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• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.001; Legislative intent; public health system.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Health be responsible for the state's public health system which shall be ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0011; Duties and powers of the Department of Health.
  It is the duty of the Department of Health to: (1) Assess the public health status and needs of the state through statewide data collection ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0012; Enforcement authority.
  (1) The department may commence and maintain all proper and necessary actions and proceedings to enforce the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and may ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0013; Eminent domain.
  Whenever the department shall find it necessary to acquire private property for the use of the department and to be occupied by the department, the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0014; Regulations and ordinances superseded.
  The rules adopted by the department under the provisions of this chapter shall, as to matters of public health, supersede all rules enacted by other ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0015; Presumptions.
  The authority, action, and proceedings of the department in enforcing the rules adopted by it under the provisions of this chapter shall be regarded as ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0016; Municipal regulations and ordinances.
  Any municipality may enact, in a manner prescribed by law, health regulations and ordinances not inconsistent with state public health laws and rules adopted by ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0017; Purchase, lease, and sale of real property.
  (1) The department may purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land and buildings and take a deed thereto in the name of the state, for the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0018; Application for and acceptance of gifts or grants.
  The department may apply for and accept any funds, grants, gifts, or services made available to it by any agency or department of the Federal ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0019; Disposition of equipment and material; transfers to county health departments.
  When the department purchases equipment and materials in furtherance of its public health programs from state or federal or state and federal funds for primary ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.002; Grant of title to prescriptive medical personal property to client.
  Legal title to prescriptive medical personal property purchased by the department for the use or benefit of a particular client of the department may, pursuant ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0021; Client welfare accounts.
  The Department of Health may establish one or more client welfare accounts in any bank, savings and loan association, or credit union. If one account ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0022; Sharing confidential or exempt information.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Health and the Department of Children and Family Services may share confidential ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0025; Penalties.
  (1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, any quarantine, or any rule adopted by the department under the provisions of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.003; Communicable disease and AIDS prevention and control.
  (1) The department shall conduct a communicable disease prevention and control program as part of fulfilling its public health mission. A communicable disease is any ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0031; Report of diseases of public health significance to department.
  (1) Any practitioner licensed in this state to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, chiropractic medicine, naturopathy, or veterinary medicine; any hospital licensed under part I of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.00315; Public health advisories; public health emergencies.
  The State Health Officer is responsible for declaring public health emergencies and issuing public health advisories. (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) "...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0032; Epidemiological research.
  (1) The department may conduct studies concerning the epidemiology of diseases of public health significance, such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome and other diseases in ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.00325; Hepatitis A awareness program.
  The Department of Health shall develop a Hepatitis A awareness program. This program shall include information regarding the appropriate education of the public and information ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0034; Requirement for instruction on HIV and AIDS.
  (1) As of July 1, 1991, the Department of Health shall require each person licensed or certified under chapter 401, chapter 467, part IV of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0035; Educational course on HIV and AIDS; employees and clients of certain health care facilities.
  (1) The Department of Health shall require all employees and clients of facilities licensed under chapters 393, 394, and 397 and employees of facilities licensed ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0036; Planning for implementation of educational requirements concerning HIV and AIDS for specified applicants for professional licensure.
  The Department of Business and Professional Regulation and the Department of Health are hereby directed to begin planning for the implementation of the sections of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0037; Findings; intent.
  The Legislature finds that acquired immune deficiency syndrome, otherwise known as AIDS, constitutes a serious and unique danger to the public health and welfare. The ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0038; Education.
  The Department of Health shall establish a program to educate the public about the threat of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (1) The acquired immune deficiency ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0039; Oversight of AIDS education programs.
  The Department of Education, the Department of Health, and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation are directed to establish an interagency agreement to oversee ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.004; HIV testing.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--The Legislature finds that the use of tests designed to reveal a condition indicative of human immunodeficiency virus infection can be a ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0041; Donation and transfer of human tissue; testing requirements.
  (1) Every donation of blood, plasma, organs, skin, or other human tissue for transfusion or transplantation to another shall be tested prior to transfusion or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0042; Patient care for persons with HIV infection.
  The department may establish acquired immune deficiency syndrome patient care networks in each region of the state where the numbers of cases of acquired immune ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0043; Blood Donor Protection Act; blood and blood component donors; confidentiality.
  (1) This section may be cited as the "Blood Donor Protection Act." (2) A blood bank, a subsidiary or affiliate of a blood bank, an ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0045; Targeted outreach for pregnant women.
  (1) This section may be cited as the "Targeted Outreach for Pregnant Women Act of 1998." (2) It is the purpose of this section to ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0046; Statewide HIV and AIDS prevention campaign.
  (1) The Department of Health shall develop and implement a statewide HIV and AIDS prevention campaign that is directed towards minorities who are at risk ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.005; Primary and preventive health services.
  (1) The department shall conduct a primary and preventive health care program as part of fulfilling its public health mission. This program shall include, but ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0051; Family planning.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section shall be known as the "Comprehensive Family Planning Act." (2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is the intent of the Legislature to ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0052; Dental health.
  (1) This section shall be known as the "Public Health Dental Program Act." (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to make available dental ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0053; Comprehensive nutrition program.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to make available nutrition information to promote health and prevent disease for the citizens of the state ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0054; Healthy lifestyles promotion.
  (1) The Department of Health shall promote healthy lifestyles to reduce the prevalence of excess weight gain and obesity in Florida by implementing appropriate physical ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0055; Confidentiality and quality assurance activities.
  (1) All information which is confidential by operation of law and which is obtained by the Department of Health, a county health department, healthy start ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0056; School health services program.
  (1) This section may be cited as the "School Health Services Act." (2) The Legislature finds that health services conducted as a part of the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0057; Funding for school health services.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds in addition to those provided under the School Health Services Act be provided to those ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0059; Background screening requirements for school health services personnel.
  (1) Pursuant to the provisions of chapter 435, any person who provides services under a school health services plan pursuant to s. 381.0056 must ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.00591; Department of Health; National Environmental Laboratory accreditation; application; rules.
  The Department of Health may apply for and become a National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program accrediting authority. The department, as an accrediting entity, may adopt ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.00593; Public school volunteer health care practitioner program.
  (1) This section may be cited as the "Public School Volunteer Health Care Practitioner Act." (2) The purpose of this section is to establish a ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.006; Environmental health.
  The department shall conduct an environmental health program as part of fulfilling the state's public health mission. The purpose of this program is to ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0061; Administrative fines.
  (1) In addition to any administrative action authorized by chapter 120 or by other law, the department may impose a fine, which shall not exceed $...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0062; Supervision; private and certain public water systems.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is the intent of the Legislature to protect the public's health by establishing standards for the construction, modification, and operation ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0063; Drinking water funds.
  All fees and penalties received from suppliers of water pursuant to ss. 403.860(5) and 403.861(8) shall be deposited in the appropriate ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0064; Continuing education courses for persons installing or servicing septic tanks.
  (1) The Department of Health shall establish a program for continuing education which meets the purposes of ss. 381.0101 and 489.554 regarding the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0065; Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems; regulation.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is the intent of the Legislature that where a publicly owned or investor-owned sewerage system is not available, the department ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.00655; Connection of existing onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems to central sewerage system; requirements.
  (1)(a) The owner of a properly functioning onsite sewage treatment and disposal system, excluding an approved onsite graywater system, must connect the system or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0066; Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems; fees.
  (1) The department may collect fees for services provided with respect to onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems. The total fees assessed under this section ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0067; Corrective orders; private and certain public water systems and onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems.
  When the department or its agents, through investigation, find that any private water system, public water system not covered or included in the Florida Safe ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0068; Technical review and advisory panel.
