Florida Statute 384.22 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 384
SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES

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F.S. 384.22

384.22 Findings; intent.—The Legislature finds and declares that sexually transmissible diseases constitute a serious and sometimes fatal threat to the public and individual health and welfare of the people of the state and to visitors to the state. The Legislature finds that the incidence of sexually transmissible diseases is rising at an alarming rate and that these diseases result in significant social, health, and economic costs, including infant and maternal mortality, temporary and lifelong disability, and premature death. The Legislature finds that sexually transmissible diseases, by their nature, involve sensitive issues of privacy, and it is the intent of the Legislature that all programs designed to deal with these diseases afford patients privacy, confidentiality, and dignity. The Legislature finds that medical knowledge and information about sexually transmissible diseases are rapidly changing. The Legislature intends to provide a program that is sufficiently flexible to meet emerging needs, deals efficiently and effectively with reducing the incidence of sexually transmissible diseases, and provides patients with a secure knowledge that information they provide will remain private and confidential.

History.—s. 90, ch. 86-220.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 384.22

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 384.22.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 384.22

Total Results: 9

Gary G. Debaun v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-03-16

Citation: 213 So. 3d 747, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 322, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 583

Snippet: Statutes, which is titled “Public Health.” Section 384.22 explicitly sets forth the legislative intent and

Yulia Forest Kohl v. Norman Dean Kohl, Jr.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-10-01

Citation: 149 So. 3d 127, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 15251

Snippet: people of the state and to visitors to the state.” § 384.22, Fla. Stat. (2013). Applying an actual or

State v. Debaun

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-10-30

Citation: 129 So. 3d 1089, 2013 WL 5814005, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 17224

Snippet: transmitted diseases. § 384.21, Fla. Stat. (2011); § 384.22, Fla. Stat. (2011). Section 384.23 defines a “sexually

State v. D.C.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-05-31

Citation: 114 So. 3d 440, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 8595, 2013 WL 2359490

Snippet: (2008). Section 384.22 sets forth the Legislature’s intent in enacting chapter 384: 384.22. Findings; intent

State, Florida Department of Health v. North Florida Women's Health & Counseling Services, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-02-09

Citation: 852 So. 2d 254, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 1217

Snippet: transmitted diseases are by definition contagious. See § 384.22, Fla. Stat. (1999) (“The Legislature finds and

State v. WOMEN'S HEALTH AND COUNSELING SERVICES, INC.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-02-09

Citation: 852 So. 2d 254, 2001 WL 111037

Snippet: transmitted diseases are by definition contagious. See § 384.22, Fla. Stat. (1999) ("The Legislature finds and

Gabriel v. Tripp

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1991-03-15

Citation: 576 So. 2d 404, 1991 WL 35029

Snippet: and lifelong disability, and premature death. § 384.22, Fla. Stat. (1989). Thus, we find that if a plaintiff

Council of Chipley v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1933-01-31

Citation: 146 So. 830, 108 Fla. 163

Snippet: ex rel. McDonald v. Newark, 58 N.J.L. 12,32 A. 384, 22 R. C. L. 543." Then the author says: "The exigencies

Caulk v. Fox

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1869-07-01

Citation: 13 Fla. 148

Snippet: 452 ; 15 N. H., 393; 4 Mass., 136 ; 7 Mass., 384; 22 Pick., 380 ; 4 Desau., 627; 2 Hill Chy., 3. We