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FL Stat § 381.00893 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.00893 - Complaints by Aggrieved Parties.

381.00893 Complaints by aggrieved parties.—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 and that the nature of the alleged violation could pose a serious and immediate threat to public health, the department shall conduct an inspection as soon as practicable. In all other cases where the department finds there are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation exists, the department shall notify the owner and the operator of the housing that a complaint has been received and the nature of the complaint. The department shall also advise the owner and the operator that the alleged violation must be remedied within 3 business days. The department shall conduct an inspection as soon as practicable following such 3-day period. The department shall notify the owner or the operator of the housing and the complainant in writing of the results of the inspection and the action taken. Upon request of the complainant, the department shall conduct the inspection so as to protect the confidentiality of the complainant. The department shall adopt rules by January 1, 1994, to implement this section.History.—s. 11, ch. 93-133.
FL Stat § 381.00895 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.00895 - Prohibited Acts; Application.

381.00895 Prohibited acts; application.—(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 services to the resident; bringing or threatening to bring against the resident an action for eviction or possession or another civil action; refusing to renew the resident’s tenancy; or intimidating, threatening, restraining, coercing, blacklisting, or discharging the resident. Examples of conduct for which the owner or operator may not retaliate include, but are not limited to, situations in which:(a) The resident has complained in good faith, orally or in writing, to the owner or operator of the housing, the employer, or any government agency charged with the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of ss. 381.008-381.00897.(b) The resident has exercised any legal right provided in this chapter with respect to the housing.(2) A resident who brings an action for or raises a defense of retaliatory conduct must have acted in good faith.(3) This section does not apply if the owner or operator of housing proves that the eviction or other action is for good cause, including, without limitation, a good faith action for nonpayment of rent, a violation of the resident’s rental or employment agreement, a violation of reasonable rules of the owner or operator of the housing or of the employer, or a violation of this chapter or the Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.History.—s. 12, ch. 93-133; s. 653, ch. 95-148.
FL Stat § 381.00896 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.00896 - Nondiscrimination.

381.00896 Nondiscrimination.—(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 that discriminatory practices that inhibit the development of farmworker housing are a matter of state concern.(2) Any owner or developer of farmworker housing which has qualified for a permit to operate, or who would qualify for a permit based upon plans submitted to the department, or the residents or intended residents of such housing may invoke the provisions of this section.(3) A municipality or county may not enact or administer local land use ordinances to prohibit or discriminate against the development and use of farmworker housing facilities because of the occupation, race, sex, color, religion, national origin, or income of the intended residents.(4) This section does not prohibit the imposition of local property taxes, water service and garbage collection fees, normal inspection fees, local bond assessments, or other fees, charges, or assessments to which other dwellings of the same type in the same zone are subject.(5) This section does not prohibit a municipality or county from extending preferential treatment to farmworker housing, including, without limitation, fee reductions or waivers or changes in architectural requirements, site development or property line requirements, or vehicle parking requirements that reduce the development costs of farmworker housing.History.—s. 13, ch. 93-133.
FL Stat § 381.009 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.009 - Toilets Required by Department Regulations; Charge for Use of Prohibited.

381.009 Toilets required by department regulations; charge for use of prohibited.—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 the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-240; s. 98, ch. 77-147; s. 41, ch. 91-297; s. 42, ch. 97-101.Note.—Former s. 381.522.
FL Stat § 381.0201 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.0201 - Technical and Support Services.

381.0201 Technical and support services.—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, and emergency medical services.History.—s. 44, ch. 91-297; s. 44, ch. 97-101.
FL Stat § 381.0202 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.0202 - Laboratory Services.

381.0202 Laboratory services.—(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 with any person or public or private agency to provide laboratory services relating to or having potential impact on the public health or relating to the health of clients directly under the care of the state.(3) The department is authorized to establish and collect reasonable fees and charges for laboratory services provided. Such fees and charges shall be deposited in a trust fund administered by the department and shall be used solely for this purpose.(4) The department may perform laboratory testing related to public health for other states on a fee-for-service basis.History.—s. 2, ch. 29834, 1955; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 77-113; s. 77, ch. 77-147; s. 31, ch. 83-276; s. 45, ch. 91-297; s. 3, ch. 2009-57; s. 2, ch. 2017-181.Note.—Former s. 381.321.
FL Stat § 381.0203 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.0203 - Pharmacy Services.

381.0203 Pharmacy services.—(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 program, including, but not limited to:(a) A central pharmacy to support pharmaceutical services provided by the county health departments, including pharmaceutical repackaging, dispensing, and the purchase and distribution of immunizations and other pharmaceuticals.(b) Consultation to county health departments as required by s. 154.04(1)(c).History.—s. 46, ch. 91-297; s. 6, ch. 94-309; s. 45, ch. 97-101; s. 23, ch. 97-237; s. 194, ch. 99-13; s. 15, ch. 2000-242; s. 11, ch. 2000-326; s. 4, ch. 2009-57; s. 42, ch. 2012-184.
FL Stat § 381.0204 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.0204 - Vital Statistics.

