Florida Statutes
Title XXIX - Public Health
Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions

381.0031 - Epidemiological Research; Report of Diseases of Public Health Significance to Department. - (1) The department may conduct studies concerning the epidemiology of...

381.00315 - Public Health Advisories; Public Health Emergencies; Isolation and Quarantines. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Isolation”...

381.00316 - Covid-19 Vaccine Documentation. - (1) A business entity, as defined in s. 768.38 to...

381.00317 - Private Employer Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates Prohibited. - (1) A private employer may not impose a COVID-19 vaccination...

381.00318 - Complaints and Investigations Regarding Private Employer Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates; Public Records Exemption. - (1) An employee complaint alleging a private employer’s violation of...

381.00319 - Prohibition on Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates for Students. - (1) For purposes of this section, the term: (a) “COVID-19”...

381.0034 - Requirement for Instruction on HIV and Aids. - (1) The Department of Health shall require each person licensed...

381.0035 - Educational Course on HIV and Aids; Employees and Clients of Certain Health Care Facilities. - (1) The Department of Health shall require all employees and...

381.0038 - Education; Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchange Programs. - (1) The acquired immune deficiency syndrome education program shall: (a)...

381.0039 - Oversight of AIDS Education Programs. - History.—s. 16, ch. 89-350; s. 17, ch. 91-297; s. 38,...

381.004 - HIV Testing. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: (a) “Health care setting”...

381.0041 - Donation and Transfer of Human Tissue; Testing Requirements. - (1) Every donation of blood, plasma, organs, skin, or other...

381.0042 - Patient Care for Persons With HIV Infection. - History.—s. 39, ch. 88-380; s. 17, ch. 91-297; s. 36,...

381.0043 - Blood Donor Protection Act; Blood and Blood Component Donors; Confidentiality. - (1) This section may be cited as the “Blood Donor...

381.0045 - Targeted Outreach for Pregnant Women. - (1) This section may be cited as the “Targeted Outreach...

381.0046 - Statewide HIV and AIDS Prevention Campaign. - (1) The Department of Health shall develop and implement a...

381.005 - Primary and Preventive Health Services. - (1) The department shall conduct a primary and preventive health...

381.0051 - Family Planning. - (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section shall be known as the “Comprehensive...

381.0052 - Dental Health. - (1) This section shall be known as the “Public Health...

381.0053 - Comprehensive Nutrition Program. - (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to make...

381.0055 - Confidentiality and Quality Assurance Activities. - (1) All information which is confidential by operation of law...

381.0056 - School Health Services Program. - (1) This section may be cited as the “School Health...

381.0057 - Funding for School Health Services. - (1) The State Surgeon General, or his or her designee,...

381.0059 - Background Screening Requirements for School Health Services Personnel. - (1) Pursuant to the provisions of chapter 435, any person...

381.00591 - Department of Health; National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation; Application. - History.—s. 54, ch. 99-397; s. 29, ch. 2012-184.

381.00593 - Public School Volunteer Health Care Practitioner Program. - (1) This section may be cited as the “Public School...

381.006 - Environmental Health. - (1) A drinking water function. (2) An environmental health surveillance...

381.0061 - Administrative Fines. - (1) In addition to any administrative action authorized by chapter...

381.0062 - Supervision; Private and Certain Public Water Systems. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: (a) “Contaminant” means any...

381.0063 - Drinking Water Funds. - History.—s. 69, ch. 90-331; s. 24, ch. 91-297; s. 21,...

381.0064 - Continuing Education Program for Installation and Use of Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems. - (1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall establish a program...

381.0065 - Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems; Regulation. - (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.— (a) It is the intent of the...

381.00651 - Periodic Evaluation and Assessment of Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems. - (1) For the purposes of this section, the term “first...

381.00652 - Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems Technical Advisory Committee. - (1) As used in this section, the term “department” means...

381.00655 - Connection of Existing Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems to Central Sewerage System; Requirements. - (1)(a) The owner of a properly functioning onsite sewage treatment...

381.0066 - Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems; Fees. - (1) The department may collect fees for services provided with...

381.0067 - Corrective Orders; Private and Certain Public Water Systems and Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems. - History.—s. 2, ch. 29834, 1955; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106;...

381.0072 - Food Service Protection. - (1) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; SANITATION RULES.— (a) It shall be...

381.0075 - Regulation of Body-Piercing Salons. - (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature to...

381.00771 - Definitions of Terms Used in Ss. 381.00771-381.00791. - (1) “Active license or registration” means a current license or...

381.00773 - Application of Ss. 381.00771-381.00791; Exemption. - (1) Except for s. 381.00787, which applies to all persons,...

381.00775 - Tattoo Artists; Licensure; Registration of Guest Tattoo Artists. - (1) Except as provided in s. 381.00773, a person may...

381.00777 - Tattoo Establishments; Licensure; Temporary Establishments. - (1)(a) Except as provided in s. 381.00773, a person may...

381.00779 - Practice Requirements. - (1) A tattoo establishment or temporary establishment must: (a) Display...

