Florida Statute 384.24 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 384
SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES

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F.S. 384.24

384.24 Unlawful acts.—

(1) It is unlawful for any person who has chancroid, gonorrhea, granuloma inguinale, lymphogranuloma venereum, genital herpes simplex, chlamydia, nongonococcal urethritis (NGU), pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)/acute salpingitis, or syphilis, when such person knows he or she is infected with one or more of these diseases and when such person has been informed that he or she may communicate this disease to another person through sexual intercourse, to have sexual intercourse with any other person, unless such other person has been informed of the presence of the sexually transmissible disease and has consented to the sexual intercourse.

(2) It is unlawful for any person who has human immunodeficiency virus infection, when such person knows he or she is infected with this disease and when such person has been informed that he or she may communicate this disease to another person through sexual intercourse, to have sexual intercourse with any other person, unless such other person has been informed of the presence of the sexually transmissible disease and has consented to the sexual intercourse.

History.—s. 90, ch. 86-220; s. 27, ch. 88-380; s. 674, ch. 95-148; s. 1, ch. 97-37.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 384.24

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

S384.24 1 - HEALTH-SAFETY - STD INFECTED PERS HAVE SEX W UNINFORMED PERS - M: F

S384.24 2 - CRIMES AGAINST PERSON - HIV INFECTED PERS HAVE SEX WO INFORM PARTNER - F: T

S384.24 2 - CRIMES AGAINST PERSON - HIV INFCT PER HAS SEX WO INFORM PART SUBSQ OFF - F: F

Cases Citing Statute 384.24

Total Results: 9

Gabriel v. Tripp

576 So. 2d 404, 1991 WL 35029

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 15, 1991 | Docket: 1242776

Cited 8 times | Published

that violation of section 384.24 constitutes a first-degree misdemeanor. Section 384.24 makes it unlawful

Yulia Forest Kohl v. Norman Dean Kohl, Jr.

149 So. 3d 127, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 15251, 2014 WL 4840739

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 1, 2014 | Docket: 1400919

Cited 5 times | Published

prejudice for her failure to track the language of section 384.24, Florida Statutes (2013). An issue on appeal

Allstate Insurance v. Myers

951 F. Supp. 1014, 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20157, 1996 WL 775169

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 19, 1996 | Docket: 1599222

Cited 5 times | Published

conduct. In support, plaintiff relies upon Fla.Stat. § 384.24 and a policy provision excluding coverage for

Gary G. Debaun v. State of Florida

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

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 16, 2017 | Docket: 4618310

Cited 1 times | Published

that the term “sexual intercourse” as used in section 384.24(2), Florida Statutes (2011), encompasses conduct

State v. D.C.

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 31, 2013 | Docket: 60231926

Cited 1 times | Published

sexual intercourse, as that term is used in section 384.24(2), takes place only when the female sex organ

Clarke v. State Farm Florida Insurance

123 So. 3d 583, 2012 WL 5349377, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 18961

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 31, 2012 | Docket: 60235114

Cited 1 times | Published

liability statutorily imposed on any insured. See § 384.24, Fla. Stat. (2010). Affirmed. POLEN and CONNER

L.A.P. v. State

62 So. 3d 693, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 8462

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 10, 2011 | Docket: 60300837

Cited 1 times | Published

challenges her judgment and sentence for violating section 384.24(2), Florida Statutes (2008), which makes it

LAP v. State

62 So. 3d 693, 2011 WL 2279018

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 10, 2011 | Docket: 2362251

Cited 1 times | Published

challenges her judgment and sentence for violating section 384.24(2), Florida Statutes (2008), which makes it

State v. Debaun

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 30, 2013 | Docket: 60237287

Published

interpreting the term “sexual intercourse” as used in section 384.24(2) of the Florida Statutes (2011) as meaning