Florida Statute 440.60 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 440
WORKERS' COMPENSATION

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440.60 Application of laws.—

(1) Chapter 79-40, Laws of Florida, shall apply to all claims for injury arising out of accidents occurring on or after August 1, 1979.

(2) Sections 6-20, chapter 79-312, Laws of Florida, shall apply to all claims for injury arising out of accidents occurring on or after August 1, 1979.

(3) All acts or proceedings performed by or on behalf of the former Division of Workers’ Compensation of the ¹Department of Labor and Employment Security or the employer, or in which the division or the employer was a party under s. 440.15(1) and (3) between October 1, 1974, and July 10, 1987, are ratified and validated in all respects if such acts or proceedings would have been valid if chapter 87-330, Laws of Florida, had been in effect at the time such acts or proceedings were performed.

History.—s. 127, ch. 79-40; ss. 23, 25, ch. 79-312; s. 10, ch. 87-330; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1; s. 69, ch. 2004-5.

¹Note.—Section 69, ch. 2002-194, repealed s. 20.171, which created the Department of Labor and Employment Security.

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Peck v. Palm Beach Cty. Bd. of Cty. Comm'rs, 442 So. 2d 1050 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...d on evidence which in substance meets the Guide's standards whether or not a medical witness uses or references those prescriptions. NOTES [1] The provisions of Sections 23 and 25 of Chapter 79-312 are found in the 1979 Official Florida Statutes at Section 440.60.

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