381.00781 - Fees; Disposition. - (1) For the initial licensure of a tattoo establishment and...

381.00783 - Grounds for Discipline; Administrative Penalties. - (1) The following acts constitute grounds for which disciplinary action...

381.00785 - Criminal Penalties. - (1) A person may not: (a) Operate a tattoo establishment...

381.00787 - Tattooing Prohibited; Penalty. - (1) A person may not tattoo the body of a...

381.00789 - Rulemaking. - History.—s. 10, ch. 2010-220.

381.00791 - Local Laws and Ordinances. - History.—s. 11, ch. 2010-220.

381.008 - Definitions of Terms Used in Ss. 381.008-381.00897. - (1) “Common areas”—That portion of a migrant labor camp or...

381.0081 - Permit Required to Operate a Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing; Penalties for Unlawful Establishment or Operation; Allocation of Proceeds. - (1) MIGRANT LABOR CAMP; PERMIT REQUIREMENT.—A person who establishes, maintains,...

381.0082 - Application for Permit to Operate Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing. - History.—s. 3, ch. 59-476; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s....

381.0083 - Permit for Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing. - History.—s. 4, ch. 59-476; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s....

381.0084 - Application Fees for Migrant Labor Camps and Residential Migrant Housing. - (1) Each migrant labor camp operator or owner of residential...

381.0085 - Revocation of Permit to Operate Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing. - History.—s. 5, ch. 59-476; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s....

381.0086 - Rules; Variances; Penalties. - (1) The department shall adopt rules necessary to protect the...

381.0087 - Enforcement; Citations. - (1) Department personnel may issue citations that contain an order...

381.0088 - Right of Entry. - History.—s. 7, ch. 59-476; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s....

381.00893 - Complaints by Aggrieved Parties. - History.—s. 11, ch. 93-133.

381.00895 - Prohibited Acts; Application. - (1) An owner or operator of housing subject to the...

381.00896 - Nondiscrimination. - (1) The Legislature declares that it is the policy of...

381.00897 - Access to Migrant Labor Camps and Residential Migrant Housing. - (1) RIGHT OF ACCESS OF INVITED GUEST.—A resident of a...

381.009 - Toilets Required by Department Regulations; Charge for Use of Prohibited. - History.—s. 1, ch. 74-240; s. 98, ch. 77-147; s. 41,...

381.0098 - Biomedical Waste. - (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—Except as otherwise provided herein, the Department of...

381.0101 - Environmental Health Professionals. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: (a) “Board” means the...

381.0201 - Technical and Support Services. - History.—s. 44, ch. 91-297; s. 44, ch. 97-101.

381.0202 - Laboratory Services. - (1) The department shall establish and maintain, in suitable and...

381.0203 - Pharmacy Services. - (1) The department may contract on a statewide basis for...

381.02035 - Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program. - (1) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Agency for Health Care Administration shall establish...

381.0204 - Vital Statistics. - History.—s. 47, ch. 91-297.

381.0205 - Emergency Medical Services. - History.—s. 48, ch. 91-297.

381.026 - Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. - (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Florida...

381.0261 - Summary of Patient’s Bill of Rights; Distribution; Penalty. - (1) The Department of Health shall publish on its Internet...

381.028 - Adverse Medical Incidents. - (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Patients’...

381.0303 - Special Needs Shelters. - (1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to provide for...

381.0402 - Area Health Education Center Network. - (1) The department shall contract to assist in funding an...

381.0405 - Office of Rural Health. - (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Department of Health shall establish an Office of...

381.0406 - Rural Health Networks. - (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.— (a) The Legislature finds that,...

381.04065 - Rural Health Network Cooperative Agreements. - (1) INTENT.—It is the Legislature’s intent that, to the extent...

381.0601 - Self-Derived and Directed-Donor Blood Programs. - (1) Any person residing in this state shall be entitled...

381.06014 - Blood Establishments. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Blood...

381.06015 - Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank. - (1) There is established a statewide consortium to be known...

381.06016 - Umbilical Cord Blood Awareness. - (1) The Department of Health shall make publicly available, by...

381.4018 - Physician Workforce Assessment and Development. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Consortium”...

381.4019 - Dental Student Loan Repayment Program. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Dental...

381.40195 - Donated Dental Services Program. - (1) This act may be cited as the “Donated Dental...

381.735 - Office of Minority Health and Health Equity. - (1) The Office of Minority Health and Health Equity established...

381.7351 - Short Title; Closing the Gap Act. - History.—s. 27, ch. 2000-256.

381.7352 - Legislative Intent. - History.—s. 28, ch. 2000-256; s. 59, ch. 2012-184.

381.7353 - Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Closing the Gap Grant Program; Administration; Department Duties. - (1) The Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Closing the...

381.7354 - Eligibility. - (1) Any person, entity, or organization within a county may...

381.7355 - Project Requirements; Review Criteria. - (1) Closing the Gap grant proposals shall be submitted to...

381.7356 - Local Matching Funds; Grant Awards. - (1) One or more Closing the Gap grants may be...

