Fla. Stat. 465.0251
Generic drugs; removal from formulary under specified circumstances

(1)

The Board of Pharmacy and the Board of Medicine shall remove any generic named drug product from the formulary established by s. 465.025(6), if every commercially marketed equivalent of that drug product is “A” rated as therapeutically equivalent to a reference listed drug or is a reference listed drug as referred to in “Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations” (Orange Book) published by the United States Food and Drug Administration.

(2)

Nothing in this act shall alter or amend s. 465.025 as to existing law providing for the authority of physicians to prohibit generic drug substitution by writing “medically necessary” on the prescription.

Source: Section 465.0251 — Generic drugs; removal from formulary under specified circumstances, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0465.­0251 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

465.001
Short Title 465.002
Legislative findings 465.003
Definitions 465.004
Board of Pharmacy 465.005
Authority to make rules 465.006
Disposition of fees 465.007
Licensure by examination 465.008
Renewal of license 465.009
Continuing professional pharmaceutical education 465.012
Reactivation of license 465.013
Registration of pharmacy interns 465.014
Pharmacy technician 465.015
Violations and penalties 465.016
Disciplinary actions 465.017
Authority to inspect 465.018
Community pharmacies 465.019
Institutional pharmacies 465.022
Pharmacies 465.023
Pharmacy permittee 465.024
Promoting sale of certain drugs prohibited 465.025
Substitution of drugs 465.026
Filling of certain prescriptions 465.027
Exceptions 465.035
Dispensing of medicinal drugs pursuant to facsimile of prescription 465.0075
Licensure by endorsement 465.0125
Consultant pharmacist license 465.0126
Nuclear pharmacist license 465.0155
Standards of practice 465.0156
Registration of nonresident pharmacies 465.0157
International export pharmacy permit 465.0158
Nonresident sterile compounding permit 465.0161
Distribution of medicinal drugs without a permit 465.0181
Community pharmacy permit required to dispense Schedule II or Schedule III controlled substances 465.185
Rebates prohibited 465.186
Pharmacist’s order for medicinal drugs 465.187
Sale of medicinal drugs 465.188
Medicaid audits of pharmacies 465.189
Administration of vaccines and epinephrine autoinjection 465.0193
Nuclear pharmacy permits 465.0196
Special pharmacy permits 465.0197
Internet pharmacy permits 465.0235
Automated pharmacy systems used by long-term care facilities, hospices, or state correctional institutions, or for outpatient dispensing 465.0244
Information disclosure 465.0251
Generic drugs 465.0252
Substitution of interchangeable biosimilar products 465.0255
Expiration date of medicinal drugs 465.0265
Centralized prescription filling 465.0266
Common database 465.0275
Emergency prescription refill 465.0276
Dispensing practitioner 465.1861
Ordering and dispensing HIV infection prevention drugs 465.1865
Collaborative pharmacy practice for chronic health conditions 465.1893
Administration of antipsychotic medication by injection 465.1895
Testing or screening for and treatment of minor, nonchronic health conditions 465.1901
Practice of orthotics and pedorthics 465.1902
Prescription Drug Donation Repository Program

Current through Fall 2025

§ 465.0251. Generic drugs; removal from formulary under specified circumstances's source at flsenate​.gov