Title XXIX, Public Health

(1) The following information held by the department is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution:(a) A patient’s or caregiver’s personal identifying information in the medical marijuana use registry established under s. 381.986.(b) …

1(1) A person or entity seeking to be a certified marijuana testing laboratory must:(a) Not be owned or controlled by a medical marijuana treatment center.(b) Submit a completed application accompanied by an application fee, as established by department rule.(c) Submit proof of a…

1(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Cannabis” has the same meaning as in s. 893.02.(b) “Department” means the Department of Health.(c) “Marijuana” has the same meaning as in s. 381.986.(2) STATEWIDE CANNABIS AND MARIJUANA EDUCATION AND ILLICIT USE PREVENTION …

(1) The Rare Disease Advisory Council, an advisory council as defined in s. 20.03(7), is created adjunct to the Department of Health for the purpose of providing recommendations on ways to improve health outcomes for individuals residing in this state who have a rare disease. The…

(1)(a) There is created within the Department of Health the Andrew John Anderson Pediatric Rare Disease Grant Program. The purpose of the program is to advance the progress of research and cures for pediatric rare diseases by awarding grants through a competitive, peer-reviewed p…

(1) The Department of Health, in collaboration with school districts throughout this state, shall develop informational materials for the early detection of Type 1 diabetes for parents and guardians of students. The informational materials shall be made available to each early le…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Florida Vital Statistics Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 87-387.

As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Burial-transit permit” means a permit issued by the department that authorizes the final disposition of a dead body.(2) “Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth” means a certificate issued to record and memorialize the birth of a stillb…

The department shall:(1) Establish an Office of Vital Statistics under the direction of a State Registrar for the uniform and efficient registration, compilation, storage, and preservation of all vital records in the state.(2) Procure the complete registration of all vital record…

(1) The department is authorized to photograph, microphotograph, reproduce on film, or reproduce by electronic means vital records in such a manner that the data on each page are in conformity with the original record.(2) The department is authorized to destroy any of the origina…

(1) Each local registrar is charged with the strict and thorough enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted hereunder in his or her registration district, and shall make an immediate report to the department of any violation or apparent violation of this law …

(1) The funeral director who first assumes custody of a dead body or fetus must obtain a burial-transit permit before final disposition and within 5 days after death. The funeral director shall provide the electronic burial-transit permit generated from the electronic death regis…

A person in charge of any premises on which final dispositions are made shall not inter or permit the interment or other disposition of any dead body unless it is accompanied by a burial-transit permit. Such person shall enter upon the permit the date of final disposition. He or …

(1) A certificate for each death and fetal death which occurs in this state shall be filed electronically on the department electronic death registration system or on a form prescribed by the department with the department or local registrar of the district in which the death occ…

(1) For any stillborn child in this state, the department shall, within 60 days, issue a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth upon the request of a parent named on a fetal death certificate.(2) The person who is required to file a fetal death certificate under this chapte…

(1) For any nonviable birth in this state, the department shall issue a certificate of nonviable birth within 60 days upon the request of a parent named on the registration of nonviable birth.(2) The person or entity authorized to register a nonviable birth under this chapter sha…

(1) For legal and medical purposes, where respiratory and circulatory functions are maintained by artificial means of support so as to preclude a determination that these functions have ceased, the occurrence of death may be determined where there is the irreversible cessation of…

(1) In the case of any death or fetal death due to causes or conditions listed in s. 406.11, any death that occurred more than 12 months after the decedent was last treated by a primary or attending physician, or any death for which there is reason to believe that the death may h…

(1) “Presumptive death” means a determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that:(a) A death of a resident of this state has occurred or is presumed to have occurred, but the body of the person involved has not been located or recovered; or(b) A death of a nonresident of t…

A certificate for each live birth that occurs in this state shall be filed within 5 days after such birth in the department’s electronic registration system with the local registrar of the district in which the birth occurred and shall be registered by the local registrar if the …

The department shall make arrangements with the United States Social Security Administration for electronic notification of deaths that occur in the state and to participate in the voluntary enumeration-at-birth program. The State Registrar is authorized to take any actions neces…

The clerk of the court in which any proceeding for adoption, annulment of an adoption, affirmation of parental status, or determination of paternity is to be registered, shall, within 30 days after the final disposition, forward electronically to the department a certified copy o…

The department, upon receipt of the fee prescribed in s. 382.0255; documentary evidence, as specified by rule, of any misstatement, error, or omission occurring in any birth, death, or fetal death record; and an affidavit setting forth the changes to be made, shall amend or repla…

