Health Department Reveals Ambitious Plan to Regulate Pain Clinics
More than 30 stakeholders attended the meeting to offer input and discuss the specifics of the proposed measures.
The Sarasota County Health & Human Services Department hosted a meeting in the Fruitville Public Library on Wednesday evening to gather input on a bold set of ordinances intended to combat abuse of prescription drugs. The meeting came just as the county’s one-year moratorium on new pain management clinics is set to expire on June 8. Wayne Applebee, Criminal Justice Policy Coordinator at the Health Department, explained that the moratorium was enacted in June 2010 as a temporary solution, while statewide initiatives developed. With those plans set back by legal challenges, the Board of County Commissioners tasked the Health Department with drafting new ordinances in their March 1, 2011 meeting. The county's health department then presented …
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