EXHIBIT 99.1

Bovie Medical Corporation Announces Appointment of Tara H. Semb as Chief Financial Officer

CLEARWATER, FL - DECEMBER 17, 2018 - Bovie Medical Corporation (NYSEMKT:BVX) (the “Company”), a maker of medical devices and supplies and the developer of J-Plasma^®, a patented surgical product marketed and sold under the Renuvion^® Cosmetic Technology brand in the cosmetic surgery market, today announced the appointment of Tara H. Semb as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 2, 2019.

“I am pleased to announce the appointment of Tara Semb, who joins the executive leadership team at Bovie Medical with a strong background in financial and operational business process and internal controls,” said Charlie Goodwin, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Ms. Semb’s career history includes executive level experience as the Chief Financial Officer for a rapidly growing company in the consumer market, and she has also held senior positions on the finance team at a large, diversified global manufacturing company with significant commercial scale and profitability. I look forward to working closely with her as we continue to position Bovie Medical for its next stage of growth.”

“Bovie Medical is an impressive organization with a compelling growth opportunity in the Cosmetic Surgery Market,” said Tara Semb. “I am excited to join the Company at a time that I believe represents an important inflection point in its history and look forward to partnering with Charlie and the rest of the executive leadership team.”

Prior to joining Bovie Medical, Ms. Semb was the Chief Financial Officer for AVAIL Vapor LLC, a manufacturer and retailer of e-liquid for use in electronic vapor devices, from 2015 until 2018. Ms. Semb previously worked for Amsted Industries, a diversified global manufacturer of industrial components, in multiple positions of increasing responsibility from 2006 until 2015, culminating in her promotion to Director of Finance for the company’s rail bearings division in 2013. Before joining Amsted Industries as Director of Internal Audit in 2006, she held financial and operational roles at Blyth Industries, a manufacturer and seller of candles and home fragrance products, and Anixter International, a global distributor of network & security solutions. She began her career in 1991 as an auditor at Price Waterhouse.

Ms. Semb holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois, as well as an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Investor Relations Contact:

Westwicke Partners on behalf of Bovie Medical Corporation

Mike Piccinino, CFA

443-213-0500

investor.relations@boviemed.com

About Bovie Medical Corporation:

Bovie Medical Corporation is a leading maker of medical devices and supplies as well as the developer of J-Plasma^® (marketed and sold under the Renuvion™ Cosmetic Technology brand in the cosmetic surgery market), a patented plasma-based surgical product for cutting, coagulation and ablation of soft tissue. J-Plasma technology utilizes a helium ionization process to produce a stable, focused beam of plasma that provides surgeons with greater precision, and minimal invasiveness. The new J-Plasma handpieces with Cool-Coag™ technology deliver the precision of helium plasma energy, the power of traditional monopolar coagulation and the efficiency of plasma beam coagulation - enabling thin-layer ablation and dissection and fast coagulation with a single instrument, minimizing instrument exchange and allowing a surgeon to focus on their patient and their procedures. With Cool-Coag technology, the new J-Plasma handpieces can deliver three distinctly different energy modalities - further increasing the utility and versatility of the system. The Company also leverages its expertise through original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreements with other medical device manufacturers. For further information about the Company and its products, please refer to the Bovie Medical Corporation website at www.boviemedical.com.

Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements:

Certain matters discussed in this release and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of the Company may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Federal securities laws. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved.

Forward-looking information is subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Many of these factors are beyond the Company’s ability to control or predict. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially and that could impact the Company and the statements contained in this release can be found in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including the Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and subsequent Form 10-Q filings. For forward-looking statements in this release, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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