  (1) The Department of Health shall, by July 1, 1996, establish and staff a technical review and advisory panel to assist the department with rule ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0072; Food service protection.
  It shall be the duty of the Department of Health to adopt and enforce sanitation rules consistent with law to ensure the protection of the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0075; Regulation of body-piercing salons.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is the intent of the Legislature to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public from the spread of infectious ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.008; Definitions of terms used in ss. 381.008-381.00897.
  As used in ss. 381.008-381.00897, the following words and phrases mean: (1) "Common areas"--That portion of a migrant labor camp or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0081; Permit required to operate a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing; penalties for unlawful establishment or operation; allocation of proceeds.
  (1) MIGRANT LABOR CAMP; PERMIT REQUIREMENT.--A person who establishes, maintains, or operates a migrant labor camp in this state without first having obtained a ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0082; Application for permit to operate migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing.
  Application for a permit to establish, operate, or maintain a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing must be made to the department in writing ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0083; Permit for migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing.
  Any person who is planning to construct, enlarge, remodel, use, or occupy a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing or convert property for use ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0084; Application fees for migrant labor camps and residential migrant housing.
  (1) Each migrant labor camp operator or owner of residential migrant housing who is subject to s. 381.0081 shall pay to the department the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0085; Revocation of permit to operate migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing.
  The department may revoke a permit authorizing the operation of a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing if it finds the holder has failed ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0086; Rules; variances; penalties.
  (1) The department shall adopt rules necessary to protect the health and safety of migrant farmworkers and other migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0087; Enforcement; citations.
  (1) Department personnel may issue citations that contain an order of correction or an order to pay a fine, or both, for violations of ss. ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0088; Right of entry.
  The department or its inspectors may enter and inspect migrant labor camps or residential migrant housing at reasonable hours and investigate such facts, conditions, and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.00893; Complaints by aggrieved parties.
  Any person who believes that the housing violates any provision of ss. 381.008-381.00895 or rules adopted thereunder may file a complaint with ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.00895; Prohibited acts; application.
  (1) An owner or operator of housing subject to the provisions of ss. 381.008-381.00897 may not, for the purpose of retaliating against ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.00896; Nondiscrimination.
  (1) The Legislature declares that it is the policy of this state that each county and municipality must permit and encourage the development and use ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.00897; Access to migrant labor camps and residential migrant housing.
  (1) RIGHT OF ACCESS OF INVITED GUEST.--A resident of a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing may decide who may visit him or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.009; Toilets required by department regulations; charge for use of prohibited.
  No place of employment or place serving the public shall make a charge for the use of any toilet which is required to be provided ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0091; Separate restrooms and separate dressing rooms for males and females.
  (1) Any business may designate separate restrooms and separate dressing rooms for males and for females and may prohibit any female from using a restroom ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0098; Biomedical waste.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is the intent of the Legislature to protect the public health by establishing standards for the safe packaging, transport, storage, treatment, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0101; Environmental health professionals.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--Persons responsible for providing technical and scientific evaluations of environmental health and sanitary conditions in business establishments and communities throughout the state ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0201; Technical and support services.
  The department shall establish certain technical and support programs to enable the county health departments and other public or private agencies to carry out the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0202; Laboratory services.
  (1) The department may establish and maintain, in suitable and convenient places in the state, laboratories for microbiological and chemical analyses and any other purposes ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0203; Pharmacy services.
  (1) The department may contract on a statewide basis for the purchase of drugs, as defined in s. 499.003, to be used by state ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0204; Vital statistics.
  The department shall provide for a statewide vital statistics program pursuant to chapter ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0205; Emergency medical services.
  The department shall provide for a statewide emergency medical services program pursuant to chapters 395 and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.026; Florida Patient's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "Florida Patient's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities." (2) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0261; Summary of patient's bill of rights; distribution; penalty.
  (1) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall have printed and made continuously available to health care facilities licensed under chapter 395, physicians licensed under ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0271; Florida Patient Safety Corporation.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: (a) "Adverse incident" has the same meanings provided in ss. 395.0197, 458.351, and 459....
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0273; Public records exemption for patient safety data.
  (1) Information that identifies a patient and that is contained in patient safety data, as defined in s. 766.1016, or in other records held ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.028; Adverse medical incidents.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "Patients' Right-to-Know About Adverse Medical Incidents Act." (2) PURPOSE.--It is the purpose ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0301; Education and resource development.
  (1) The department shall foster the recruitment, retention, and continuing education and training of health professionals and managers needed to administer the public health mission. ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0302; Florida Health Services Corps.
  (1) To encourage qualified medical professionals to practice in underserved locations where there are shortages of such personnel, the Legislature establishes the Florida Health Services ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0303; Special needs shelters.
  (1) PURPOSE.--The purpose of this section is to provide for the operation and closure of special needs shelters and to designate the Department of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.04015; Women's Health Strategy; legislative intent; duties of Officer of Women's Health Strategy; other state agency duties.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--The Legislature recognizes that the health care needs of women are gender-specific and that public policy must take into account the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0402; Area health education center network.
  The department, in cooperation with the state-approved medical schools in this state, shall organize an area health education center network based on earlier medically ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0403; The Community Hospital Education Act.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section shall be known and cited as "The Community Hospital Education Act." (2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.-- (a) It is the intent of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0404; Center for Health Technologies.
  (1)(a) There is hereby established the Center for Health Technologies, to be located at and administered by a statutory teaching hospital located in Dade ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0405; Office of Rural Health.
  (1) ESTABLISHMENT.--The Department of Health shall establish an Office of Rural Health. The Office of Rural Health shall coordinate its activities with the area ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0406; Rural health networks.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.-- (a) The Legislature finds that, in rural areas, access to health care is limited and the quality of health care ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.04065; Rural health network cooperative agreements.
  (1) INTENT.--It is the Legislature's intent that, to the extent necessary to foster the development of rural health networks as provided for in ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0407; Managed care and publicly funded primary care program coordination.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "Managed Care and Publicly Funded Primary Care Program Coordination Act." (2) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.--...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.045; Hepatitis B or HIV carriers.
  The Department of Health shall have the authority to establish procedures to handle, counsel, and provide other services to health care professionals licensed or certified ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0601; Self-derived and directed-donor blood programs.
  (1) Any person residing in this state shall be entitled and allowed to participate in a program to donate his or her own blood, in ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.06014; Blood establishments.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "blood establishment" means any person, entity, or organization, operating within the state, which examines an individual for ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.06015; Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank.
  (1) There is established a statewide consortium to be known as the Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank. The Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank is established ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.0605; Survey of state hospital facilities; Agency for Health Care Administration.
  (1) The Agency for Health Care Administration is designated as the sole agency of the state to carry out the purposes of and administer the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.1001; Short title; Florida Community Health Protection Act.
  Sections 381.1001-381.103 may be cited as the "Florida Community Health Protection ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.1015; Community Environmental Health Program; creation; purposes.
  (1) There is created the Community Environmental Health Program. The primary purpose of the program is to ensure the availability of public health services to ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.102; Community Health pilot projects.
  (1) The Legislature has determined that: (a) The state is committed to the economic, environmental, and public health revitalization of its communities; (b) Measures to ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.103; Community Health Pilot Projects; duties of department.
  To the extent feasible, the department may: (1) Assist the pilot projects in development and implementation of their community programs by acting as the granting ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.60225; Background screening.
  (1) Each applicant for certification must comply with the following requirements: (a) Upon receipt of a completed, signed, and dated application, the Agency for Health ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.731; Strategic planning.