381.739 - Short Title; Charlie Mack Overstreet Brain or Spinal Cord Injuries Act. - History.—s. 32, ch. 94-324; s. 17, ch. 99-240. Note.—Former s....

381.7395 - Legislative Intent. - History.—s. 1, ch. 74-254; s. 148, ch. 77-104; s. 2,...

381.74 - Establishment and Maintenance of a Central Registry. - (1) Every public health agency, private health agency, public social...

381.745 - Definitions; Ss. 381.739-381.79. - (1) “Activity of daily living” means an activity required on...

381.75 - Duties and Responsibilities of the Department. - (1) Within 15 days after any report of an individual...

381.755 - Benefits Not Assignable. - History.—s. 17, ch. 2000-367.

381.76 - Eligibility for the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program. - (1) An individual shall be accepted as eligible for the...

381.765 - Retention of Title to and Disposal of Equipment. - (1) The department may retain title to any property, tools,...

381.775 - Applicant and Recipient Records; Confidential and Privileged. - (1) All oral and written records, information, letters, and reports...

381.78 - Advisory Council on Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries. - (1) There is created within the department a 16-member advisory...

381.785 - Recovery of Third-Party Payments for Funded Services. - (1) Third-party coverage for funded services constitutes primary coverage. (2)...

381.79 - Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program Trust Fund. - (1) There is created in the State Treasury the Brain...

381.815 - Sickle-Cell Program. - (1) Provide education to the citizens of Florida about sickle-cell...

381.82 - Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program. - (1) The Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program...

381.825 - Education and Public Awareness Relating to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Forms of Dementia. - (1) This section may be cited as the “Ramping up...

381.84 - Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education and Use Prevention Program. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section and for purposes of...

381.853 - Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research. - (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish...

381.8531 - Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research; Public Records Exemption. - (1) The following information held by the Florida Center for...

381.86 - Institutional Review Board. - (1) The Institutional Review Board is created within the Department...

381.88 - Emergency Allergy Treatment. - (1) This section and s. 381.885 may be cited as...

381.885 - Epinephrine Auto-Injectors; Emergency Administration. - (1) PRESCRIBING TO AN AUTHORIZED ENTITY.—An authorized health care practitioner...

381.887 - Emergency Treatment for Suspected Opioid Overdose. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Administer”...

381.89 - Regulation of Tanning Facilities. - (1) As used in this section: (a) “Tanning facility” means...

381.895 - Standards for Compressed Air Used for Recreational Diving. - (1) The Department of Health shall establish maximum allowable levels...

381.91 - Jessie Trice Cancer Prevention Program. - (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to create...

381.911 - Prostate Cancer Awareness Program. - (1) The purpose of this program is to provide statewide...

381.915 - Casey Desantis Cancer Research Program. - (1) This section may be cited as the “Casey DeSantis...

381.922 - William G. “Bill” Bankhead, jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program. - (1) The William G. “Bill” Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley...

381.92201 - Exemptions From Public Records and Public Meetings Requirements; Peer Review Panels. - (1) That portion of a meeting of a peer review...

381.925 - Cancer Center of Excellence Award. - (1) The Legislature intends to recognize hospitals, treatment centers, and...

381.93 - Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. - (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce...

381.931 - Annual Report on Medicaid Expenditures. - History.—s. 3, ch. 2001-52; s. 96, ch. 2010-102.

381.9312 - Uterine Fibroid Research Database; Education and Public Awareness. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Department”...

381.9315 - Gynecologic and Ovarian Cancer Education and Awareness. - (1) This section may be cited as the “Kelly Smith...

381.932 - Breast Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Referral Program. - (1) For purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Breast...

381.933 - Mammography Reports. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Facility”...

381.95 - Medical Facility Information Maintained for Terrorism Response Purposes; Confidentiality. - (1) Any information identifying or describing the name, location, pharmaceutical...

381.96 - Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Department”...

381.98 - The Florida Public Health Institute, inc.; Establishment; Purpose; Mission; Duties; Board of Directors. - (1) The Florida Public Health Institute, Inc., referred to in...

381.981 - Health Awareness Campaigns. - (1) The Florida Public Health Institute, Inc., in consultation with...

381.982 - Short Title. - History.—s. 1, ch. 2006-269.

381.983 - Definitions. - (1) “Affected property” means a room or group of rooms...

381.984 - Educational Programs. - (1) LEAD POISONING PREVENTION EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—In order to achieve...

381.985 - Screening Program. - (1) The State Surgeon General shall establish guidelines for early...

381.986 - Medical Use of Marijuana. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Caregiver”...

381.987 - Public Records Exemption for Personal Identifying Information Relating to Medical Marijuana Held by the Department. - (1) The following information held by the department is confidential...

381.988 - Medical Marijuana Testing Laboratories; Marijuana Tests Conducted by a Certified Laboratory. - (1) A person or entity seeking to be a certified...

381.989 - Public Education Campaigns. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Cannabis”...

381.99 - Rare Disease Advisory Council. - (1) The Rare Disease Advisory Council, an advisory council as...

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Florida Statutes Title XXIX - Public Health Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions

Florida Statutes
Title XXIX - Public Health
Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions