Physician Certification Pattern Review

i Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine Physician Certification Pattern Review 2024 Annual Report Section 381.986(4)(j), Florida Statutes (F.S.), directs the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine to “jointly create a physician certification pattern review panel that shall review all physician certifications submitted to the Medical Marijuana Use Registry.” The Physician Certification Pattern Review Panel (Panel) shall track and report the number of physician certifications and the qualifying medical conditions, dosage, supply amount and form of marijuana certified. These data shall be reported both by individual qualified physician and in the aggregate, by county and statewide. The Panel is responsible for reporting its findings and recommendations by January 1 of each year to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. This report analyzes data from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. Physician Certification Pattern Review Panel Chair and Vice Chair Mr. Nicholas Romanello, Esq., Chair William Kirsh, D.O., Vice Chair Members Patrick Hunter, M.D. Michael Wasylik, M.D. Zachariah Zachariah, M.D. Ms. Valerie Jackson Mr. Christopher Creegan This report provides a summary of the data for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY) (the 2024 Annual Report). In November of 2021, the Panel requested that the data cycle dates for the annual report be changed to align with the fiscal year for future reports. Comparisons between the data from FYs 2021, 2022 and 2023 were made. All physician certification data was extracted from the Medical Marijuana Use Registry (MMUR). Physician licensure information was extracted from the Division of Medical Quality Assurance (MQA) Licensure Database. 1. FY 2021 Data: 12 months of data, July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. 2. FY 2022 Data: 12 months of data, July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. 3. FY 2023 (2024 Annual Report): 12 months of data, July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.

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