Notice of Declaratory Statement

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Chiropractic
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Board of Chiropractic Medicine has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Edward J. Leonard, D.C. on June 18, 2010. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:
The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement published on July 2, 2010, in Vol. 36, No. 26, of the Florida Administrative Weekly. Petitioner sought the Board’s interpretation of Section 460.403, Florida Statutes, entitled “Definitions,” concerning whether petitioner is permitted to provide acupuncture injection therapy of vitamin supplements and other non-legend substances services to his patients. The Board of Chiropractic Medicine considered the Petition at its meeting held on August 27, 2010, in Orlando, Florida. The Board’s Order filed on September 17, 2010, stated that the Board declined to answer the petition based on the lack of information that would demonstrate there has been in a change in the governing statutes that would cause the Board to alter the 2001 finding.
A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Bruce Deterding, Executive Director, Board of Chiropractic Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C07, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3257.