Physician Certification Pattern Review, 2024 Annual Report 22 VI. Marijuana in a Form for Smoking Certifications with orders for smoking began on March 18, 2019, when Senate Bill 182 (2019) was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis. See section 381.986 (4)(c), F.S. Table 30: Number of certifications that contain at least one order for smoking in each data set. FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 All Certifications with at Least One Order for Smoking 860,291 1,089,072 1,266,276 Average number of certifications with smoking per physician 591 695 790 Range in total number of certifications with smoking per physician 1 to 24,624 1 to 32,584 1 to 32,358 Median 66 75 86 Mode 1 1 1 All Patients (with smoking certifications) 575,095 728,655 832,636 Table 31: All smoking orders, percentage of total qualified physicians with orders for smoking, and descriptive statistics (in ounces ordered) in each data set. FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 All Orders for Smoking 4,931,098 6,302,534 7,367,715 Percentage of Physicians with Orders for Smoking 88% 91% 92% GeoMean ounces ordered 2.46 2.47 2.55 Max1 2.50 7.00 10.00 Min1 0.1 0.01 0.025 Median1 2.50 2.50 2.50 Mode1 2.50 2.50 2.50 1Numbers changed from previous reports where the Max, Min, Median and Mode to reflect all ordered amounts. (Descriptive counts were previously taken from the average of all ordered amounts.)
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