  The Department of Health shall include population-based health-promotion strategies in the department's strategic plan developed under 1s. 186.021. The strategic plan ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.732; Short title; Healthy Communities, Healthy People Act.
  Sections 381.731-381.734 may be cited as the "Healthy Communities, Healthy People ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.733; Definitions relating to Healthy Communities, Healthy People Act.
  As used in ss. 381.731-381.734, the term: (1) "Department" means the Department of Health. (2) "Primary prevention" means interventions directed toward healthy ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.734; Healthy Communities, Healthy People Program.
  (1) The department shall develop and implement the Healthy Communities, Healthy People Program, a comprehensive and community-based health promotion and wellness program. The program ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.7351; Short title; Closing the Gap Act.
  Sections 381.7351-381.7356 may be cited as the "Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Closing the Gap ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.7352; Legislative findings and intent.
  (1) The Legislature finds that despite state investments in health care programs, certain racial and ethnic populations in Florida continue to have significantly poorer health ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.7353; Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Closing the Gap grant program; administration; department duties.
  (1) The Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Closing the Gap grant program shall be administered by the Department of Health. (2) The department shall: (...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.7354; Eligibility.
  (1) Any person, entity, or organization within a county may apply for a Closing the Gap grant and may serve as the lead agency to ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.7355; Project requirements; review criteria.
  (1) Closing the Gap grant proposals shall be submitted to the Department of Health for review. (2) A proposal must include each of the following ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.7356; Local matching funds; grant awards.
  (1) One or more Closing the Gap grants may be awarded in a county, or in a group of adjoining counties from which a multicounty ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.736; Florida Healthy People 2010 Program.
  (1) The Department of Health shall, using existing resources, monitor and report Florida's status on the Healthy People 2010 goals and objectives currently tracked ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.739; Short title; Charlie Mack Overstreet Brain or Spinal Cord Injuries Act.
  Sections 381.739-381.79 may be cited as the "Charlie Mack Overstreet Brain or Spinal Cord Injuries ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.7395; Legislative intent.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the referral of individuals who have moderate-to-severe brain or spinal cord injuries to the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.74; Establishment and maintenance of a central registry.
  The department shall establish and maintain a central registry of persons who have moderate-to-severe brain or spinal cord injuries. (1) Every public health ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.745; Definitions; ss. 381.739-381.79.
  As used in ss. 381.739-381.79, the term: (1) "Activity of daily living" means an activity required on a frequent basis which permits ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.75; Duties and responsibilities of the department, of transitional living facilities, and of residents.
  Consistent with the mandate of s. 381.7395, the department shall develop and administer a multilevel treatment program for individuals who sustain brain or spinal ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.755; Benefits not assignable.
  The right of an eligible individual to any services provided by the brain and spinal cord injury program is not transferable or assignable, and any ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.76; Eligibility for the brain and spinal cord injury program.
  (1) An individual shall be accepted as eligible for the brain and spinal cord injury program following certification by the department that the individual: (a) ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.765; Retention of title to and disposal of equipment.
  (1) The department may retain title to any property, tools, instruments, training supplies, equipment, or other items of value acquired for services provided under the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.77; Nursing home residents, age 55 and under; annual survey.
  The department shall conduct an annual survey of nursing homes in the state to determine the number of persons 55 years of age and under ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.775; Applicant and recipient records; confidential and privileged.
  (1) All oral and written records, information, letters, and reports received, made, or maintained by the department relative to any applicant for or recipient of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.78; Advisory council on brain and spinal cord injuries.
  (1) There is created within the department a 16-member advisory council on brain and spinal cord injuries. The council shall be composed of a ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.785; Recovery of third-party payments for funded services.
  (1) Third-party coverage for funded services constitutes primary coverage. (2) An applicant for or recipient of services funded under the brain and spinal cord ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.79; Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Trust Fund.
  (1) There is created in the State Treasury the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Trust Fund. Moneys in the fund shall be appropriated to ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.795; Long-term community-based supports.
  The department shall, contingent upon specific appropriations for these purposes: (1) Study the long-term needs for community-based supports and services for individuals who ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.815; Sickle-cell program.
  The Department of Health shall, to the extent that resources are available: (1) Provide education to the citizens of Florida about sickle-cell disease. (2) ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.83; Trade secrets; confidentiality.
  Records, reports, or information obtained from any person under this chapter, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be available to the public, except upon a ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.85; Biomedical and social research.
  (1) SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE AND INTENT.-- (a) This section may be cited as the "Florida Biomedical and Social Research Act." (b) The purpose of this ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.853; Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research.
  (1) The Legislature finds that each year an estimated 190,000 citizens of the United States are diagnosed with cancerous and noncancerous brain tumors and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.8531; Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research; public records exemption.
  (1) The following information held by the Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.855; Florida Center for Universal Research to Eradicate Disease.
  (1) The Legislature finds that an estimated 128 million Americans suffer from acute, chronic, and degenerative diseases and that biomedical research is the key to ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.86; Institutional Review Board.
  (1) The Institutional Review Board is created within the Department of Health in order to satisfy federal requirements under 45 C.F.R. part 46 ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.87; Osteoporosis prevention and education program.
  (1) The Department of Health, using available federal funds, state funds appropriated for that purpose, or other available funding as provided for in this section, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.88; Insect sting emergency treatment.
  (1) This section may be cited as the "Insect Sting Emergency Treatment Act." (2) The purpose of this section is to provide for the certification ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.89; Regulation of tanning facilities.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) "Tanning facility" means a place of business which provides access to a tanning device by customers. (b) "Department" ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.895; Standards for compressed air used for recreational diving.
  (1) The Department of Health shall establish maximum allowable levels for contaminants in compressed air used for recreational sport diving in this state. In developing ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.90; Health Information Systems Council; legislative intent; creation, appointment, duties.
  (1) The Legislature finds that it is in the state's interest to create a council consisting of executive-level managers for the state's ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.91; Jessie Trice Cancer Prevention Program.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to: (a) Reduce the rates of illness and death from lung cancer and other cancers and improve ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.911; Prostate Cancer Awareness Program.
  (1) To the extent that funds are specifically made available for this purpose, the Prostate Cancer Awareness Program is established within the Department of Health. ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.912; Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force.
  (1) Effective July 1, 2004, the Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force is established for the purpose of recommending strategies and actions to reduce the costs ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.92; Florida Cancer Council.
  (1) Effective July 1, 2004, the Florida Cancer Council within the Department of Health is established for the purpose of making the state a center ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.921; Florida Cancer Council mission and duties.
  The council, which shall work in concert with the Florida Center for Universal Research to Eradicate Disease to ensure that the goals of the center ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.922; William G. "Bill" Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program.
  (1) The William G. "Bill" Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program, which may be otherwise cited as the "Bankhead-Coley Program," is created ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.93; Breast and cervical cancer early detection program.
  This section may be cited as the "Mary Brogan Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Act." (1) It is the intent of the Legislature ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.931; Annual report on Medicaid expenditures.
  The Department of Health and the Agency for Health Care Administration shall monitor the total Medicaid expenditures for services made under this act. If Medicaid ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.95; Medical facility information maintained for terrorism response purposes; confidentiality.
  (1) Any information identifying or describing the name, location, pharmaceutical cache, contents, capacity, equipment, physical features, or capabilities of individual medical facilities, storage facilities, or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.98; The Florida Public Health Foundation, Inc.; establishment; purpose; mission; duties; board of directors.
  (1) The Florida Public Health Foundation, Inc., referred to in this section as "the corporation," is established for the purpose of disseminating breakthrough findings in ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.981; Health awareness campaigns.
  (1) The Florida Public Health Foundation, Inc., in consultation with the Department of Health, shall coordinate monthly health awareness campaigns with national, state, and local ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.982; Short title.
