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- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.01; Purposes; construction; title.
(1) Sections 760.01-760.11 and 509.092 shall be cited as the "Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992." (2) The general purposes of ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.02; Definitions.
For the purposes of ss. 760.01-760.11 and 509.092, the term: (1) "Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992" means ss. 760.01-...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.021; Enforcement.
(1) The Attorney General may commence a civil action for damages, injunctive relief, civil penalties not to exceed $10,000 per violation, and such other ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.03; Commission on Human Relations; staff.
(1) There is hereby created the Florida Commission on Human Relations, comprised of 12 members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.04; Commission on Human Relations, assigned to Department of Management Services.
The commission created by s. 760.03 is assigned to the Department of Management Services. The commission, in the performance of its duties pursuant to ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.05; Functions of the commission.
The commission shall promote and encourage fair treatment and equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap, or ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.06; Powers of the commission.
Within the limitations provided by law, the commission shall have the following powers: (1) To maintain offices in the State of Florida. (2) To meet ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.07; Remedies for unlawful discrimination.
Any violation of any Florida statute making unlawful discrimination because of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, handicap, or marital status in the areas ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.08; Discrimination in places of public accommodation.
All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.10; Unlawful employment practices.
(1) It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer: (a) To discharge or to fail or refuse to hire any individual, or otherwise to ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.11; Administrative and civil remedies; construction.
(1) Any person aggrieved by a violation of ss. 760.01-760.10 may file a complaint with the commission within 365 days of the ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.20; Fair Housing Act; short title.
Sections 760.20-760.37 may be cited as the "Fair Housing ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.21; State policy on fair housing.
It is the policy of this state to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.22; Definitions.
As used in ss. 760.20-760.37, the term: (1) "Commission" means the Florida Commission on Human Relations. (2) "Covered multifamily dwelling" means: (a) ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.23; Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing and other prohibited practices.
(1) It is unlawful to refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, to refuse to negotiate for the sale ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.24; Discrimination in the provision of brokerage services.
It is unlawful to deny any person access to, or membership or participation in, any multiple-listing service, real estate brokers' organization, or other service, ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.25; Discrimination in the financing of housing or in residential real estate transactions.
(1) It is unlawful for any bank, building and loan association, insurance company, or other corporation, association, firm, or enterprise the business of which consists ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.26; Prohibited discrimination in land use decisions and in permitting of development.
It is unlawful to discriminate in land use decisions or in the permitting of development based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, familial status, ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.29; Exemptions.
(1)(a) Nothing in ss. 760.23 and 760.25 applies to: 1. Any single-family house sold or rented by its owner, provided such ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.30; Administration of ss. 760.20-760.37.
(1) The authority and responsibility for administering ss. 760.20-760.37 is in the commission. (2) The commission may delegate any of its functions, ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.31; Powers and duties of commission.
The commission shall: (1) Make studies with respect to the nature and extent of discriminatory housing practices in representative urban, suburban, and rural communities throughout ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.32; Investigations; subpoenas; oaths.
(1) In conducting an investigation, the commission shall have access at all reasonable times to premises, records, documents, individuals, and other evidence or possible sources ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.34; Enforcement.
(1) Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice or who believes that he or she will be injured by ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.35; Civil actions and relief; administrative procedures.
(1) A civil action shall be commenced no later than 2 years after an alleged discriminatory housing practice has occurred. However, the court shall continue ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.36; Conciliation agreements.
Any conciliation agreement arising out of conciliation efforts by the Florida Commission on Human Relations pursuant to the Fair Housing Act must be agreed to ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.37; Interference, coercion, or intimidation; enforcement by administrative or civil action.
It is unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise of, or on account of her or his having exercised, ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.40; Genetic testing; informed consent; confidentiality; penalties; notice of use of results.
(1) As used in this section, the term "DNA analysis" means the medical and biological examination and analysis of a person to identify the presence ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.50; Discrimination on the basis of AIDS, AIDS-related complex, and HIV prohibited.
(1) The Legislature finds and declares that persons infected or believed to be infected with human immunodeficiency virus have suffered and will continue to suffer ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.51; Violations of constitutional rights, civil action by the Attorney General; civil penalty.
(1) Whenever any person, whether or not acting under color of law, interferes by threats, intimidation, or coercion, or attempts to interfere by threats, intimidation, ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.60; Discriminatory practices of certain clubs prohibited; remedies.
