Florida Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Licensing

Online

$55

Online

$55

Biennially

Online

$255

Certified check or money order should be made payable to the Florida Department of Health

1. Register with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations
2. Submit a completed application and all attachments
3. Once the application is deemed complete, the board staff authorizes an inspection.
4. Upon completion of the inspection, the inspector notifies the board office as to whether the inspection was satisfactory or unsatisfactory.
5. If the inspection is satisfactory, a permit number is issued within 7 days. Please wait 7-14 days from your satisfactory inspection before checking on the status of your permit.
6. If controlled substances will be involved in your pharmacy practice, you must make an Application for Registration under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 with the DEA. The DEA will not issue a registration until the Florida Board of Pharmacy has issued a pharmacy permit.

• Proof of good standing
  • A copy of the Certificate of Good Standing or Articles of Incorporation issued by the Division of Corporations
• CPA Attestation
  • If the applicant has more than $100 million dollars of business taxable assets in this state, they must submit a formal opinion letter from a Certified Public Accountant duly licensed in the state of your principal place of business affirming the corporation has more than $100 million of business taxable assets in this state for the previous tax year.
  • In lieu of submitting a formal opinion letter from a Certified Public Accountant, the applicant may submit its Florida Corporate Income/Franchise and Emergency Excise Tax Return (Form F-1120, Effective 01/09).
• Inspection
  • A copy of the most recent inspection dated within the last 1 year
  • Must be conducted by one of the following: 
    • the state's licensing agency 
    • the United States Food and Drug Administration (pursuant to the federal Drug Quality and Security Act)
    • an entity approved by the board as set forth in Administrative Rule Code 64B16-28.905(4)(a) through (k)
• Policies
  • A copy of the policies and procedures for preventing controlled substance dispensing based on fraudulent representations or invalid practitioner-patient relationships. The policy and procedure manual must contain a minimum of the following: 
    
    • Provisions to identify and guard against invalid practitioner-patient relationships.
    • Provisions to guard against filling fraudulent prescriptions for controlled substances.
    • Provisions to identify prescriptions that are communicated or transmitted legally.
    • Provisions to identify the characteristics of a forged or altered prescription.
• Pharmacist in Charge
  • An attestation from the PIC 
• Fingerprints
  • Electronic fingerprinting service offered by Livescan device vendors approved by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and listed on their site
• Discipline
  • If you answer “yes” to any of the disciplinary history questions on the application, provide a certified copy of documents relative to any disciplinary action taken against any license. The documents must come from the agency that took the disciplinary action and must be certified by that agency.
  • In addition, include a detailed description of the circumstances surrounding your disciplinary action and a thorough description of the rehabilitative changes in your lifestyle since the time of the disciplinary action which would enable you to avoid future occurrences. It would be helpful to include factors in your life, which you feel may have contributed to your disciplinary action, what you have learned about yourself since that time, and the changes you have made that support your rehabilitation.

Online

$255

Biennially

Application for Permit as a Complimentary Drug Distributor

$650 for in-state facilities and $500 for out-of-state facilities.

Online

$500

Biennially by the end of the month of initial registration.