(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 is reasonably suspected of having active tuberculosis, or who is reasonably suspected of having been exposed to active tuberculosis, in order to investigate the source and spread of the disease and in order to require such person to submit to examination and treatment to cure as necessary.
(2) All information gathered in the course of contact investigation is confidential, subject to the provisions of s. 392.65. Such information is exempt from s. 119.07(1).
History.—s. 1, ch. 88-389; s. 1, ch. 88-398; s. 11, ch. 90-344; s. 5, ch. 94-320; s. 203, ch. 96-406.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 392 - Tuberculosis Control
392.51 - Tuberculosis Control.
392.54 - Contact Investigation.
392.545 - Naming of Persons Subject to Proceedings.
392.55 - Physical Examination and Treatment.
392.56 - Hospitalization, Placement, and Residential Isolation.
392.565 - Execution of Certificate for Involuntary Hold.
392.58 - Service of Notice and Processes; Duties of Sheriff.
392.59 - Forms to Be Developed.
392.60 - Right of Appeal; Immediate Release.
392.61 - Community Tuberculosis Control Programs.
392.62 - Hospitalization and Placement Programs.
392.64 - Adherence to Treatment; Treatment Plan; Penalties.