§ 18-25. Registration certificate continuing compliance requirements.

(a)

Change of information following the issuance of registration certificate; fees. Should any information or conditions change from that stated in the initial registration certificate information, the owner or operator shall provide that information to the department within ten (10) calendar days of such change. Failure to report such information change within ten (10) days is a violation of this article and grounds for revocation. The following specific unreported changes shall trigger mandatory revocation or enforcement proceedings:

(1)

Change of the owner or operator of the pain management clinic shall require a new application and payment of a new application fee. Owners of state-registered clinics must also demonstrate that they meet all the ownership requirements set forth in applicable Florida Statutes.

(2)

Change of the designated physician shall require providing all of the information required in subsection 18-22(b) above in connection with the new physician and paying the department a five-hundred-dollar registration certificate modification and processing fee. A current criminal history form shall be provided on the substituting physician (which the sheriff's office may charge a separate fee for).

(3)

Substitution or addition of any person required to be listed in the application requirements of this article (other than the owner or operator or designated physician) shall require providing all information set forth in subsection 18-22(b) above to the department and paying the department a one-hundred-dollar processing fee for each person. A current criminal history form shall be provided on all new persons (which the sheriff's office may charge a separate fee for).

(b)

A valid Hernando County Pain Management Clinic Registration Certificate issued pursuant to this article must be prominently displayed in a common public area of the pain management clinic.

(c)

A pain management clinic registration certificate is nontransferable and cannot be assigned. Whenever ownership or management of a pain management clinic changes, a new application must be filed for a new registration certificate and a new nonrefundable application fee shall be paid (and, if approved, a new registration certificate fee shall be paid).

(d)

Any law enforcement officer employed by or under the sheriff, any county code enforcement officer, or any other persons authorized to enforce county ordinances shall be allowed access for inspections of the clinic premises at any time the clinic is open or occupied.

(e)

The designated physician shall practice full time at the clinic location for which the physician has assumed responsibility.

(f)

The designated physician shall secure all prescription pads so that only authorized persons may access them. Every written prescription must include the clinic's name, address and Hernando County's Registration Certificate number.

(g)

The pain management clinic shall not limit the form of payment for services, prescriptions or drugs to cash only.

(h)

The pain management clinic shall be precluded from having any outdoor seating areas, queues, or customer waiting areas. All activities of the pain management clinic, including all patient contact, examination, prescribing, dispensing, sale, display, and storage, without limitation, shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building. Mobile or temporary facilities (including mobile vans, motor homes, buses, trailers or movable structures, without limitation) are prohibited.

(i)

No pain management clinic may locate in any area not properly zoned and designated for use as "business, professional and non-profit organizations offices" or such other zoning designation allowed under the Hernando County Zoning Code.

(j)

The pain management clinic shall meet and satisfy all applicable land development regulations and applicable county codes and regulations.

(k)

The hours of operation of the pain management clinic shall be limited to 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

(Ord. No. 2012-7, § II, 6-12-12)