§ 50-254. Definitions.

Chronic nonmalignant pain means pain unrelated to cancer, which persists beyond the usual course of the disease or the injury that is the cause of the pain, or for more than 90 days after surgery.

Pain management clinic means a privately owned pain management clinic, facility or office which (1) advertises in any medium for any type of pain management services, or holds itself out as a clinic, facility, or office for treatment of pain, or (2) employs a physician who is primarily engaged in the treatment of pain by prescribing or dispensing controlled substance medications, or (3) is required to register with the Florida Department of Health pursuant to F.S. (2011) § 458.309 or 459.005, or any successor state law. A physician is primarily engaged in the treatment of pain by prescribing or dispensing controlled substance medications when the majority of the patients seen are prescribed or dispensed controlled substance medications for the treatment of chronic nonmalignant pain.

Permit shall mean a certificate issued by Pasco County acknowledging the submission and accurate completion of the pain management clinic registration forms required to be completed in order to conduct business in Pasco County as a pain management clinic.

(Ord. No. 10-13, § 4, 7-13-10; Ord. No. 11-13, § 3, 12-6-11)