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The Department of Health must establish:

  • An immunization registry;1
  • A registry of individuals who have brain or spinal cord injuries;2
  • Cancer registry;3
  • Trauma registry;4

The Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida must develop and maintain a brain tumor registry that is an automated, electronic, and centralized database of individuals with brain tumors.5

The Office of Vital Statistics must establish a confidential registry to maintain information on newborn screening results.6

A hospital, laboratory, or a licensed health care provider that diagnoses the existence of a disease that threatens public health must immediately report the fact to the Department of Health.7 HIV,8 STI,9 and tuberculosis10 test results and may be disclosed to the Department of Health.

The Department of Health may examine patient records of a licensed facility for the purpose of epidemiological investigations.11

 

Footnotes

  • 1. Florida Statutes § 381.003
  • 2. Florida Statutes §§ 381.74; 381.775
  • 3. Florida Statutes § 385.202
  • 4. Florida Statutes § 395.404
  • 5. Florida Statutes §§ 381.853; 381.853
  • 6. Florida Statutes §§ 383.04; 383.06; 383.07; 383.14
  • 7. Florida Statutes § 381.0031
  • 8. Florida Statutes § 381.004
  • 9. Florida Statutes §§ 384.25; 384.29
  • 10. Florida Statutes §§ 392.53; 392.65
  • 11. [11] Florida Statutes § 395.3025

 

Public Health Data Collection and Reporting in Florida

Subtopic Statute/Regulation Description
Public Health Data Collection and Reporting F.S.A. § 381.026 Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities This law was passed to promote a general understanding of patients’ rights and...
F.S.A. § 395.107 Urgent care centers; publishing and posting schedule of charges; penalties An urgent care center must publish and post a schedule of charges for...
F.S.A. § 395.301 Itemized patient bill; form and content prescribed by agency A licensed facility not operated by the state must inform patient at admission and...
F.S.A. § 408.05 Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis The Agency for Health Care Administration has established the Florida Center for Health...
F.S.A. § 408.061 Data collection; uniform systems of financial reporting; information relating to physician charges; confidential information; immunity The Agency...
Florida Administrative Code § 64C-7.002 “Collection procedures for newborn screening under the Department of Health regulations” Each newborn must be screened for congenital...
Florida Administrative Code § 64C-7.006 “Newborn screening records under the Department of Health regulations” The State Public Health Laboratory and Children’s Medical...
Florida Statutes § 381.003 “Communicable disease and AIDS prevention and control under the public health law” The Department of Health must establish an...
Florida Statutes § 381.0031 “Report of disease of public health significance to Department of Health under the public health law” The Department of Health may...
Florida Statutes § 381.004 “HIV testing under the public health law” (3)(e) The identity of any person who takes a HIV test and the test results are confidential...
Florida Statutes § 381.74 Establishment and maintenance of a central registry under the Charlie Mack Overstreet Brain or Spinal Cord Injuries Act  The Department of...
Florida Statutes § 381.775 “Applicant and recipient records; confidential and privileged under the Charlie Mack Overstreet Brain or Spinal Cord Injuries Act” ...
Florida Statutes § 381.853 “Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research under the public health law” The Florida Legislature intends to establish a coordinated effort...
Florida Statutes § 381.8531 “Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research; public records exemption under the public health law” Personal identifying information...
Florida Statutes § 383.06 “Report of inflammation or discharge in infant’s eyes under the public health law” Any person who attends any infant must report...
Florida Statutes § 383.07 “Penalty for violation under the public health law” Any person who fails to instill a prophylactic into the eyes of a baby to prevent...
Florida Statutes § 383.14 “Screening for metabolic disorders, other hereditary and congenital disorders, and environmental risk factors under the public health law...
Florida Statutes § 383.32 “Clinical records under the public health law” A birth center’s clinical records must contain the following information: patient...
Florida Statutes § 384.25 “Reporting of test results for sexually transmissible diseases required under the Control of Sexually Transmissible Disease Act” Every...
Florida Statutes § 384.29 “Confidentiality of health information related to sexually transmitted diseases under the Control of Sexually Transmissible Disease Act”...
Florida Statutes § 385.202 “Statewide cancer registry under the Chronic Diseases Act” Each health care facility and radiation therapy center must report to the...
Florida Statutes § 392.53 “Reporting required under the Tuberculosis Control Act” Each person who makes a diagnosis of tuberculosis or who treats a person with...
Florida Statutes § 392.65 “Confidentiality under the Tuberculosis Control Act” Information and records held by the Department of Health relating to cases of...
Florida Statutes § 395.3025 “Examination of patient and personnel records” Upon discharge of a patient and written request, a hospital must timely furnish a copy of...
Florida Statutes § 395.404 “Review of trauma registry data; report to central registry; confidentiality and limited release under the public health law” Each trauma...
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