  This act may be cited as the "Lead Poisoning Prevention Screening and Education ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.983; Definitions.
  As used in this act, the term: (1) "Affected property" means a room or group of rooms within a property constructed before January 1, 1960, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.984; Educational programs.
  (1) LEAD POISONING PREVENTION EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.--In order to achieve the purposes of this act, a statewide, multifaceted, ongoing educational program designed to meet ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 381.985; Screening program.
  (1) The secretary shall establish a program for early identification of persons at risk of having elevated blood-lead levels. Such program shall systematically screen ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.001; Short title.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Florida Vital Statistics ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.002; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth" means a certificate issued to record and memorialize the birth of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.003; Powers and duties of the department.
  The department may: (1) Establish an Office of Vital Statistics under the direction of a State Registrar for the uniform and efficient registration, compilation, storage, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.004; Reproduction and destruction of records.
  (1) The department is authorized to photograph, microphotograph, reproduce on film, or reproduce by electronic means vital records in such a manner that the data ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.005; Duties of local registrars.
  (1) Each local registrar is charged with the strict and thorough enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted hereunder in his or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.006; Burial-transit permit.
  (1) The funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead body or fetus must obtain a burial-transit permit prior to final disposition and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.007; Final dispositions prohibited without burial-transit permit; records of dead bodies disposed.
  A person in charge of any premises on which final dispositions are made shall not inter or permit the interment or other disposition of any ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.008; Death and fetal death registration.
  (1) A certificate for each death and fetal death which occurs in this state shall be filed on a form prescribed by the department with ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.0085; Stillbirth registration.
  (1) For any stillborn child in this state, the department shall, within 60 days, issue a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth upon the request ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.009; Recognition of brain death under certain circumstances.
  (1) For legal and medical purposes, where respiratory and circulatory functions are maintained by artificial means of support so as to preclude a determination that ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.011; Medical examiner determination of cause of death.
  (1) In the case of any death or fetal death due to causes or conditions listed in s. 406.11, or where the death occurred ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.012; Presumptive death certificate.
  (1) "Presumptive death" means a determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that: (a) A death of a resident of this state has occurred or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.013; Birth registration.
  A certificate for each live birth that occurs in this state shall be filed within 5 days after such birth with the local registrar of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.0135; Social security numbers; enumeration-at-birth program.
  The department shall make arrangements with the United States Social Security Administration to participate in the voluntary enumeration-at-birth program. The State Registrar is ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.015; New certificates of live birth; duty of clerks of court and department.
  The clerk of the court in which any proceeding for adoption, annulment of an adoption, affirmation of parental status, or determination of paternity is to ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.016; Amendment of records.
  The department, upon receipt of the fee prescribed in s. 382.0255; documentary evidence, as specified by rule, of any misstatement, error, or omission occurring ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.017; Foreign births.
  (1) Upon request, the department shall prepare and register a certificate of foreign birth for an adoptee born in a foreign country who is not ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.019; Delayed registration; administrative procedures.
  (1) Registration after 1 year is a delayed registration, and the department may, upon receipt of an application and the fee required under s. 382....
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.0195; Court-issued delayed birth certificate.
  (1) In addition to the provisions of s. 382.019, any state resident or person born in this state who does not have a birth ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.021; Department to receive marriage licenses.
  On or before the 5th day of each month, the county court judge or clerk of the circuit court shall transmit all original marriage licenses, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.022; Marriage application fees.
  Upon the receipt of each application for the issuance of a marriage license, the county court judge or clerk of the circuit court shall, pursuant ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.023; Department to receive dissolution-of-marriage records; fees.
  Clerks of the circuit courts shall collect for their services at the time of the filing of a final judgment of dissolution of marriage a ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.025; Certified copies of vital records; confidentiality; research.
  (1) BIRTH RECORDS.--Except for birth records over 100 years old which are not under seal pursuant to court order, all birth records of this ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.0255; Fees.
  (1) The department is entitled to fees, as follows: (a) Not less than $3 or more than $5 for the first calendar year of records ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.026; Penalties.
  (1) Any person who willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a certificate, record, or report required by this chapter, or in an application ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.355; Birth records of missing children, registrars' duties.
  The flagging of a missing child's birth certificate record and the procedures to be used when requests for the record are made shall be ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.356; Protocol for sharing certain birth certificate information.
  In order to facilitate the prosecution of offenses under s. 794.011, s. 794.05, s. 800.04, or s. 827.04(3), the Department ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 382.357; Electronic filing of birth certificate information.
  The Department of Health, Department of Revenue, Florida Hospital Association, Florida Association of Court Clerks, and one or more local registrars shall study the feasibility ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.011; Administration of maternal and child health programs.
  (1) The Department of Health is designated as the state agency for: (a) Administering or providing for maternal and child health services to provide periodic ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.0115; The Commission on Marriage and Family Support Initiatives.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.--The Legislature finds that: (a) Families in this state deserve respect and support. Children need support and guidance from both ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.013; Prenatal care.
  The Department of Health shall: (1) Provide a statewide prenatal care program for low-income pregnant women, which includes early, regular prenatal care by practitioners ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.015; Breastfeeding.
  The breastfeeding of a baby is an important and basic act of nurture which must be encouraged in the interests of maternal and child health ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.016; Breastfeeding policy for "baby-friendly" facilities providing maternity services and newborn infant care.
  A facility lawfully providing maternity services or newborn infant care may use the designation "baby-friendly" on its promotional materials if the facility has complied ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.04; Prophylactic required for eyes of infants.
  Every physician, midwife, or other person in attendance at the birth of a child in the state is required to instill or have instilled into ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.06; Report of inflammation or discharge in infant's eyes.
  Any person who shall nurse or attend any infant shall report any inflammation or unnatural discharge in the eyes of said child that shall develop ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.07; Penalty for violation.
  Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of ss. 383.04-383.06 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.11; Reports.
  The laboratory report on the serological test shall be made on a form to be provided by the Department of Health. In submitting the sample ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.13; Use of information by department.
  The Department of Health shall be authorized to use the information derived from pregnancy serological tests for such followup procedures as are required by law ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.14; Screening for metabolic disorders, other hereditary and congenital disorders, and environmental risk factors.
  (1) SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.--To help ensure access to the maternal and child health care system, the Department of Health shall promote the screening of all ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.145; Newborn and infant hearing screening.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--The intent of this section is to provide a statewide comprehensive and coordinated interdisciplinary program of early hearing impairment screening, identification, and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.15; Legislative intent; perinatal intensive care services.
  The Legislature finds and declares that many perinatal diseases and disabilities have debilitating, costly, and often fatal consequences if left untreated. Many of these debilitating ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.16; Definitions; ss. 383.15-383.21.
  As used in ss. 383.15-383.21, the term: (1) "Department" means the Department of Health. (2) "Regional perinatal intensive care center" or "center" ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.17; Regional perinatal intensive care centers program; authority.
  The department may contract with health care providers in establishing and maintaining centers in accordance with ss. 383.15-383.21. The cost of administering ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.18; Contracts; conditions.
  Participation in the regional perinatal intensive care centers program under ss. 383.15-383.21 is contingent upon the department entering into a contract with ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.19; Standards; funding; ineligibility.
  (1) The department shall adopt rules that specify standards for development and operation of a center which include, but are not limited to: (a) The ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.21; Program review.
  At least annually during the contract period, the department shall evaluate the services rendered by each center. The department shall submit an annual programmatic and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.216; Community-based prenatal and infant health care.
  (1) The Department of Health shall cooperate with localities which wish to establish prenatal and infant health care coalitions, and shall acknowledge and incorporate, if ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.2161; Maternal and child health report.