381.0204 Vital statistics.—The department shall provide for a statewide vital statistics program pursuant to chapter 382.History.—s. 47, ch. 91-297.
FL Stat § 381.0205 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.0205 - Emergency Medical Services.

381.0205 Emergency medical services.—The department shall provide for a statewide emergency medical services program pursuant to chapters 395 and 401.History.—s. 48, ch. 91-297.
FL Stat § 381.0402 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.0402 - Area Health Education Center Network.

381.0402 Area health education center network.—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 persons who are medically underserved. The network shall be a catalyst for the primary care training of health professionals through increased opportunities for training in medically underserved areas.(1) The department shall contract to assist in funding an area health education center network which links the provision of primary care services to low-income persons with the education of medical students, interns, and residents. The network shall:(a) Be coordinated with and under contract with the state-approved medical schools, which shall be responsible for the clinical training and supervision.(b) Divide the state into service areas with each state-approved medical school coordinating the recruiting, training, and retention of medical students within its assigned area.(c) Use a multidisciplinary approach with appropriate medical supervision.(d) Use current community resources such as county health departments, federally funded primary care centers, or other primary health care providers as community-based sites for training medical students, interns, and residents.(2) The department shall establish criteria and procedures for quality assurance, performance evaluations, periodic audits, and other appropriate safeguards for the network.(3) The department shall make every effort to assure that participating medical schools do not discriminate among enrollees with respect to age, race, sex, or health status. However, such schools may target high-risk medically needy population groups.(4) The department may use no more than 5 percent of the annual appropriation for administering and evaluating the network.History.—s. 10, ch. 87-92; s. 24, ch. 88-294; s. 18, ch. 90-295; s. 50, ch. 91-297; s. 47, ch. 97-101; s. 5, ch. 2006-26; s. 13, ch. 2008-5.Note.—Former s. 409.2661.
FL Stat § 381.0405 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.0405 - Office of Rural Health.

381.0405 Office of Rural Health.—(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 development centers within universities that have state-approved medical schools. The Office of Rural Health may enter into a formal relationship with any center that designates the office as an affiliate of the center.(2) PURPOSE.—The Office of Rural Health shall actively foster the provision of health care services in rural areas and serve as a catalyst for improved health services to citizens in rural areas of the state.(3) GENERAL FUNCTIONS.—The office shall:(a) Integrate policies related to physician workforce, hospitals, public health, and state regulatory functions.(b) Propose solutions to problems affecting health care delivery in rural areas.(c) Seek grant funds from foundations and the Federal Government.(4) COORDINATION.—The office shall:(a) Identify federal and state rural health programs and provide technical assistance to rural providers regarding participation in such programs.(b) Act as a clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating information on rural health care issues, research findings on rural health care, and innovative approaches to the delivery of health care in rural areas.(c) Foster the creation of regional health care systems that promote cooperation, rather than competition.(d) Coordinate the department’s rural health care activities, programs, and policies.(e) Design initiatives to improve access to emergency medical services in rural areas.(f) Assume responsibility for state coordination of the Rural Hospital Transition Grant Program and other federal rural health care programs.(5) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The office shall:(a) Help rural health care providers obtain health care practitioners by promoting the location and relocation of health care practitioners in rural areas.(b) Provide technical assistance to hospitals, community and migrant health centers, and other health care providers.(c) Design strategies to improve health care workforce recruitment and placement programs.(6) RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS AND SPECIAL STUDIES.—The office shall:(a) Conduct policy and research studies.(b) Conduct health status studies of rural residents.(c) Collect relevant data on rural health care issues for use in department policy development.History.—s. 51, ch. 91-297; s. 659, ch. 95-148; s. 25, ch. 97-237; s. 49, ch. 2012-184; s. 9, ch. 2018-24.
FL Stat § 381.0601 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.0601 - Self-Derived and Directed-Donor Blood Programs.

381.0601 Self-derived and directed-donor blood programs.—(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 state shall be entitled and allowed to participate in a directed-donor blood program to donate the blood of specific donors for use by a designated recipient, in order to have such blood available for blood transfusions at the time of a planned medical need.(3) Such blood shall not be administered to any other individual until such time as the designated recipient no longer has a need for the blood, after which time the blood shall revert to the blood bank’s general account, except that in the event of a medical emergency, such blood from a designated donor may be used to meet the emergency need.History.—s. 1, ch. 87-366; s. 52, ch. 91-297; s. 660, ch. 95-148.Note.—Former s. 381.6015.
FL Stat § 381.06015 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.06015 - Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank.