(1) Upon request, the department shall prepare and register a certificate of foreign birth for an adoptee born in a foreign country who is not a citizen of the United States and whose judgment of adoption was entered by a court of competent jurisdiction of this state. The certifi…

(1) Registration after 1 year is a delayed registration, and the department may, upon receipt of an application and the fee required under s. 382.0255, and proof of the birth, death, or fetal death as prescribed by this section or rule, register a delayed certificate if the depar…

(1) In addition to the provisions of s. 382.019, any state resident or person born in this state who does not have a birth certificate may, at any time after birth, file a petition in the circuit court in the county of residence or in the alleged county of his or her birth, setti…

(1) The county court judge or clerk of the circuit court shall electronically transmit all original marriage licenses, with endorsements, received to the department on one of the following reporting schedules:(a) Weekly, on or before each Friday, all original marriage licenses, w…

Upon the receipt of each application for the issuance of a marriage license, the county court judge or clerk of the circuit court shall, pursuant to s. 741.02, collect and receive a fee of $4 which shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit to the Department of He…

(1) Clerks of the circuit courts shall collect for their services at the time of the filing of a final judgment of dissolution of marriage a fee of up to $10.50, of which 43 percent shall be retained by the clerk of the circuit court as a part of the cost in the cause in which th…

(1) BIRTH RECORDS.—Except for birth records over 125 years old which are not under seal pursuant to court order, all birth records of this state shall be confidential and are exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1).(a) Certified copies of the original birth certificate or a ne…

(1) The department is entitled to fees, as follows:(a) Not less than $3 or more than $5 for the first calendar year of records searched or retrieved and a computer certification of the record, a photocopy or birth card if a computer certification is not available, or, if no recor…

(1) Any person who willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a certificate, record, or report required by this chapter, or in an application for an amendment thereof, or in an application for a certified copy of a vital record, or who willfully and knowingly supplies f…

The flagging of a missing child’s birth certificate record and the procedures to be used when requests for the record are made shall be governed by s. 937.024.History.—s. 1, ch. 87-384.

In order to facilitate the prosecution of offenses under s. 794.011, s. 794.05, s. 800.04, or s. 827.04(3), the Department of Health, the Department of Revenue, and the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association shall develop a protocol for sharing birth certificate information fo…

(1) The Department of Health is designated as the state agency for:(a) Administering or providing for maternal and child health services to provide periodic prenatal care for patients who are at low or medium risk of complications during pregnancy and to provide referrals to high…

The Department of Health shall:(1) Provide a statewide prenatal care program for low-income pregnant women, which includes early, regular prenatal care by practitioners trained in prenatal care and delivery.(2) Provide a risk factor analysis to identify women at risk for a preter…

(1) The Department of Health, in consultation with the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration, shall maintain a website, distinct from their own websites, which provides information and links to public and private resources for expectant…

By January 1, 2019, the Department of Health shall offer perinatal mental health care information through the Family Health Line toll-free hotline, accessible to the general public, which:(1) Provides basic information on postpartum depression;(2) May recommend that a caller be f…

The breastfeeding of a baby is an important and basic act of nurture which must be encouraged in the interests of maternal and child health and family values, and in furtherance of this goal:(1) A mother may breastfeed her baby in any location, public or private, where the mother…

A facility lawfully providing maternity services or newborn infant care may use the designation “baby-friendly” on its promotional materials if the facility has complied with at least 80 percent of the requirements developed by the Department of Health in accordance with UNICEF a…

Every physician, midwife, or other person in attendance at the birth of a child in the state is required to instill or have instilled into the eyes of the baby within 1 hour after birth an effective prophylactic recommended by the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American …

Any person who shall nurse or attend any infant shall report any inflammation or unnatural discharge in the eyes of said child that shall develop within 2 weeks after birth, to the local health officer or licensed physician, which report shall be made within 6 hours.History.—s. 3…

Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of ss. 383.04-383.06 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.History.—s. 4, ch. 20690, 1941; s. 332, ch. 71-136.

The laboratory report on the serological test shall be made on a form to be provided by the Department of Health. In submitting the sample of blood for the test, the physician shall designate that this is a pregnancy test; and the laboratory report shall state that this was a pre…

The Department of Health shall be authorized to use the information derived from pregnancy serological tests for such followup procedures as are required by law or deemed necessary by said department for the protection of the public health.History.—s. 6, ch. 22644, 1945; ss. 19, …

(1) SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.—To help ensure access to the maternal and child health care system, the Department of Health shall promote the screening of all newborns born in Florida for metabolic, hereditary, and congenital disorders known to result in significant impairment of he…