(1) It is unlawful for a person to discriminate against any individual because of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, handicap, age above the age ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.80; Minority representation on boards, commissions, councils, and committees.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to recognize the importance of balance in the appointment of minority and nonminority persons to membership on ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 760.854; Center for Environmental Equity and Justice.
(1) There is hereby established the Center for Environmental Equity and Justice. (2) The purpose of the center is to conduct and facilitate research, develop ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 761.01; Short title.
This act may be cited as the "Religious Freedom Restoration Act of ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 761.02; Definitions.
As used in this act: (1) "Government" or "state" includes any branch, department, agency, instrumentality, or official or other person acting under color of law ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 761.03; Free exercise of religion protected.
(1) The government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion, even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 761.04; Attorney's fees and costs.
The prevailing plaintiff in any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of this act is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and costs to ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 761.05; Applicability; construction.
(1) This act applies to all state law, and the implementation of that law, whether statutory or otherwise, and whether adopted before or after the ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.101; Definitions.
As used in this chapter: (1) "Advance directive" means a witnessed written document or oral statement in which instructions are given by a principal or ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.102; Legislative findings and intent.
(1) The Legislature finds that every competent adult has the fundamental right of self-determination regarding decisions pertaining to his or her own health, including ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.103; Existing advance directives.
Any advance directive made prior to October 1, 1999, shall be given effect as executed, provided such directive was legally effective when ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.104; Amendment or revocation.
(1) An advance directive or designation of a surrogate may be amended or revoked at any time by a competent principal: (a) By means of ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.105; Review of surrogate or proxy's decision.
The patient's family, the health care facility, or the attending physician, or any other interested person who may reasonably be expected to be directly ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.106; Preservation of existing rights.
The provisions of this chapter are cumulative to the existing law regarding an individual's right to consent, or refuse to consent, to medical treatment ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.107; Construction.
(1) This chapter shall not be construed to repeal by implication any provision of s. 766.103, the Florida Medical Consent Law. For all purposes, ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.108; Effect with respect to insurance.
The making of an advance directive pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not affect the sale, procurement, or issuance of any policy of ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.109; Immunity from liability; weight of proof; presumption.
(1) A health care facility, provider, or other person who acts under the direction of a health care facility or provider is not subject to ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.110; Health care facilities and providers; discipline.
(1) A health care facility, pursuant to Pub. L. No. 101-508, ss. 4206 and 4751, shall provide to each patient written information concerning the ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.1103; Pain management and palliative care.
(1) A patient shall be given information concerning pain management and palliative care when he or she discusses with the attending or treating physician, or ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.1105; Transfer of a patient.
(1) A health care provider or facility that refuses to comply with a patient's advance directive, or the treatment decision of his or her ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.1115; Falsification, forgery, or willful concealment, cancellation, or destruction of directive or revocation or amendment; penalties.
(1) Any person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates, or damages an advance directive without the principal's consent or who falsifies or forges the ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.112; Recognition of advance directive executed in another state.
An advance directive executed in another state in compliance with the law of that state or of this state is validly executed for the purposes ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.113; Restrictions on providing consent.
Unless the principal expressly delegates such authority to the surrogate in writing, or a surrogate or proxy has sought and received court approval pursuant to ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.201; Short title.
Sections 765.202-765.205 may be cited as the "Florida Health Care Surrogate ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.202; Designation of a health care surrogate.
(1) A written document designating a surrogate to make health care decisions for a principal shall be signed by the principal in the presence of ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.203; Suggested form of designation.
A written designation of a health care surrogate executed pursuant to this chapter may, but need not be, in the following form: DESIGNATION OF HEALTH ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.204; Capacity of principal; procedure.
(1) A principal is presumed to be capable of making health care decisions for herself or himself unless she or he is determined to be ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.205; Responsibility of the surrogate.
(1) The surrogate, in accordance with the principal's instructions, unless such authority has been expressly limited by the principal, shall: (a) Have authority to ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.301; Short title.
Sections 765.302-765.309 may be cited as the "Life-Prolonging Procedure Act of ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.302; Procedure for making a living will; notice to physician.
(1) Any competent adult may, at any time, make a living will or written declaration and direct the providing, withholding, or withdrawal of life-prolonging ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.303; Suggested form of a living will.
(1) A living will may, BUT NEED NOT, be in the following form: Living Will Declaration made this _____ day of ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.304; Procedure for living will.
(1) If a person has made a living will expressing his or her desires concerning life-prolonging procedures, but has not designated a surrogate to ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.305; Procedure in absence of a living will.
(1) In the absence of a living will, the decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures from a patient may be made by a ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.306; Determination of patient condition.