  The Department of Health annually shall compile and analyze the risk information collected by the Office of Vital Statistics and the district prenatal and infant ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.30; Birth Center Licensure Act; short title.
  Sections 383.30-383.335 shall be known and may be cited as the "Birth Center Licensure ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.301; Licensure and regulation of birth centers; legislative intent.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the protection of public health and safety in the establishment, maintenance, and operation of birth ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.302; Definitions of terms used in ss. 383.30-383.335.
  As used in ss. 383.30-383.335, the term: (1) "Agency" means the Agency for Health Care Administration. (2) "Birth center" means any facility, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.304; Licensure requirement for birth centers.
  (1) A person or governmental unit may not establish, conduct, or maintain a birth center in this state without first obtaining a license under s. ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.305; Licensure; issuance, renewal, denial, suspension, revocation; fees; background screening.
  (1)(a) Upon receipt of an application for a license and the license fee, the agency shall issue a license if the applicant and facility ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.307; Administration of birth center.
  (1) Each birth center shall have a governing body which is responsible for the overall operation and maintenance of the birth center. (a) The governing ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.308; Birth center facility and equipment; requirements.
  (1) A birth center shall be so designed to assure adequate provision for birthing rooms, bath and toilet facilities, storage areas for supplies and equipment, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.309; Minimum standards for birth centers; rules and enforcement.
  (1) The agency shall adopt and enforce rules to administer ss. 383.30-383.335, which rules shall include, but are not limited to, reasonable ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.31; Selection of clients; informed consent.
  (1)(a) A birth center may accept only those patients who are expected to have normal pregnancies, labors, and deliveries. (b) The criteria for the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.3105; Patients consenting to adoptions; protocols.
  (1) Each licensed facility shall adopt a protocol that at a minimum provides for facility staff to be knowledgeable of the waiting periods, revocation and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.311; Education and orientation for birth center clients and their families.
  (1) The clients and their families shall be fully informed of the policies and procedures of the birth center, including, but not limited to, policies ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.312; Prenatal care of birth center clients.
  (1) A birth center shall ensure that its clients have adequate prenatal care, as defined by the agency, and shall ensure that serological tests are ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.313; Performance of laboratory and surgical services; use of anesthetic and chemical agents.
  (1) LABORATORY SERVICES.--A birth center may collect specimens for those tests that are requested under protocol. A birth center may perform simple laboratory tests, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.315; Agreements with consultants for advice or services; maintenance.
  (1) A birth center shall maintain in writing a consultation agreement, signed within the current license year, with each consultant who has agreed to provide ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.316; Transfer and transport of clients to hospitals.
  (1) If unforeseen complications arise during labor, the client shall be transferred to a hospital. (2) Each licensed facility shall make arrangements with a local ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.318; Postpartum care for birth center clients and infants.
  (1) A mother and her infant shall be dismissed from the birth center within 24 hours after the birth of the infant, except in unusual ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.32; Clinical records.
  (1) Clinical records shall contain information prescribed by rule, including, but not limited to: (a) Identifying information. (b) Risk assessments. (c) Information relating to prenatal ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.324; Inspections and investigations; inspection fees.
  (1) The agency shall make or cause to be made such inspections and investigations as it deems necessary. (2) Each facility licensed under s. 383....
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.325; Inspection reports.
  (1) Each licensed facility shall maintain as public information, available upon request, records of all inspection reports pertaining to that facility which have been filed ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.327; Birth and death records; reports.
  (1) A completed certificate of birth shall be filed with the local registrar within 5 days of each birth in accordance with chapter 382. (2) ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.33; Administrative penalties; emergency orders; moratorium on admissions.
  (1)(a) The agency may deny, revoke, or suspend a license, or impose an administrative fine not to exceed $500 per violation per day, for ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.331; Injunctive relief.
  Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the agency may maintain an action in the name of the state for injunction or other ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.332; Establishing, managing, or operating a birth center without a license; penalty.
  Any person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates any birth center facility without a license under s. 383.305 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.335; Partial exemptions.
  (1) Any facility which was providing obstetrical and gynecological surgical services and was owned and operated by a board-certified obstetrician on June 15, 1984, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.336; Provider hospitals; practice parameters; peer review board.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "provider hospital" means a hospital in which there annually occur 30 or more births that are paid ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.3361; Limitations on civil and administrative liability.
  Nothing in this act shall serve as the basis for any civil or administrative action, nor as evidence of a standard of care or compliance ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.3362; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
  (1) FINDINGS AND INTENT.--The Legislature recognizes that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is a leading cause of death among children under the age ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.33625; Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act; disposition of fetus; notification; forms developed.
  (1) This section shall be known by the popular name the "Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act." (2) A health care practitioner licensed pursuant to chapter ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.402; Child abuse death review; State Child Abuse Death Review Committee; local child abuse death review committees.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a statewide multidisciplinary, multiagency child abuse death assessment and prevention system that consists of state ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.412; Public records and public meetings exemptions.
  (1)(a) Any information that reveals the identity of the surviving siblings, family members, or others living in the home of a deceased child who ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.50; Treatment of abandoned newborn infant.
  (1) As used in this section, the term "newborn infant" means a child that a licensed physician reasonably believes to be approximately 3 days old ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 383.51; Confidentiality; identification of parent leaving newborn infant at hospital, emergency medical services station, or fire station.
  The identity of a parent who leaves a newborn infant at a hospital, emergency medical services station, or fire station in accordance with s. 383....
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.21; Short title.
  This chapter may be cited as the "Control of Sexually Transmissible Disease ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.22; Findings; intent.
  The Legislature finds and declares that sexually transmissible diseases constitute a serious and sometimes fatal threat to the public and individual health and welfare of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.23; Definitions.
  (1) "Department" means the Department of Health. (2) "County health department" means agencies and entities as designated in chapter 154. (3) "Sexually transmissible disease" means ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.24; Unlawful acts.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person who has chancroid, gonorrhea, granuloma inguinale, lymphogranuloma venereum, genital herpes simplex, chlamydia, nongonococcal urethritis (NGU), pelvic inflammatory disease (...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.25; Reporting required.
  (1) Each person who makes a diagnosis of or treats a person with a sexually transmissible disease and each laboratory that performs a test that ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.26; Contact investigation.
  (1) The department and its authorized representatives may interview, or cause to be interviewed, all persons infected or suspected of being infected with a sexually ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.27; Physical examination and treatment.
  (1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (3) and (4), the department and its authorized representatives may examine or cause to be examined persons suspected ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.28; Hospitalization, placement, and residential isolation.
  (1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3), the department may petition the circuit court to order a person to be isolated, hospitalized, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.281; Prehearing detention.
  (1) The department may file a petition before a circuit court requesting that a prehearing detention order be placed on a person when the department ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.282; Naming of parties.
  (1) When requesting an order from a circuit court under the provisions of s. 384.27, s. 384.28, or s. 384.281, the department ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.283; Service of notice and processes; sheriff to deliver person to state program.
  (1) All notices required to be given, all petitions and warrants, and all processes issued and all orders entered pursuant to ss. 384.27, 384....
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.284; Forms to be developed.
  The department shall develop and furnish to the circuit court all forms necessary under ss. 384.27, 384.28, and 384.281, and the court ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.285; Right of appeal; immediate release.
  (1) Any person who is aggrieved by the entry of an order under s. 384.27, s. 384.28, or s. 384.281 shall have ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.286; Temporary leave.
  Persons who have been hospitalized, placed in another health care or residential facility, or isolated in their residences may be granted a short-term temporary ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.287; Screening for sexually transmissible disease.
  (1) An officer as defined in s. 943.10(14); support personnel as defined in s. 943.10(11) who are employed by the Department ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.288; Fees and other compensation; payment by board of county commissioners.
