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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 395
HOSPITAL LICENSING AND REGULATION
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395.001 Legislative intent.It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the protection of public health and safety in the establishment, construction, maintenance, and operation of hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers by providing for licensure of same and for the development, establishment, and enforcement of minimum standards with respect thereto.
History.ss. 26, 30, ch. 82-182; ss. 2, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 1, ch. 98-303; s. 23, ch. 2018-24.

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Cases Citing Statute 395.001

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Jean Resnick v. AvMed, Inc., 693 F.3d 1317 (11th Cir. 2012).

Cited 57 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2012 WL 3833035, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18680

...establishment, and minimum standard enforcement of hospitals, ambulatory 19 Case: 11-13694 Date Filed: 09/05/2012 Page: 20 of 30 surgical centers, and mobile surgical facilities. Fla. Stat. § 395.001....
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Doe v. Dep't of Health, 948 So. 2d 803 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 21558, 2006 WL 3780681

...nger to the public shall be prohibited from practicing in this state. Similarly, the expressed legislative intent of chapter 395, which includes the basic structure for peer review, is to "provide for the protection of public health and safety." See § 395.001....
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Valcin v. Pub. Health Trust of Dade Cnty., 473 So. 2d 1297 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...al and surgical treatment notes and reports." Fla. Admin. Code Ch. 10D-28.59(3). An express purpose of these laws is to "promote safe and adequate treatment" of patients. § 395.02, Fla. Stat. (1981) (repealed effective July 1, 1982, and replaced by Section 395.001, Fla....
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Benjamin v. Tandem Healthcare, Inc., 998 So. 2d 566 (Fla. 2008).

Cited 4 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1006, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 2432, 2008 WL 5333646

...ensed under chapter 461. § 381.026(2)(b)-(c), Fla. Stat. (2004). Chapter 395 addresses licensing of hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and mobile surgical facilities. See, e.g., § 395.022, Fla. Stat. (2004) (defining terms under chapter 395); § 395.001, Fla....
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Gulf Coast Hosp., Inc. v. Dept. of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 424 So. 2d 86 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

Further definitions of "hospital" are found in Section 395.01(1) and 394.455(1). [3] Subsections 1, 3 and
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Reiff v. Ne. Florida State Hosp., 710 So. 2d 1030 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 5874, 1998 WL 264482

...safety in the establishment, construction, maintenance, and operation of hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers by providing for licensure of same and for the development, establishment, and enforcement of minimum standards with respect thereto. § 395.001, Fla....
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Tabraue III v. Doctors Hosp., 272 So. 3d 468 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...on the Hospital are not so readily dispatched. Non-Delegable Duty Based on Statute In Count V of the second amended complaint, the Estate alleges that the Hospital had a non-delegable duty to provide non-negligent emergency room care to Ms. Torres based on sections 395.001 and 395.1041 of the Florida Statutes, and on several administrative rules promulgated pursuant to section 395.1055(1)(a). The Estate’s specific reliance is upon section 395.1041, which provides, among 7 other things, certain guidelines for hospital emergency treatment....
...services nonnegligently to a patient in a given instance.” Id. We agree with the Tarpon Springs court. Chapter 395 of the Florida Statutes is a public health and safety law designed to establish criteria for hospital licensure and operations. See § 395.001, Fla....
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Jean Resnick v. AvMed, Inc. (11th Cir. 2012).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...establishment, and minimum standard enforcement of hospitals, ambulatory 19 Case: 11-13694 Date Filed: 09/05/2012 Page: 20 of 30 surgical centers, and mobile surgical facilities. Fla. Stat. § 395.001....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1987).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...Every consideration shall be given to the elimination of unnecessary duplication of health services and the provision of health services which are not currently available or which are insufficiently provided within the community. . . . (e.s.) Chapter 395 , F.S., governs hospital licensing and regulation. Section 395.001 , F.S., sets forth the legislative intent "to provide for the protection of public health and safety in the establishment, construction, maintenance, and operation of hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers by providing for licensur...
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1992).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

meetings requirements of s. 286.011, F.S. 1 Section 395.001, F.S., states: It is the intent of the Legislature

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