🩺 Urgent Care / Walk-In Clinic · Florida
Florida: what a medical director of a urgent care / walk-in clinic must do
Whether Florida requires a physician medical director for a urgent care / walk-in clinic, the qualifications you need, and the duties the rule assigns.
Medical directorMedical director required
Title in the ruleMedical or Clinic Director
Research date2026-08-14
Qualifications
Same as aestheticMedicalSpa — physician licensed under Ch. 458, 459, 460, or 461.
Duties the rule assigns
- Same enumerated §400.9935(1)(a)-(i) duties as aestheticMedicalSpa (signage, practitioner-licensure verification, referral-contract review, records ownership, recordkeeping/incident-reporting compliance, billing-fraud review, posted charge schedule)
Notes
Same Health Care Clinic Act framework and the same §400.9905(4)(g) practitioner-ownership exemption as aestheticMedicalSpa — an urgent care wholly owned by its treating physician(s) is exempt from clinic licensure and this mandate. Multi-owner or investor/MSO-backed urgent cares are the structures most likely to actually trigger it.
Sources (3)
Every agreement Florida names · Urgent Care / Walk-In Clinic in other states