Chapter 383 — Chapter 383
57 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 383.3361 Limitations on civil and administrative liability
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Nothing in this act shall serve as the basis for any civil or administrative action, nor as evidence of a standard of care or compliance with a standard of care in any civil or administrative action.
Fla. Stat. § 383.3362 Sudden Unexpected Infant Death
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(1) FINDINGS AND INTENT.—The Legislature recognizes that more than 4,500 infants in the United States die suddenly and unexpectedly of no immediate or obvious cause. According to statistics from the Department of Health, more than 200 infants in this state experienced Sudden Unex…
Fla. Stat. § 383.33625 Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act; disposition of fetus; notification; forms developed
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(1) This section shall be known by the popular name the “Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act.”(2) A health care practitioner licensed pursuant to chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 464, or chapter 467 having custody of fetal remains following a spontaneous fetal demise occurring…
Fla. Stat. § 383.402 Child abuse death review; State Child Abuse Death Review Committee; local child abuse death review committees
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(1) INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a statewide multidisciplinary, multiagency, epidemiological child abuse death assessment and prevention system that consists of state and local review committees. The committees shall review the facts and circumstances …
Fla. Stat. § 383.412 Public records and public meetings exemptions
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(1) For purposes of this section, the term “local committee” means a local child abuse death review committee or a panel or committee assembled by the State Child Abuse Death Review Committee or a local child abuse death review committee pursuant to s. 383.402.(2)(a) Any informat…
Fla. Stat. § 383.50 Treatment of surrendered infant
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(1) As used in this section, the term “infant” means a child who a licensed physician reasonably believes is approximately 30 days old or younger at the time the child is left at a hospital, an emergency medical services station, or a fire station.(2) There is a presumption that …
Fla. Stat. § 383.51 Confidentiality; identification of parent leaving infant at hospital, emergency medical services station, or fire station
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The identity of a parent who leaves an infant at a hospital, an emergency medical services station, or a fire station in accordance with s. 383.50 is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. The identity of a parent leaving a child…