Florida Statute 384.29 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 384
SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES

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F.S. 384.29

384.29 Confidentiality.—

(1) All information and records held by the department or its authorized representatives relating to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible diseases are strictly confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1). Such information shall not be released or made public by the department or its authorized representatives, or by a court or parties to a lawsuit upon revelation by subpoena, except under the following circumstances:

(a) When made with the consent of all persons to which the information applies;

(b) When made for statistical purposes, and medical or epidemiologic information is summarized so that no person can be identified and no names are revealed;

(c) When made to medical personnel, appropriate state agencies, public health agencies, or courts of appropriate jurisdiction, to enforce the provisions of this chapter or s. 775.0877 and related rules;

(d) When made in a medical emergency, but only to the extent necessary to protect the health or life of a named party, or an injured officer, firefighter, paramedic, or emergency medical technician; or

(e) When made to the proper authorities as required by chapter 39 or chapter 415.

(2) When disclosure is made pursuant to a subpoena, the court shall seal such information from further disclosure, except as deemed necessary by the court to reach a decision, unless otherwise agreed to by all parties. Except as provided in this section, such information that is disclosed pursuant to a subpoena is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1).

(3) No employee of the department or its authorized representatives shall be examined in a civil, criminal, special, or other proceeding as to the existence or contents of pertinent records of a person examined or treated for a sexually transmissible disease by the department or its authorized representatives, or of the existence or contents of such reports received from a private physician or private health facility, without the consent of the person examined and treated for such diseases, except in proceedings under ss. 384.27 and 384.28 or involving offenders pursuant to s. 775.0877.

History.—s. 90, ch. 86-220; s. 5, ch. 90-292; s. 7, ch. 90-344; s. 11, ch. 93-227; s. 17, ch. 96-322; s. 199, ch. 96-406; s. 138, ch. 98-403; s. 24, ch. 2001-62.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 384.29

Level: Degree
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S384.29 - INVADE PRIVACY - DISCLOSE INFO RE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE - M: F

Cases Citing Statute 384.29

Total Results: 7

In Re Amendments to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420

31 So. 3d 756, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 180, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 405, 2010 WL 958075

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 18, 2010 | Docket: 1647513

Cited 5 times | Published

or the department's authorized representative. § 384.29, Fla. Stat. (vi) Birth and death certificates

In Re Amendments to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420

68 So. 3d 228, 36 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 414, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 1573, 2011 WL 2637473

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 7, 2011 | Docket: 2357064

Cited 2 times | Published

the department's authorized *232 representative. § 384.29, Fla. Stat. _____ Birth and death certificates

In Re Amendments to FLORIDA RULE OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION 2.420

156 So. 3d 499, 40 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 29, 43 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1199, 2015 Fla. LEXIS 113, 2015 WL 263902

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 22, 2015 | Docket: 2626843

Published

representatives relating to sexually transmissible diseases. § 384.29, Fla. Stat. (vi) Birth records and portions

In re Amendments to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420

124 So. 3d 819, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 199, 2013 WL 1234993, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 543

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 28, 2013 | Docket: 60235570

Published

representatives relating to sexually transmissible diseases. § 384.29, Fla. Stat. (vi) Birth (and — death certificates

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Sep 20, 2000 | Docket: 3258513

Published

Constitution and Florida and federal law. 3 Section 384.29(1), Fla. Stat., provides for the confidentiality

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Aug 14, 1998 | Docket: 3258862

Published

report such facts to the Department of Health.7 Section 384.29, Florida Statutes, provides for the confidentiality

Ocala Star-Banner v. State

697 So. 2d 1317, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 9664, 1997 WL 476118

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 22, 1997 | Docket: 64775403

Published

rendered the order discussed above. It is based on section 384.29,1 which provides for confidentiality of information