGME. Prior to July 1, 2012, physicians prescribing or dispensing controlled substance medications in pain-management clinics registered pursuant to Section 458.3265, F.S., must meet one of the following qualifications: see full law

Three (3) years of documented full-time practice, which is defined as an average of 20 hours per week each year, in pain-management and, attendance and successful completion of 40 hours of in-person, live-participatory AMA Category I CME courses in pain management that address all the following subject areas: see full law

Controlled substance prescribing rules, including controlled substances agreements; see full law

The use of controlled substances in treating short-term and ongoing pain syndromes, including usefulness and limitations; see full law