Florida · statute · Fla. Stat. ch. 381 · 160 active provisions
The Department of Health is responsible for the state’s public health system which shall be designed to promote, protect, and improve the health of all people in the state. The department shall provide leadership for an active partnership working toward shared public health goals and involving federal, state, and local…
It is the duty of the Department of Health to:(1) Assess the public health status and needs of the state.(2) Administer and enforce laws and rules relating to sanitation, control of communicable diseases, illnesses and hazards to health among humans and from animals to humans, and the general health of the people of th…
(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 defend all actions and proceedings involving the department’s powers and duties.(2) The department may apply for an injunction to the proper circuit court, and the…
Any county or municipality may enact, in a manner prescribed by law, health regulations and ordinances not inconsistent with state public health laws and rules adopted by the department.
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 Government or any other agency or private individual in aid of any present or future health program undertaken, maintained, or proposed. All moneys received under the provision o…
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 use and location in a county health department of this state, it is authorized to transfer title to such equipment and materials to the board of county commissi…
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 to rules adopted by the department, be granted to such client. Such property is not subject to the requirements of chapter 273.
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 is created, separate revenue and expense accounts shall be maintained in the department’s accounting system for each client, program, facility, or institution. Funds to b…
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Health and the Department of Children and Families may share confidential information or information exempt from disclosure under chapter 119 on any individual who is or has been the subject of a program within the jurisdiction of each ag…
(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 disease caused by transmission of a specific infectious agent, or its toxic products, from an infected person, an infected animal, or the environment to a…
(1) The department may conduct studies concerning the epidemiology of diseases of public health significance affecting people in Florida.(2) Any practitioner licensed in this state to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, chiropractic medicine, naturopathy, or veterinary medicine; any licensed pharmacist authorized…
The State Health Officer is responsible for declaring public health emergencies, issuing public health advisories, and ordering isolation or quarantines.(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Isolation” means the separation of an individual who is reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease from…
(1)(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that Floridians be free from mandated facial coverings, mandates of any kind relating to vaccines as provided in this section, and discrimination based on such vaccination status.(b) The Legislature finds that society is harmed by discrimination based on vaccination status as…
(1) A complaint alleging a business entity’s, a governmental entity’s, or an educational institution’s violation of s. 381.00316 or s. 381.00319, and all information relating to an investigation of such complaint, held by the Department of Legal Affairs or the Department of Health is confidential and exempt from s. 119…
(1) For purposes of this section, the term:(a) “COVID-19” has the same meaning as in s. 381.00316.(b) “COVID-19 vaccine” has the same meaning as in s. 381.00316.(c) “Educational institution” means a public or private school, including a preschool, elementary school, middle school, junior high school, secondary school,…
(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Adverse action” means the discharge, transfer, demotion, discipline, suspension, exclusion, revocation of privileges, withholding of bonuses, or reduction in salary or benefits; any action that may negatively impact the advancement or graduation of a student, incl…
A governmental entity as defined in s. 381.00316 or an educational institution as defined in s. 381.00319 may not adopt, implement, or enforce an international health organization’s public health policies or guidelines unless authorized to do so under state law, rule, or executive order issued by the Governor under s.…
(1) The Department of Health shall require each person licensed or certified under chapter 467, part IV of chapter 468, or chapter 483, as a condition of biennial relicensure, to complete an educational course approved by the department on the modes of transmission, infection control procedures, clinical management, an…
(1) The Department of Health shall require all employees and clients of facilities licensed under chapter 393, chapter 394, or chapter 397 and employees of facilities licensed under chapter 395, part II, part III, or part IV of chapter 400, or part I of chapter 429 to complete a one-time educational course on the modes…
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 syndrome education program shall:(a) Be designed to reach all segments of Florida’s population;(b) Contain special components designed to reach non-English-…
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 the quality and cost efficiency of acquired immune deficiency syndrome education programs being administered in the state pursuant to chapters 3…
(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:(a) “Health care setting” means a setting devoted to the diagnosis and care of persons or the provision of medical services to persons, such as county health department clinics, hospitals, urgent care clinics, substance abuse treatment clinics, primary care settings, community c…
(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 other use for human immunodeficiency virus infection and other communicable diseases specified by rule of the Department of Health. Tests for the human immunodef…
The department may establish human immunodeficiency virus patient care networks in each region of the state where the number of cases of human immunodeficiency virus transmission justifies the establishment of cost-effective regional patient care networks. Such networks shall be delineated by rule of the department whi…
(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 employee or agent of a blood bank, or a subsidiary or affiliate of an agent or employee of a blood bank, may not be compelled to disclose the identity or any identifying characteristics of a…