(1) Incorporate a facility 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 hospital and the Department of Children and Families office which 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.
Each general hospital and appropriate specialty hospital shall comply with the provisions of this section and shall notify the agency and the department of its compliance by sending a copy of its policy to the agency and the department as required by rule. The failure by a general hospital or appropriate specialty hospital to comply shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, to be fixed, imposed, and collected by the agency. Each day in violation is considered a separate offense.
History.—s. 4, ch. 84-226; s. 1, ch. 85-65; s. 36, ch. 92-78; ss. 20, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 2, ch. 97-237; s. 141, ch. 98-403; s. 110, ch. 2014-19; s. 59, ch. 2019-3.
Note.—Former s. 395.0205.
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.