  (1) For the services required to be performed under the provisions of ss. 384.27, 384.28, and 384.281, compensation shall be paid as ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.29; Confidentiality.
  (1) All information and records held by the department or its authorized representatives relating to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible diseases are strictly ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.30; Minors' consent to treatment.
  (1) The department and its authorized representatives, each physician licensed to practice medicine under the provisions of chapter 458 or chapter 459, each health care ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.31; Testing of pregnant women; duty of the attendant.
  Every person, including every physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 or midwife licensed under part I of chapter 464 or chapter 467, attending ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.32; Prisoners.
  (1) The department and its authorized representatives may, at its discretion, enter any state, county, or municipal detention facility to interview, examine, and treat any ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.33; Rules.
  The department may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this chapter. The rules may include ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 384.34; Penalties.
  (1) Any person who violates the provisions of s. 384.24(1) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775....
• Florida Public Health Code Section 385.101; Short title.
  Sections 385.101-385.103 may be cited as the "Chronic Diseases ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 385.102; Legislative intent.
  It is the finding of the Legislature that: (1) Chronic diseases exist in high proportions among the people of this state. These chronic diseases include, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 385.103; Community intervention programs.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: (a) "Chronic disease prevention and control program" means a program including a combination of the following ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 385.202; Statewide cancer registry.
  (1) Each facility licensed under chapter 395 and each freestanding radiation therapy center as defined in s. 408.07 shall report to the Department of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 385.203; Diabetes Advisory Council; creation; function; membership.
  (1) To guide a statewide comprehensive approach to diabetes prevention, diagnosis, education, care, treatment, impact, and costs thereof, there is created a Diabetes Advisory Council ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 385.204; Insulin; purchase, distribution; penalty for fraudulent application for and obtaining of insulin.
  (1) The Department of Health shall purchase and distribute insulin through its agents or other appropriate agent of the state or Federal Government in any ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 385.206; Hematology-oncology care center program.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section: (a) "Department" means the Department of Health. (b) "Hematology" means the study, diagnosis, and treatment of blood and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 385.207; Care and assistance of persons with epilepsy; establishment of programs in epilepsy control.
  (1) The Legislature finds and intends that epilepsy is recognized as a developmental disability and a handicapping condition. The Legislature further intends that persons with ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 385.210; Arthritis prevention and education.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the "Arthritis Prevention and Education Act." (2) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.--The Legislature finds the following: (a) Arthritis ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.01; Sanitary nuisance.
  A sanitary nuisance is the commission of any act, by an individual, municipality, organization, or corporation, or the keeping, maintaining, propagation, existence, or permission of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.02; Duty of Department of Health.
  The Department of Health, upon request of the proper authorities, or of any three responsible resident citizens, or whenever it may seem necessary to the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.03; Notice to remove nuisances; authority of Department of Health and local health authorities.
  (1) The Department of Health, upon determining the existence of anything or things herein declared to be nuisances by law, shall notify the person or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.041; Nuisances injurious to health.
  (1) The following conditions existing, permitted, maintained, kept, or caused by any individual, municipal organization, or corporation, governmental or private, shall constitute prima facie evidence ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.051; Nuisances injurious to health, penalty.
  Any person found guilty of creating, keeping, or maintaining a nuisance injurious to health shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.201; Popular name.
  This part may be cited by the popular name the "Florida Clean Indoor Air ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.202; Legislative intent.
  The purpose of this part is to protect people from the health hazards of secondhand tobacco smoke and to implement the Florida health initiative in ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.203; Definitions.
  As used in this part: (1) "Commercial" use of a private residence means any time during which the owner, lessee, or other person occupying or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.204; Prohibition.
  A person may not smoke in an enclosed indoor workplace, except as otherwise provided in s. 386....
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.2045; Enclosed indoor workplaces; specific exceptions.
  Notwithstanding s. 386.204, tobacco smoking may be permitted in each of the following places: (1) PRIVATE RESIDENCE.--A private residence whenever it is not ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.205; Customs smoking rooms.
  A customs smoking room may be designated by the person in charge of an airport in-transit lounge under the authority and control of the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.206; Posting of signs; requiring policies.
  (1) The proprietor or other person in charge of an enclosed indoor workplace must develop and implement a policy regarding the smoking prohibitions established in ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.207; Administration; enforcement; civil penalties.
  (1) The department or the Division of Hotels and Restaurants or the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.208; Penalties.
  Any person who violates s. 386.204 commits a noncriminal violation as defined in s. 775.08(3), punishable by a fine of not more ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.209; Regulation of smoking preempted to state.
  This part expressly preempts regulation of smoking to the state and supersedes any municipal or county ordinance on the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.211; Public announcements in mass transportation terminals.
  Announcements about the Florida Clean Indoor Air Act shall be made regularly over public address systems in terminals of public transportation carriers located in metropolitan ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.212; Smoking prohibited near school property; penalty.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person under 18 years of age to smoke tobacco in, on, or within 1,000 feet of the real ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 386.2125; Rulemaking.
  The department and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, shall, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal, have the authority to adopt rules pursuant ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.0101; Declaration of legislative intent.
  It is declared to be the public policy of this state to achieve and maintain such levels of arthropod control as will protect human health ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.011; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) "Arthropod" means those insects of public health or nuisance importance, including all mosquitoes, midges, sand flies, dog flies, yellow ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.021; Creation of mosquito control districts.
  (1) The abatement or suppression of arthropods, whether disease-bearing or merely pestiferous, within any or all counties of this state is advisable and necessary ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.101; District boards of commissioners; term of office.
  (1) Following the creation of the district, and in the general election each 4 years thereafter, the district board of commissioners shall be elected on ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.111; District boards of commissioners; vacancies.
  In the event of a vacancy due to any cause in any board of commissioners, the same shall be filled by appointment by the Commissioner ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.121; District boards of commissioners; organization.
  As soon as practicable after such commissioners have been elected and qualified, they shall meet and organize by the election from among their number of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.131; Commissioners; bond.
  The department may require each commissioner, before he or she assumes office, to give the Commissioner of Agriculture a bond, the cost thereof being borne ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.141; Commissioners; compensation.
  (1) Members of the board of commissioners of independent special tax districts may each be paid a salary to be determined by unanimous vote of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.151; District boards of commissioners; meetings.
  All boards of commissioners shall hold regular monthly meetings, and special meetings as needed, in the courthouse or in the offices of the district. The ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.161; District boards of commissioners; powers and duties.
  (1) The board of commissioners may do any and all things necessary for the control and elimination of all species of mosquitoes and other arthropods ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.162; Direction of the program.
  The program shall be administered for the board of commissioners by a qualified person. The department shall establish minimum qualifications for employment of a director ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.171; Power to perform work.
  The board of commissioners may have any and all work performed by contract with or without advertisement, or without contract, by machinery, equipment, and labor ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.181; Power to do all things necessary.
  The respective districts of the state are hereby fully authorized to do and perform all things necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.191; Power of eminent domain.
  The board of commissioners may hold, control, and acquire by gift or purchase for the use of the district, any real or personal property, and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.201; District budgets; hearing.
  (1) The fiscal year of districts operating under the provisions of this chapter shall be the 12-month period extending from October 1 of one ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.211; Change in district boundaries.
  (1) The board of commissioners of any district formed prior to July 1, 1980, may, for and on behalf of the district or the qualified ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.221; Tax levy.
  (1) The board of commissioners of such district may levy upon all of the real and personal taxable property in said district a special tax ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.231; Restrictions on use, loan, or rental of equipment; charges.