381.06015 Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank.—(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 umbilical cord blood as a resource to the public. The University of Florida, the University of South Florida, the University of Miami, and the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville shall jointly form the collaborative consortium, each working with community resources such as regional blood banks, hospitals, and other health care providers to develop local and regional coalitions for the purposes set forth in this act. The consortium participants shall align their outreach programs and activities to all geographic areas of the state, covering the entire state. The consortium is encouraged to conduct outreach and research for Hispanics, African Americans, Native Americans, and other ethnic and racial minorities.(2) The Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Health shall encourage health care providers, including, but not limited to, hospitals, birthing facilities, county health departments, physicians, midwives, and nurses, to disseminate information about the Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank.(3) Nothing in this section creates a requirement of any health care or services program that is directly affiliated with a bona fide religious denomination that includes as an integral part of its beliefs and practices the tenet that blood transfer is contrary to the moral principles the denomination considers to be an essential part of its beliefs.(4) Any health care facility or health care provider receiving financial remuneration for the collection of umbilical cord blood shall provide written disclosure of this information to any woman postpartum or parent of a newborn from whom the umbilical cord blood is collected prior to the harvesting of the umbilical cord blood.(5) A woman admitted to a hospital or birthing facility for obstetrical services may be offered the opportunity to donate umbilical cord blood to the Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank. A woman may not be required to make such a donation.(6) The consortium may charge reasonable rates and fees to recipients of cord blood tissue bank products.History.—s. 1, ch. 2000-305; s. 53, ch. 2012-184.
FL Stat § 381.4019 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.4019 - Dental Student Loan Repayment Program.

381.4019 Dental Student Loan Repayment Program.—The Dental Student Loan Repayment Program is established to promote access to dental care by supporting qualified dentists who treat medically underserved populations in dental health professional shortage areas or medically underserved areas.(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Dental health professional shortage area” means a geographic area designated as such by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(b) “Department” means the Department of Health.(c) “Loan program” means the Dental Student Loan Repayment Program.(d) “Medically underserved area” means a geographic area, an area having a special population, or a facility which is designated by department rule as a health professional shortage area as defined by federal regulation and which has a shortage of dental health professionals who serve Medicaid recipients and other low-income patients.(e) “Public health program” means a county health department, the Children’s Medical Services program, a federally funded community health center, a federally funded migrant health center, or other publicly funded or nonprofit health care program designated by the department.(2) The department shall establish a dental student loan repayment program to benefit Florida-licensed dentists who demonstrate, as required by department rule, active employment in a public health program that serves Medicaid recipients and other low-income patients and is located in a dental health professional shortage area or a medically underserved area.(3) The department shall award funds from the loan program to repay the student loans of a dentist who meets the requirements of subsection (2).(a) An award may not exceed $50,000 per year per eligible dentist.(b) Only loans to pay the costs of tuition, books, dental equipment and supplies, uniforms, and living expenses may be covered.(c) All repayments are contingent upon continued proof of eligibility and must be made directly to the holder of the loan. The state bears no responsibility for the collection of any interest charges or other remaining balances.(d) A dentist may receive funds under the loan program for at least 1 year, up to a maximum of 5 years.(e) The department shall limit the number of new dentists participating in the loan program to not more than 10 per fiscal year.(4) A dentist is no longer eligible to receive funds under the loan program if the dentist:(a) Is no longer employed by a public health program that meets the requirements of subsection (2).(b) Ceases to participate in the Florida Medicaid program.(c) Has disciplinary action taken against his or her license by the Board of Dentistry for a violation of s. 466.028.(5) The department shall adopt rules to administer the loan program.(6) Implementation of the loan program is subject to legislative appropriation.History.—s. 2, ch. 2019-138.
FL Stat § 381.40195 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.40195 - Donated Dental Services Program.

381.40195 Donated Dental Services Program.—(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 establish the Donated Dental Services Program for the purpose of providing comprehensive dental care through a network of volunteer dentists and other dental providers to needy, disabled, elderly, and medically compromised individuals who cannot afford necessary treatment but are ineligible for public assistance. An eligible individual may receive treatment in a volunteer dentist’s or participating dental provider’s private office or at any other suitable location. An eligible individual is not required to pay any fee or cost associated with the treatment he or she receives.(4) The department shall establish the program. The department shall contract with a nonprofit organization that has experience in providing similar services or administering similar programs. The contract must specify the responsibilities of the nonprofit organization, which may include, but are not limited to:(a) Maintaining a network of volunteer dentists and other dental providers, including, but not limited to, dental specialists and dental laboratories, to provide comprehensive dental services to eligible individuals.(b) Maintaining a system to refer eligible individuals to the appropriate volunteer dentist or participating dental provider.(c) Developing a public awareness and marketing campaign to promote the program and educate eligible individuals about its availability and services.(d) Providing the necessary administrative and technical support to administer the program.(e) Submitting an annual report to the department which must include, at a minimum:1. Financial data relating to administering the program.2. Demographic data and other information relating to the eligible individuals who are referred to and receive treatment through the program.3. Demographic data and other information relating to the volunteer dentists and participating dental providers who provide dental services through the program.4. Any other data or information that the department may require.(f) Performing any other program-related duties and responsibilities as required by the department.(5) The department shall adopt rules to administer the program.(6) Implementation of the program is subject to legislative appropriation.History.—s. 3, ch. 2019-138.
FL Stat § 381.7351 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 381 - Public Health: General Provisions|381.7351 - Short Title; Closing the Gap Act.

381.7351 Short title; Closing the Gap Act.—Sections 381.7351-381.7356 may be cited as the “Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Closing the Gap Act.”History.—s. 27, ch. 2000-256.