Privacy and Confidentiality |
Clinical records; confidentiality - Fla. Stat. Ann. § 394.4615 |
Records and information relating to the mental health of an individual are confidential and privileged to the patient, and may only be disclosed in... |
F.S.A. § 381.026 |
Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
This law was passed to promote a general understanding of patients’ rights and... |
F.S.A. § 395.3025 |
Patient and personnel records; copies; examination
A licensed health care facility must provide a discharged patient access to his or her... |
F.S.A. § 408.061 |
Data collection; uniform systems of financial reporting; information relating to physician charges; confidential information; immunity
The Agency... |
F.S.A. § 456.057 |
Ownership and control of patient records; report or copies of records to be furnished
This section refers to “record owners” as any... |
FL ST § 395.003 |
Licensure; Denial, Suspension, and Revocation
Florida hospitals must maintain a license in order to legally operate. The Agency for Health Care... |
FL ST § 395.3025 |
Patient and Personnel Records; Copies; Examination
Patient records maintained by licensed Florida facilities, including hospitals, are confidential... |
FL ST § 408.815 |
License or Application Denial; Revocation
The Agency for Health Care Administration may suspend or revoke the license of a health care facility that... |
FL ST § 456.072 |
Grounds for Discipline; Penalties; Enforcement
Health professionals, including physicians, face discipline for violating statutes and regulations... |
FL ST § 458.331 |
Grounds for Disciplinary Action; Action by the Board and Department
Licensed physicians that violate Chapter 458 (regarding medical practice),... |
Fla. Stat. Ann. § 397.501 |
Rights of individuals
All substance abuse treatment records are confidential and may only be disclosed according to the statute, which is a part of a... |
Florida Administrative Code § 59A-7.028 |
“Patient test management under the Agency for Health Care Administration regulations”
(5) Laboratory test results must be sent... |
Florida Administrative Code § 59A-8.022 |
“Clinical records under the Agency for Health Care Administration regulations”
Home health agencies must maintain clinical... |
Florida Administrative Code § 59E-7.029 |
“Public records under the Agency for Health Care Administration regulations”
Records maintained by the Agency for Health Care... |
Florida Administrative Code § 64B19-19.006 |
“Confidentiality under the Department of Health regulations”
Psychologists must maintain the confidentiality of patient information and... |
Florida Administrative Code § 64B32-5.003 |
“Unprofessional conduct; acceptable standards definition under the Department of Health regulations”
A respiratory therapist is guilty of... |
Florida Administrative Code § 69J-128.017 |
“When authorization required for disclosure of nonpublic personal health information under the Department of Financial Services regulations... |
Florida Administrative Code § 69J-128.018 |
“Authorizations under the Department of Financial Services regulations”
A valid authorization used by an insurer must be in written or... |
Florida Administrative Code § 69J-128.023 |
“Nondiscrimination under the Department of Financial Services regulations”
An insurer may not unfairly discriminate against an enrollee... |
Florida Constitution Art. 1 § 23 |
“Right to privacy”
Every Floridian has a right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion into the person’s private life... |
Florida Statutes § 119.0712 |
“Executive branch agency-specific exemptions from inspection or copying of public records under the public officers, employees, and records law... |
Florida Statutes § 381.0022 |
“Sharing confidential or exempt information under the public health law”
The Department of Health and the Department of Children and... |
Florida Statutes § 381.0031 |
“Report of disease of public health significance to Department of Health under the public health law”
The Department of Health may... |
Florida Statutes § 381.004 |
“HIV testing under the public health law”
(3)(e) The identity of any person who takes a HIV test and the test results are confidential... |
Florida Statutes § 381.74 |
Establishment and maintenance of a central registry under the Charlie Mack Overstreet Brain or Spinal Cord Injuries Act
The Department of... |
Florida Statutes § 381.775 |
“Applicant and recipient records; confidential and privileged under the Charlie Mack Overstreet Brain or Spinal Cord Injuries Act” ... |
Florida Statutes § 381.853 |
“Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research under the public health law”
The Florida Legislature intends to establish a coordinated effort... |
Florida Statutes § 381.8531 |
“Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research; public records exemption under the public health law”
Personal identifying information... |
Florida Statutes § 383.04 |
“Prophylactic required for eyes of infants under the public health law”
Every physician, midwife, or other person in attendance at the... |
Florida Statutes § 383.06 |
“Report of inflammation or discharge in infant’s eyes under the public health law”
Any person who attends any infant must report... |
Florida Statutes § 383.07 |
“Penalty for violation under the public health law”
Any person who fails to instill a prophylactic into the eyes of a baby to prevent... |
Florida Statutes § 383.14 |
“Screening for metabolic disorders, other hereditary and congenital disorders, and environmental risk factors under the public health law... |
Florida Statutes § 383.32 |
“Clinical records under the public health law”
A birth center’s clinical records must contain the following information: patient... |
Florida Statutes § 384.25 |
“Reporting of test results for sexually transmissible diseases required under the Control of Sexually Transmissible Disease Act”
Every... |
Florida Statutes § 384.29 |
“Confidentiality of health information related to sexually transmitted diseases under the Control of Sexually Transmissible Disease Act”... |
Florida Statutes § 384.30 |
“Treatment of minors for sexually transmitted diseases under the Control of Sexually Transmissible Disease Act”
The consultation,... |
Florida Statutes § 384.34 |
“Penalties under the Control of Sexually Transmissible Disease Act”
Any person who improperly discloses an individual’s medical... |
Florida Statutes § 385.202 |
“Statewide cancer registry under the Chronic Diseases Act”
Each health care facility and radiation therapy center must report to the... |
Florida Statutes § 392.53 |
“Reporting required under the Tuberculosis Control Act”