  (1) Equipment purchased for use in control of mosquitoes and other arthropods and paid for with funds budgeted for arthropod control shall not be used ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.241; Board of county commissioners vested with powers and duties of board of commissioners in certain counties.
  In those counties where there has been no formation of a separate or special board of commissioners, all the rights, powers, and duties of a ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.251; Delegation of authority to county health department.
  The board of county commissioners may authorize the county health department to administer and direct arthropod control in the county provided by this chapter, upon ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.261; State aid to counties and districts for arthropod control; distribution priorities and limitations.
  (1) A county or district may, without contributing matching funds, receive state funds, supplies, services, or equipment in an amount of no more than $50,...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.271; Prerequisites to participation.
  (1) When state funds are involved, it is the duty of the department to guide, review, approve, and coordinate the activities of all county governments ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.281; Use of state matching funds.
  (1) All funds, supplies, and services released to counties and districts hereunder shall be used in accordance with the detailed work plan and certified budget ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.291; Source reduction measures; supervision by department.
  (1) Any county or district may perform source reduction measures in conformity with good engineering practices in any area, provided that the department cooperating with ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.301; Payment of state funds; supplies and services.
  State funds shall be payable quarterly, in accordance with the rules of the department, upon requisition by the department to the Chief Financial Officer. The ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.311; Carry over of state funds and local funds.
  State and local funds budgeted for the control of mosquitoes and other arthropods shall be carried over at the end of the county or district'...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.321; Equipment to become property of the county or district.
  All equipment purchased under this chapter with state funds made available directly to the county or district shall become the property of the county or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.322; Record and inventory of certain property.
  A record and inventory of certain property owned by the district shall be maintained in accordance with s. 274....
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.323; Disposal of surplus property.
  Surplus property shall be disposed of according to the provisions set forth in s. 274.05 with the following exceptions: (1) Serviceable equipment no longer ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.341; Reports of expenditures and accomplishments.
  Each county and district participating under the provisions of this chapter shall within 30 days after the end of each month submit to the department ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.351; Transfer of equipment, personnel, and supplies during an emergency.
  The department, upon notifying a county or district and obtaining its approval, is authorized to transfer equipment, materials, and personnel from one district to another ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.361; Department authority and rules; administration.
  (1) This chapter and all rules adopted and promulgated hereunder shall be administered and enforced by the department. (2) The department shall adopt rules to ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.3711; Enforcement.
  (1) The department is empowered to enforce this chapter or its rules by commencing and maintaining all proper and necessary actions and proceedings, including, but ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.381; Cooperation by counties and district.
  Any county or district carrying on an arthropod control program may cooperate with another county, district, or municipality in carrying out a program for the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.391; Control measures in municipalities and portions of counties located outside boundaries of districts.
  Any district whose operation is limited to a portion of the county in which it is located may perform any control measures authorized by this ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.401; Penalty for damage to property or operations.
  Whoever shall willfully damage any of the property of any county or district created under this or other chapters, or any works constructed, maintained, or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.4111; Public lands; arthropod control.
  (1) It is declared to be in the best interests of the state that certain environmentally sensitive and biologically highly productive public lands owned by ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.42; John A. Mulrennan, Sr., Arthropod Research Laboratory.
  (1) The John A. Mulrennan, Sr., Arthropod Research Laboratory located in Panama City shall be a research laboratory under the administration of Florida Agricultural and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.43; Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory.
  (1) The Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, located in Vero Beach, shall be a research and training center for the state under the supervision of the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.45; Threat to public or animal health; declarations.
  (1) The State Health Officer has the authority to declare that a threat to public health exists when the Department of Health discovers in the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 388.46; Florida Coordinating Council on Mosquito Control; establishment; membership; organization; responsibilities.
  (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL; LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is declared to be in the best interest of the state that public agencies responsible for and involved ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.011; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Abortion" means the termination of human pregnancy with an intention other than to produce a live birth ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.0111; Termination of pregnancies.
  (1) TERMINATION IN THIRD TRIMESTER; WHEN ALLOWED.--No termination of pregnancy shall be performed on any human being in the third trimester of pregnancy unless: (...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.01114; Parental Notice of Abortion Act.
  (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the "Parental Notice of Abortion Act." (2) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: (a) "...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.01116; Waiver of notice petition; confidentiality.
  When a minor petitions a circuit court for a waiver, as provided in s. 390.01114, of the notice requirements pertaining to a minor seeking ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.0112; Termination of pregnancies; reporting.
  (1) The director of any medical facility in which any pregnancy is terminated shall submit a monthly report which contains the number of procedures performed, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.012; Powers of agency; rules; disposal of fetal remains.
  (1) The agency shall have the authority to develop and enforce rules for the health, care, and treatment of persons in abortion clinics and for ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.013; Effective date of rules.
  Any abortion clinic which is in operation at the time of adoption of any applicable rule under this act shall be given a reasonable time ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.014; Licenses; fees, display, etc.
  (1) No abortion clinic shall operate in this state without a currently effective license issued by the agency. (2) A separate license shall be required ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.015; Application for license.
  (1) An application for a license to operate an abortion clinic shall be made to the agency on a form furnished by it for that ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.016; Expiration of license; renewal.
  (1) A license issued for the operation of an abortion clinic, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall expire 1 year from the date of issuance. ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.017; Grounds for suspension or revocation of license.
  The license of an abortion clinic may be revoked, or may be suspended for a period not to exceed 2 years, or the agency may ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.018; Administrative penalty in lieu of revocation or suspension.
  If the agency finds that one or more grounds exist for the revocation or suspension of a license issued to an abortion clinic, the agency ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.019; Inspections; investigations.
  The agency shall make or shall cause to be made an inspection of an abortion clinic prior to licensing such clinic, and it shall make ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.021; Injunction.
  In addition to the other powers provided by this chapter, the agency may institute injunction proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to restrain or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 390.025; Abortion referral or counseling agencies; penalties.
  (1) As used in this section, an "abortion referral or counseling agency" is any person, group, or organization, whether funded publicly or privately, that provides ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.011; Short title.
  The provisions of this chapter may be cited as the "Children's Medical Services ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.016; Legislative intent.
  The Legislature intends that the Children's Medical Services program: (1) Provide to children with special health care needs a family-centered, comprehensive, and coordinated ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.021; Definitions.
  When used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Children's Medical Services network" or "network" means a statewide managed care service ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.025; Applicability and scope.
  (1) The Children's Medical Services program consists of the following components: (a) The newborn screening program established in s. 383.14. (b) The regional ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.026; Powers and duties of the department.
  The department shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities: (1) To provide or contract for the provision of health services to eligible individuals. (2) ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.028; Administration.
  The Children's Medical Services program shall have a central office and area offices. (1) The Director of Children's Medical Services must be a ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.029; Program eligibility.
  (1) The department shall establish the medical criteria to determine if an applicant for the Children's Medical Services program is an eligible individual. (2) ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.0315; Benefits.
  Benefits provided under the program for children with special health care needs shall be the same benefits provided to children as specified in ss. 409....
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.035; Provider qualifications.
  (1) The department shall establish the criteria to designate health care providers to participate in the Children's Medical Services network. The department shall follow, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.037; Physicians; private sector services.
  It is not a violation of s. 112.313(7) for a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 who is providing private sector ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.045; Reimbursement.
  (1) The department shall reimburse health care providers for services rendered through the Children's Medical Services network using cost-effective methods, including, but not ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.047; Third-party payments.
  The Children's Medical Services program shall comply with s. 402.24, concerning third-party liabilities and recovery of third-party payments for health ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.055; Service delivery systems.
  (1) The program shall apply managed care methods to ensure the efficient operation of the Children's Medical Services network. Such methods include, but are ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.065; Health care provider agreements.
