Florida Statutes
Part II - Disease Inspection, Control, and Eradication (Ss. 585.01-585.68)
585.611 - Animal research identifying information.


(1) Personal identifying information of a person employed by, under contract with, or volunteering for a public research facility, including a state university, that conducts animal research or is engaged in activities related to animal research, is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution, when such information is contained in the following records:
(a) Animal records, including animal care and treatment records.
(b) Research protocols and approvals.
(c) Purchasing, funding, and billing records related to animal research or activities.
(d) Animal care and use committee records.
(e) Facility and laboratory records related to animal research or activities.

(2) This exemption applies to personal identifying information as described in subsection (1) held by a public research facility, including a state university, before, on, or after the effective date of this exemption.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2014-37; s. 1, ch. 2019-25.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXV - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animal Industry

Chapter 585 - Animal Industry

Part II - Disease Inspection, Control, and Eradication (Ss. 585.01-585.68)

585.01 - Definitions.

585.08 - General powers of the department; rules.

585.09 - Procedure for condemnation of animals and property by department.

585.11 - Cooperation with United States authorities and United States Department of Agriculture accredited private veterinarians.

585.14 - Information concerning animal diseases.

585.145 - Control of animal diseases.

585.147 - Permit for transporting or hauling certain animals or animal products; vehicle and container requirements.

585.15 - Dangerous transmissible disease or pest a public nuisance.

585.16 - Powers of division in connection with certain diseases.

585.17 - Care of animals with transmissible diseases and liability therefor.

585.18 - Duty to report diseased animals.

585.19 - Duty of practitioners of veterinary medicine and owners of animals to report dangerous transmissible diseases or pests; penalty.

585.20 - Injection of pathogenic organisms into animals.

585.21 - Sale of biological products.

585.22 - Public notice of general quarantines.

585.23 - Owners of animals and premises under quarantine to comply with rules.

585.38 - Injuring property used in the eradication of diseases of animals, etc.

585.40 - Violation of quarantine regulations.

585.45 - Right to declaratory judgment.

585.48 - Policy and purpose of ss. 585.50-585.59.

585.50 - Garbage feeding prohibited unless sterilized.

585.51 - Permitting of feeders of garbage.

585.52 - Requirement regarding the collection, transportation, and distribution of garbage.

585.53 - Permit revocation.

585.59 - Penalties for violation.

585.61 - Animal disease diagnostic laboratory.

585.611 - Animal research identifying information.

585.671 - Control and eradication of equine infectious anemia and equine piroplasmosis.

585.68 - Animals suspected of harboring biological or chemical residues; inspection, testing, and restriction of premises and animals; notice to owners.