Each person who makes a diagnosis of tuberculosis or who treats a person with... |
Florida Statutes § 392.65 |
“Confidentiality under the Tuberculosis Control Act”
Information and records held by the Department of Health relating to cases of... |
Florida Statutes § 394.4615 |
“Clinical records; confidentiality under the Florida Mental Health Act”
Mental health records and information are confidential and may... |
Florida Statutes § 395.3025 |
“Examination of patient and personnel records”
Upon discharge of a patient and written request, a hospital must timely furnish a copy of... |
Florida Statutes § 400.022 |
“Nursing home residents’ rights under the public health law”
Nursing home residents have the following rights and responsibilities... |
Florida Statutes § 400.023 |
“Civil enforcement of the law on nursing homes under the public health law”
(1) Any resident whose rights were violated may... |
Florida Statutes § 400.145 |
“Nursing home records of care and treatment of resident under the public health law”
Unless expressly prohibited by a legally competent... |
Florida Statutes § 400.494 |
“Information about patients confidential under the public health law”
Medical records maintained by home health agencies are confidential... |
Florida Statutes § 400.611 |
“Interdisciplinary records of care; confidentiality under the public health law”
Hospice agencies must keep up-to-date, interdisciplinary... |
Florida Statutes § 400.945 |
“Public records exemption under the public health”
Medical and personal identifying information about patients of a home medical... |
Florida Statutes § 401.30 |
“Records under the Raymond H. Alexander, M.D., Emergency Medical Transportation Services Act”
Emergency medical service organizations... |
Florida Statutes § 405.01 |
“Release of medical information to certain study groups; exemption from liability under the public health law”
A health care professional... |
Florida Statutes § 405.03 |
“Confidentiality under the public health law”
Patient-identifying information provided to research groups, governmental health agencies,... |
Florida Statutes § 410.037 |
“Confidentiality of information under the social welfare law”
The Department of Children and Family Services must maintain the... |
Florida Statutes § 410.605 |
“Confidentiality of information under the social welfare law”
The Department of Children and Family Services must maintain the... |
Florida Statutes § 430.105 |
“Confidentiality of information under the Department of Elderly Affairs Act”
Personal identifying health information held by the... |
Florida Statutes § 456.046 |
“Practitioner profiles; confidentiality under the regulation of professions and occupations law”
Any patient identifying information that... |
Florida Statutes § 456.057 |
“Ownership and control of patient records and report or copies of records to be furnished under the regulation of processions and occupations... |
Florida Statutes § 456.059 |
“Confidential communications and exceptions under the regulation and professions and occupations law”
Communications between a patient... |
Florida Statutes § 456.061 |
“Practitioner disclosure of confidential information and immunity from civil or criminal liability under the regulation of professions and... |
Florida Statutes § 465.016 |
“Disciplinary action; action by the board under the Florida Pharmacy Act”
Pharmacists may be denied a license or face disciplinary... |
Florida Statutes § 483.181 |
“Acceptance, collection, identification, and examination of specimens under the regulation of professions and occupations law”
Laboratory... |
Florida Statutes § 490.009 |
“Discipline under the regulation of professions and occupations law”
The Board Psychology may deny a license or impose disciplinary... |
Florida Statutes § 490.0147 |
“Confidentiality and privileged communications of psychological services under the regulation of professions and occupations law”
Any... |
Florida Statutes § 491.0111 |
“Sexual misconduct under the regulation of professions and occupations law”
A clinical social worker, marriage and family therapist,... |
Florida Statutes § 491.0147 |
“Confidentiality and privileged communications under the regulation of professions and occupations law”
Communications between a licensed... |
Florida Statutes § 624.23 |
“Public records exemption under the insurance law”
Personal financial and health information about health insurance enrollees held by the... |
Florida Statutes § 626.9651 |
“Privacy under the insurance law”
The Office of Insurance Regulation must adopt rules requiring health insurers and health maintenance... |
Florida Statutes § 627.4195 |
“Health insurance, claims for payment of psychotherapeutic services, and confidentiality under the insurance law”
An insurer must... |
Florida Statutes § 627.429 |
“Medical tests for HIV infection and AIDS for insurance purposes under the insurance law”
(4)(f) Insurers must maintain strict... |
Florida Statutes § 627.4301 |
“Genetic information for insurance purposes under the insurance law”
Genetic information may not be used by a health insurer to cancel,... |
Florida Statutes § 636.0201 |
“Genetic information restrictions under the Prepaid Limited Health Service Organization Act of Florida”
A prepaid limited health service... |
Florida Statutes § 636.064 |
“Confidentiality under the Prepaid Limited Health Service Organization Act of Florida”
Any information pertaining to the diagnosis,... |
Florida Statutes § 641.27 |
“Examination of prepaid health clinic by the office of insurance under the Health Maintenance Organization Act”
The Office of Insurance... |
Florida Statutes § 641.3007 |
“HIV infection and AIDS for contract purposes under the Health Maintenance Organization Act”
A health maintenance organization may not... |
Florida Statutes § 641.438 |
“Genetic information restrictions under the Prepaid Health Clinic Act”
A prepaid health clinic must comply with FL Stat. §627.4301,... |
Florida Statutes § 641.54 |
“Information disclosure under the insurance law”
Each health maintenance organization must provide the Office of Insurance Regulation and... |
Florida Statutes § 641.59 |
“Psychotherapeutic services; records and reports under the insurance law”
A health maintenance organization or prepaid health clinic must... |
Florida Statutes § 760.40 |
“Genetic testing, informed consent, confidentiality, penalties, notice of use of results under the civil rights law”
Genetic tests may... |
Florida Statutes § 90.503 |
“Psychotherapist-patient privilege”
Communications between a psychotherapist and patient is confidential and privileged. The term “... |