(1) Each licensed facility shall maintain as public information, available upon request, records of all inspection reports pertaining to that facility. Copies of such reports shall be retained in its records for not less than 5 years from the date the reports are filed and issued.
(2) Any records, reports, or documents which are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) shall not be distributed or made available for purposes of compliance with this section unless or until such confidential status expires.
(3) A licensed facility shall, upon the request of any person who has completed a written application with intent to be admitted to such facility, any person who is a patient of such facility, or any relative, spouse, guardian, or surrogate of any such person, furnish to the requester a copy of the last inspection report filed with or issued by the agency pertaining to the licensed facility, as provided in subsection (1), provided the person requesting such report agrees to pay a reasonable charge to cover copying costs, not to exceed $1 per page.
History.—ss. 26, 30, ch. 82-182; s. 29, ch. 90-344; ss. 8, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 212, ch. 96-406.
Note.—Former s. 395.008.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation
Part I - Hospitals and Other Licensed Facilities (Ss. 395.001-395.3041)
395.003 - Licensure; denial, suspension, and revocation.
395.004 - Application for license; fees.
395.0056 - Litigation notice requirement.
395.0091 - Alternate-site testing.
395.0161 - Licensure inspection.
395.0162 - Inspection reports.
395.0163 - Construction inspections; plan submission and approval; fees.
395.0185 - Rebates prohibited; penalties.
395.0191 - Staff membership and clinical privileges.
395.0192 - Duty to notify physicians.
395.0195 - Access of chiropractic physicians to diagnostic reports.
395.0197 - Internal risk management program.
395.1011 - Identification, segregation, and separation of biomedical waste.
395.1021 - Treatment of sexual assault victims.
395.1023 - Child abuse and neglect cases; duties.
395.1024 - Patients consenting to adoptions; protocols.
395.1025 - Infectious diseases; notification.
395.1027 - Regional poison control centers.
395.1031 - Emergency medical services; communication.
395.1051 - Duty to notify patients.
395.1052 - Patient access to primary care and specialty providers; notification.
395.1053 - Postpartum education.
395.1054 - Birthing quality improvement initiatives.
395.1055 - Rules and enforcement.
395.106 - Risk pooling by certain hospitals and hospital systems.
395.1061 - Professional liability coverage.
395.1065 - Criminal and administrative penalties; moratorium.
395.107 - Facilities; publishing and posting schedule of charges; penalties.
395.10973 - Powers and duties of the agency.
395.3015 - Patient records; form and content.
395.302 - Patient records; penalties for alteration.
395.3025 - Patient and personnel records; copies; examination.
395.3035 - Confidentiality of hospital records and meetings.
395.3038 - State-listed stroke centers; notification of hospitals.
395.30381 - Statewide stroke registry.