(1) The department may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders that have been rendered under ss. 499.001–499.79, including the nature of any charges and the dispositions of the charges.
(2) The department may also cause to be disseminated such information regarding drugs, devices, and cosmetics as considered necessary in the interest of public health and the protection of consumers against fraud.
(3) This section does not prohibit the department from collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of its investigations.
(4) The department shall publish on the department’s website and update at least monthly:

(a) A list of the prescription drug wholesale distributors, out-of-state prescription drug wholesale distributors, and retail pharmacy drug wholesale distributors against whom the department has initiated enforcement action pursuant to this part to suspend or revoke a permit, seek an injunction, or otherwise file an administrative complaint and the permit number of each such wholesale distributor.

Terms Used In Florida Statutes 499.055

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Department: means the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. See Florida Statutes 499.003
  • Drug: means an article that is:
    (a) Recognized in the current edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or any supplement to any of those publications;
    (b) Intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, therapy, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals;
    (c) Intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals; or
    (d) Intended for use as a component of any article specified in paragraph (a), paragraph (b), or paragraph (c), and includes active pharmaceutical ingredients, but does not include devices or their nondrug components, parts, or accessories. See Florida Statutes 499.003
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Pharmacy: means an entity licensed under chapter 465. See Florida Statutes 499.003
  • Prescription drug: means a prescription, medicinal, or legend drug, including, but not limited to, finished dosage forms or active pharmaceutical ingredients subject to, defined by, or described by…. See Florida Statutes 499.003
  • Retail pharmacy: means a community pharmacy licensed under chapter 465 that purchases prescription drugs at fair market prices and provides prescription services to the public. See Florida Statutes 499.003
  • Wholesale distributor: means a person, other than a manufacturer, a manufacturer's co-licensed partner, a third-party logistics provider, or a repackager, who is engaged in wholesale distribution. See Florida Statutes 499.003
(b) A list of the prescription drug wholesale distributors, out-of-state prescription drug wholesale distributors, and retail pharmacy drug wholesale distributors to which the department has issued a permit, including the date on which each permit will expire.
(c) A list of the prescription drug wholesale distributor, out-of-state prescription drug wholesale distributor, and retail pharmacy drug wholesale distributor permits that have been returned to the department, were suspended, were revoked, have expired, or were not renewed in the previous year.
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