Title XXIX, Public Health

The department shall establish by rule the following fees:(1) For the initial licensure of a tattoo establishment and the renewal of such license, a fee not to exceed $250 per year.(2) For licensure of a temporary establishment, a fee not to exceed $250.(3) For the initial licens…

(1) The following acts constitute grounds for which disciplinary action specified in subsection (2) may be taken by the department against any tattoo establishment, temporary establishment, tattoo artist, guest tattoo artist, operator of a tattoo establishment, or unlicensed pers…

(1) A person may not:(a) Operate a tattoo establishment or temporary establishment in this state without a license.(b) Practice tattooing in this state without a tattoo artist license or guest tattoo artist registration, except as provided in s. 381.00773.(c) Practice tattooing i…

(1) A person may not tattoo the body of a minor child younger than 16 years of age unless the tattooing is performed for medical or dental purposes by a person licensed to practice medicine or dentistry under chapter 458, chapter 459, or chapter 466.(2) A person may not tattoo th…

The department shall adopt rules to administer ss. 381.00771-381.00791. Such rules may include, but are not limited to, rules defining terms; prescribing educational requirements for tattoo artists and guest tattoo artists, health and safety requirements, sanitation practices, an…

Sections 381.00771-381.00791 do not preempt any local law or ordinance of a county or municipality that imposes regulations on tattoo establishments, temporary establishments, tattoo artists, or the practice of tattooing which are in addition to those sections.History.—s. 11, ch.…

As used in ss. 381.008-381.00897, the following words and phrases mean:(1) “Common areas”—That portion of a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing not included within private living quarters and where migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing residents generall…

(1) MIGRANT LABOR CAMP; PERMIT REQUIREMENT.—A person who establishes, maintains, or operates a migrant labor camp in this state without first having obtained a permit from the department and who fails to post such permit and keep such permit posted in the camp to which it applies…

Application for a permit to establish, operate, or maintain a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing must be made to the department in writing on a form and under rules prescribed by the department. The application must state the location of the existing or proposed mi…

Any person who is planning to construct, enlarge, remodel, use, or occupy a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing or convert property for use as a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing must give written notice to the department of the intent to do so at le…

(1) Each migrant labor camp operator or owner of residential migrant housing who is subject to s. 381.0081 shall pay to the department the following annual application fees:(a) Camps or residential migrant housing that have capacity for 5 to 50 occupants: $125.(b) Camps or reside…

The department may revoke a permit authorizing the operation of a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing if it finds the holder has failed to comply with any provision of this law or any rule adopted hereunder. To reinstate a permit for migrant labor camp or residentia…

(1) The department shall adopt rules necessary to protect the health and safety of migrant farmworkers and other migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing occupants, including rules governing field sanitation facilities. These rules must include definitions of terms; a pr…

(1) Department personnel may issue citations that contain an order of correction or an order to pay a fine, or both, for violations of ss. 381.008-381.00895 or the field sanitation facility rules adopted by the department when a violation of those sections or rules is enforceable…

The department or its inspectors may enter and inspect migrant labor camps or residential migrant housing at reasonable hours and investigate such facts, conditions, and practices or matters, as are necessary or appropriate to determine whether any person has violated any provisi…

Any person who believes that the housing violates any provision of ss. 381.008-381.00895 or rules adopted thereunder may file a complaint with the department. Upon receipt of the complaint, if the department finds there are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation exists an…

(1) An owner or operator of housing subject to the provisions of ss. 381.008-381.00897 may not, for the purpose of retaliating against a resident of that housing, discriminatorily terminate or discriminatorily modify a tenancy by increasing the resident’s rent; decreasing service…

(1) The Legislature declares that it is the policy of this state that each county and municipality must permit and encourage the development and use of a sufficient number and sufficient types of farmworker housing facilities to meet local needs. The Legislature further finds tha…

(1) RIGHT OF ACCESS OF INVITED GUEST.—A resident of a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing may decide who may visit him or her in the resident’s private living quarters. A person may not prohibit or attempt to prohibit an invited guest access to or egress from the pr…

No place of employment or place serving the public shall make a charge for the use of any toilet which is required to be provided by regulation of the Department of Health. Any place of employment or place serving the public which violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor of t…

(1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—Except as otherwise provided herein, the Department of Health shall regulate the packaging, transport, storage, and treatment of biomedical waste. The Department of Environmental Protection shall regulate onsite and offsite incineration and disposal of bio…

