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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 383
MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH CARE
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F.S. 383.16
383.16 Definitions; ss. 383.15-383.19.As used in ss. 383.15-383.19, the term:
(1) “Department” means the Department of Health.
(2) “Regional perinatal intensive care center” or “center” means a unit designated by the department, located within a hospital, and specifically designed to provide a full range of health services to its patients.
(3) “Patient” means a woman who is experiencing a high-risk pregnancy and who has been declared financially and medically eligible or a newborn infant who needs intensive care and who is declared financially and medically eligible.
History.s. 2, ch. 76-54; s. 1, ch. 77-171; s. 1, ch. 79-351; s. 1, ch. 85-225; s. 2, ch. 94-140; s. 61, ch. 97-101; s. 85, ch. 2014-17.

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Theodore Ex Rel. Theodore v. Graham

733 So. 2d 538, 1999 WL 123542

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 10, 1999 | Docket: 2569940

Cited 6 times | Published

full range of health services to its patients." § 383.16(2). The statutory definition of "patients" includes