In determining whether the patient has a terminal condition, has an end-stage condition, or is in a persistent vegetative state or may recover capacity, ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.309; Mercy killing or euthanasia not authorized; suicide distinguished.
(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing or euthanasia, or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.401; The proxy.
(1) If an incapacitated or developmentally disabled patient has not executed an advance directive, or designated a surrogate to execute an advance directive, or the ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.404; Persistent vegetative state.
For persons in a persistent vegetative state, as determined by the attending physician in accordance with currently accepted medical standards, who have no advance directive ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.510; Legislative declaration.
Because of the rapid medical progress in the fields of tissue and organ preservation, transplantation of tissue, and tissue culture, and because it is in ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.511; Definitions.
As used in this part, the term: (1) "Bank" or "storage facility" means a facility licensed, accredited, or approved under the laws of any state ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.512; Persons who may make an anatomical gift.
(1) Any person who may make a will may give all or part of his or her body for any purpose specified in s. 765....
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.513; Persons and entities that may become donees; purposes for which anatomical gifts may be made.
The following persons or entities may become donees of gifts of bodies or parts of them for the purposes stated: (1) Any hospital, surgeon, or ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.514; Manner of executing anatomical gifts.
(1) A gift of all or part of the body under s. 765.512(1) may be made by will. The gift becomes effective upon ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.515; Delivery of document; organ and tissue donor registry.
(1) If a gift is made through the program established by the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.516; Amendment of the terms of or the revocation of the gift.
(1) A donor may amend the terms of or revoke an anatomical gift by: (a) The execution and delivery to the donee of a signed ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.517; Rights and duties at death.
(1) The donee, as specified under the provisions of s. 765.515(2), may accept or reject the gift. If the donee accepts a gift ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.518; Eye banks.
(1) Any state, county, district, or other public hospital may purchase and provide the necessary facilities and equipment to establish and maintain an eye bank ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.5185; Corneal removal by medical examiners.
(1) In any case in which a patient is in need of corneal tissue for a transplant, a district medical examiner or an appropriately qualified ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.519; Enucleation of eyes by licensed funeral directors.
With respect to a gift of an eye as provided for in this part, a licensed funeral director as defined in chapter 497 who has ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.521; Donations as part of driver license or identification card process.
(1) The Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall develop and implement a program encouraging and allowing ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.5215; Education program relating to anatomical gifts.
The Agency for Health Care Administration, subject to the concurrence of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, shall develop a continuing program to ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.52155; Florida Organ and Tissue Donor Education and Procurement Trust Fund.
The Florida Organ and Tissue Donor Education and Procurement Trust Fund is hereby created, to be administered by the Agency for Health Care Administration. Funds ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.5216; Organ and tissue donor education panel.
(1) The Legislature recognizes that there exists in the state a shortage of organ and tissue donors to provide the organs and tissue that could ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.522; Duty of certain hospital administrators; liability of hospital administrators, organ procurement organizations, eye banks, and tissue banks.
(1) When used in this section, "hospital" means any establishment licensed under chapter 395 except psychiatric and rehabilitation hospitals. (2) Where, based on accepted medical ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.53; Organ Transplant Advisory Council; membership; responsibilities.
(1) There is hereby created within the Agency for Health Care Administration a statewide technical Organ Transplant Advisory Council consisting of twelve members to represent ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.541; Certification of organizations engaged in the practice of cadaveric organ and tissue procurement.
The Agency for Health Care Administration shall: (1) Establish a program for the certification of organizations, agencies, or other entities engaged in the procurement of ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.542; Certification of organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, and eye banks.
(1) An organization, agency, or other entity may not engage in the practice of organ procurement in this state without being designated as an organ ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.543; Organ and Tissue Procurement and Transplantation Advisory Board; creation; duties.
(1) There is hereby created the Organ and Tissue Procurement and Transplantation Advisory Board, which shall consist of 14 members who are appointed by and ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.544; Fees; Florida Organ and Tissue Donor Education and Procurement Trust Fund.
(1) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall collect an initial application fee of $1,000 from organ procurement organizations and tissue banks and $500 ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.545; Physician supervision of cadaveric organ and tissue procurement coordinators.
Organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, and eye banks may employ coordinators, who are registered nurses, physician's assistants, or other medically trained personnel who meet ...
- Florida Civil Rights Code Section 765.546; Procurement of cadaveric organs for transplant by out-of-state physicians.
Any physician currently licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the United States may surgically procure in this state cadaveric organs for transplant if: (1) ...
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