(1) With the express written consent of the individual to whom the information pertains or the individual’s legally authorized representative.
(2) By court order upon a showing of good cause.
(3) To a research entity, if the entity seeks the records or data pursuant to a research protocol approved by the Department of Health, maintains the records or data in accordance with the approved protocol, and enters into a purchase and data-use agreement with the department, the fee provisions of which are consistent with s. 119.07(4). The department may deny a request for records or data if the protocol provides for intrusive follow-back contacts, does not plan for the destruction of confidential records after the research is concluded, is administratively burdensome, or does not have scientific merit. The agreement must restrict the release of information that would identify individuals, must limit the use of records or data to the approved research protocol, and must prohibit any other use of the records or data. Copies of records or data issued pursuant to this subsection remain the property of the department.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2007-96; s. 1, ch. 2012-220.
1Note.—Also published at s. 459.0083.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
Chapter 458 - Medical Practice
458.303 - Provisions Not Applicable to Other Practitioners; Exceptions, Etc.
458.309 - Rulemaking Authority.
458.310 - Restricted Licenses.
458.311 - Licensure by Examination; Requirements; Fees.
458.3124 - Restricted License; Certain Experienced Foreign-Trained Physicians.
458.313 - Licensure by Endorsement; Requirements; Fees.
458.3135 - Temporary Certificate for Visiting Physicians to Practice in Approved Cancer Centers.
458.314 - Certification of Foreign Educational Institutions.
458.3145 - Medical Faculty Certificate.
458.3147 - Medical School Eligibility of Military Academy Students or Graduates.
458.315 - Temporary Certificate for Practice in Areas of Critical Need.
458.316 - Public Health Certificate.
458.3165 - Public Psychiatry Certificate.
458.3175 - Expert Witness Certificate.
458.3192 - Analysis of Survey Results; Report.
458.3193 - Confidentiality of Certain Information Contained in Physician Workforce Surveys.
458.320 - Financial Responsibility.
458.323 - Itemized Patient Billing.
458.324 - Breast Cancer; Information on Treatment Alternatives.
458.325 - Electroconvulsive and Psychosurgical Procedures.
458.3255 - Electronic-Communications Diagnostic-Imaging or Treatment Services.
458.326 - Intractable Pain; Authorized Treatment.
458.3265 - Pain-Management Clinics.
458.327 - Penalty for Violations.
458.329 - Sexual Misconduct in the Practice of Medicine.
458.3295 - Concerted Effort to Refuse Emergency Room Treatment to Patients; Penalties.
458.331 - Grounds for Disciplinary Action; Action by the Board and Department.
458.3311 - Emergency Procedures for Disciplinary Action.
458.335 - Prescription or Administration of Dimethyl Sulfoxide (Dmso).
458.336 - Drugs to Treat Obesity; Rules Establishing Guidelines.
458.337 - Reports of Disciplinary Actions by Medical Organizations and Hospitals.
458.339 - Physician’s Consent; Handwriting Samples; Mental or Physical Examinations.
458.341 - Search Warrants for Certain Violations.
458.343 - Subpoena of Certain Records.
458.347 - Physician Assistants.
458.3475 - Anesthesiologist Assistants.
458.351 - Reports of Adverse Incidents in Office Practice Settings.