  The department is authorized to establish health care provider agreements for participation in the Children's Medical Services ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.071; Quality of care requirements.
  The Children's Medical Services program shall develop quality of care and service integration standards and reporting requirements for health care providers that participate in ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.081; Grievance reporting and resolution requirements.
  The department shall adopt and implement a system to provide assistance to eligible individuals and health care providers to resolve complaints and grievances. To the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.095; Program integrity.
  The department shall operate a system to oversee the activities of Children's Medical Services program participants, and health care providers and their representatives, to ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.097; Research and evaluation.
  (1) The department may initiate, fund, and conduct research and evaluation projects to improve the delivery of children's medical services. The department may cooperate ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.221; Statewide Children's Medical Services Network Advisory Council.
  (1) The secretary of the department may appoint a Statewide Children's Medical Services Network Advisory Council for the purpose of acting as an advisory ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.223; Technical advisory panels.
  The secretary of the department may establish technical advisory panels to assist in developing specific policies and procedures for the Children's Medical Services ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.301; Developmental evaluation and intervention programs; legislative findings and intent.
  (1) The Legislature finds that the high-risk and disabled newborn infants in this state need in-hospital and outpatient developmental evaluation and intervention and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.302; Definitions.
  As used in ss. 391.301-391.307, the term: (1) "Developmental intervention" means individualized therapies and services needed to enhance both the infant's ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.303; Program requirements.
  (1) Developmental evaluation and intervention services shall be established at each hospital that provides Level II or Level III neonatal intensive care services. Program services ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.304; Program coordination.
  (1) The Department of Health shall: (a) Develop a plan for statewide implementation of the developmental evaluation and intervention program. (b) Develop rules, procedures, and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.305; Program standards; rules.
  The Department of Health shall adopt rules for the administration of the developmental evaluation and intervention program. The rules shall specify standards for the development ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.306; Program funding; contracts.
  Developmental evaluation and intervention programs shall be provided under a contract between the Department of Health and the provider and are subject to funding and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.307; Program review.
  (1) At least annually during the contract period, the Department of Health shall evaluate each developmental evaluation and intervention program. The department shall develop criteria ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 391.308; Infants and Toddlers Early Intervention Program.
  The Department of Health may implement and administer part C of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which shall be known as the "...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.501; Short title.
  This chapter may be cited as the "Tuberculosis Control ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.51; Findings and intent.
  The Legislature finds and declares that active tuberculosis is a highly contagious infection that is sometimes fatal and constitutes a serious threat to the public ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.52; Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Active tuberculosis" means tuberculosis disease that is demonstrated to be contagious by clinical or bacteriological evidence, or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.53; Reporting required.
  (1) Each person who makes a diagnosis of tuberculosis or who treats a person with tuberculosis and each laboratory that performs a test on a ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.54; Contact investigation.
  (1) The department and its authorized agents may counsel and interview, or cause to be counseled and interviewed, any person who has active tuberculosis, who ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.545; Naming of persons subject to proceedings.
  (1) When requesting an order from a circuit court under the provisions of s. 392.55, s. 392.56, or s. 392.57, the department ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.55; Physical examination and treatment.
  (1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (3) and (4), the department and its authorized representatives may petition the circuit court to examine or cause ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.56; Hospitalization, placement, and residential isolation.
  (1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3), the department may petition the circuit court to order a person who has active tuberculosis ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.565; Execution of certificate for involuntary hold.
  When a person who has active tuberculosis or who is reasonably suspected of having active tuberculosis presents to a physician licensed under chapter 458 or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.57; Emergency hold.
  (1) The department may file a petition before a circuit court requesting that an emergency hold order be issued for a person if the department ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.58; Service of notice and processes; duties of sheriff.
  (1) All notices required to be given, warrants, petitions, processes issued, and orders entered pursuant to s. 392.55, s. 392.56, or s. 392....
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.59; Forms to be developed.
  The department shall develop and furnish to the court all forms necessary under ss. 392.55, 392.56, 392.565, and 392.57, and the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.60; Right of appeal; immediate release.
  (1) Any person who is aggrieved by the entry of an order under s. 392.55, s. 392.56, or s. 392.57 shall have ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.61; Community tuberculosis control programs.
  (1) The department shall operate, directly or by contract, community tuberculosis control programs in each county in the state. (2) Community tuberculosis control programs shall ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.62; Hospitalization and placement programs.
  (1) The department shall operate a program for the hospitalization of persons who have active tuberculosis in hospitals licensed under chapter 395 and may provide ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.63; Temporary leave.
  Any person who has been hospitalized, placed in another health care facility or residential facility, or isolated in the home may be granted a short-...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.64; Adherence to treatment; treatment plan; penalties.
  (1) The department, its authorized representatives, or a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 shall prescribe an individualized treatment plan for each person ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.65; Confidentiality.
  (1) All information and records held by the department or its authorized representatives relating to known or suspected cases of tuberculosis or exposure to tuberculosis ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.655; Prisoners.
  (1) The department and its authorized representatives may, at its discretion, enter any state, county, or municipal detention facility to interview, examine, and treat any ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.66; Rules.
  The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this chapter. The rules must include requirements for tuberculosis ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.67; Unlawful acts; penalties for violation.
  (1) It is unlawful for any person who has active tuberculosis and who knows or has been informed of that fact to willfully expose other ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.68; Fees and other compensation.
  (1) For the services required to be performed under ss. 392.55, 392.56, 392.57, and 392.62, compensation shall be paid as follows: (...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 392.69; Appropriation, sinking, and maintenance trust funds; additional powers of the department.
  (1) The Legislature shall include in its annual appropriations act a sufficient sum for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (2) ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 393.002; Transfer of Florida Developmental Disabilities Council as formerly created in this chapter to private nonprofit corporation.
  (1) The Governor, by executive order, shall designate a nonprofit corporation as the agency to receive federal funds to implement, on behalf of the State ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 393.062; Legislative findings and declaration of intent.
  The Legislature finds and declares that existing state programs for the treatment of individuals with developmental disabilities, which often unnecessarily place clients in institutions, are ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 393.063; Definitions.
  For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Agency" means the Agency for Persons with Disabilities. (2) "Adult day training" means training services which ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 393.064; Prevention.
  (1) The agency shall give priority to the development, planning, and implementation of programs which have the potential to prevent, correct, cure, or reduce the ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 393.0641; Program for the prevention and treatment of severe self-injurious behavior.
  (1) Contingent upon specific appropriations, there is created a diagnostic, treatment, training, and research program for clients exhibiting severe self-injurious behavior. As used in ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 393.065; Application and eligibility determination.
  (1) Application for services shall be made in writing to the agency, in the service area in which the applicant resides. The agency shall review ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 393.0651; Family or individual support plan.
  The agency shall provide directly or contract for the development of a family support plan for children ages 3 to 18 years of age and ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 393.0654; Direct service providers; private sector services.
  It is not a violation of s. 112.313(7) for a direct service provider who is employed by the agency to own, operate, or ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 393.0655; Screening of direct service providers.
  (1) MINIMUM STANDARDS.--The agency shall require level 2 employment screening pursuant to chapter 435 for direct service providers who are unrelated to their clients, ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 393.0657; Persons not required to be refingerprinted or rescreened.
  Persons who have undergone any portion of the background screening required under s. 393.0655 within the last 12 months are not required to repeat ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 393.066; Community services and treatment.
  (1) The agency shall plan, develop, organize, and implement its programs of services and treatment for persons with developmental disabilities to allow clients to live ...
• Florida Public Health Code Section 393.0661; Home and community-based services delivery system; comprehensive redesign.
  The Legislature finds that the home and community-base