Florida Statute 383.51 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 383
MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH CARE

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F.S. 383.51

383.51 Confidentiality; identification of parent leaving infant at hospital, emergency medical services station, or fire station.—The identity of a parent who leaves an infant at a hospital, an emergency medical services station, or a fire station in accordance with s. 383.50 is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. The identity of a parent leaving a child shall be disclosed to a person claiming to be a parent of the infant.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2000-213; s. 1, ch. 2002-30; s. 1, ch. 2007-104; s. 6, ch. 2024-213.

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