(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Board” means the Environmental Health Professionals Advisory Board.(b) “Certified” means a person who has displayed competency to perform evaluations of environmental or sanitary conditions through examination.(c) “Departmen…

The department shall establish certain technical and support programs to enable the county health departments and other public or private agencies to carry out the public health mission. These programs shall include, but not be limited to, laboratory, pharmacy, vital statistics, …

(1) The department shall establish and maintain, in suitable and convenient places in the state, laboratories for microbiological and chemical analyses and any other purposes it determines necessary for the protection of the public health.(2) The department may contract or agree …

(1) The department may contract on a statewide basis for the purchase of drugs, as defined in s. 499.003, to be used by state agencies and political subdivisions, and may adopt rules to administer this section.(2) The department shall establish and maintain a pharmacy services pr…

(1) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Agency for Health Care Administration shall establish the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program for the importation of safe and effective prescription drugs from Canada which have the highest potential for cost savings to the state.(2) DEFINI…

The department shall provide for a statewide vital statistics program pursuant to chapter 382.History.—s. 47, ch. 91-297.

The department shall provide for a statewide emergency medical services program pursuant to chapters 395 and 401.History.—s. 48, ch. 91-297.

(1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.”(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section and s. 381.0261, the term:(a) “Department” means the Department of Health.(b) “Health care facility” means a facility licensed under …

(1) The Department of Health shall publish on its Internet website a summary of the Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. In adopting and making available to patients the summary of the Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, health care providers …

(1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Patients’ Right-to-Know About Adverse Medical Incidents Act.”(2) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this act to implement s. 25, Art. X of the State Constitution. The Legislature finds that this section of the State Constitution is in…

(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to provide for the operation and closure of special needs shelters and to designate the Department of Health, through its county health departments, as the lead agency for coordination of the recruitment of health care practitioners, as…

The department, in cooperation with the state-approved medical schools in this state, shall organize an area health education center network based on earlier medically indigent demonstration projects and shall evaluate the impact of each network on improving access to services by…

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Department of Health shall establish an Office of Rural Health. The Office of Rural Health shall coordinate its activities with the area health education center network established pursuant to s. 381.0402 and with any appropriate research and policy develop…

(1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.—(a) The Legislature finds that, in rural areas, access to health care is limited and the quality of health care is negatively affected by inadequate financing, difficulty in recruiting and retaining skilled health professionals, and because of…

(1) INTENT.—It is the Legislature’s intent that, to the extent necessary to foster the development of rural health networks as provided for in s. 381.0406, competitive market forces shall be replaced with state regulation, as provided for in this section. It is also the intent of…

(1) Any person residing in this state shall be entitled and allowed to participate in a program to donate his or her own blood, in order to have such blood available for autologous, or self-derived, transfusion at the time of a planned medical need.(2) Any person residing in this…

(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Blood establishment” means any person, entity, or organization, operating within the state, which examines an individual for the purpose of blood donation or which collects, processes, stores, tests, or distributes blood or blood compone…

(1) There is established a statewide consortium to be known as the Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank. The Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank is established as a nonprofit legal entity to collect, screen for infectious and genetic diseases, perform tissue typing, cryopreserve, and store um…

(1) The Department of Health shall make publicly available, by posting on its Internet website, resources and an Internet website link to materials relating to umbilical cord blood which have been developed by the Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood Foundation, Inc., including:(a) An ex…

1(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Council” means the Health Care Innovation Council.(b) “Department” means the Department of Health.(c) “Health care provider” means any person or entity licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized by law to prov…

(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Consortium” or “consortia” means a combination of statutory teaching hospitals, specialty children’s hospitals, statutory rural hospitals, other hospitals, accredited medical schools, clinics operated by the Department of He…

The Dental Student Loan Repayment Program is established to support the state Medicaid program and promote access to dental care by supporting qualified dentists and dental hygienists who treat medically underserved populations in dental health professional shortage areas or medi…

(1) This act may be cited as the “Donated Dental Services Act.”(2) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Department” means the Department of Health.(b) “Program” means the Donated Dental Services Program as established pursuant to subsection (3).(3) The department shall establis…

(1) To support the state Medicaid program and to encourage qualified medical professionals to practice in underserved locations where there are shortages of such personnel, there is established the Florida Reimbursement Assistance for Medical Education Program. The function of th…

(1) For the student loan repayment programs established in ss. 381.4019 and 381.402, the department shall annually provide a report, beginning July 1, 2024, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives which, at a minimum, details …