(1) Incorporate in its health department policy a policy that every staff member has an affirmative duty to report, pursuant to chapter 39, any actual or suspected case of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; and
(2) In any case involving suspected child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, designate, at the request of the department, a staff physician to act as a liaison between the county health department and the Department of Children and Families office that is investigating the suspected abuse, abandonment, or neglect, and the Child Protection Team, as defined in s. 39.01, when the case is referred to such a team.
History.—s. 4, ch. 84-226; s. 1, ch. 93-260; s. 1, ch. 97-237; s. 129, ch. 98-403; s. 37, ch. 2014-19; s. 28, ch. 2019-3.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XI - County Organization and Intergovernmental Relations
Chapter 154 - Public Health Facilities
Part I - County Health Departments (Ss. 154.001-154.067)
154.001 - System of coordinated county health department services; legislative intent.
154.01 - County health department delivery system.
154.011 - Primary care services.
154.012 - Sexual assault response teams; membership; duties.
154.02 - County Health Department Trust Fund.
154.03 - Cooperation with Department of Health and United States Government.
154.04 - Personnel of county health departments; duties; compensation.
154.05 - Cooperation and agreements between counties.