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osteopathic physician, or any other health care provider who is authorized to prescribe or dispense controlled substances, who is primarily engaged in the treatment of pain by prescribing or dispensing controlled substances, unless a. The clinic is licensed as a facility pursuant to chapter 395, Florida Statutes; b. The majority of physicians who provide services in the clinic primarily provide surgical services; c. The clinic is owned by a publicly held corporation whose shares are traded on a national exchange or on the over-the-counter market and whose total assets at the end of the corporation's most recent fiscal quarter exceeded $50 million; d. The clinic is affiliated with an accredited medical school at which training is provided for medical students, residents or fellows; e. The clinic does not prescribe or dispense controlled substance medications for the treatment of pain; or f. The clinic is owned by a corporate entity exempt from federal taxation under 26 USC section 501(c)(3). Any clinic or facility meeting the definition above shall be considered a pain management clinic, regardless of its use of any other descriptive name, such as a center for "wellness," "detox," "detoxification," "urgent care," etc. (2) "Applicable law" shall mean this Code, applicable Florida law, including, without limitation, rules and regulations promulgated by the Florida Department of Health, the Florida Board of Medicine, the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine, the Florida Board of Pharmacy, and applicable federal law; (3) "Board" shall mean the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners; (4) "Controlled substance" shall mean a controlled substance listed in Schedules II, III, or IV in section 893.03, Florida Statutes.