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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 384
SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES
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384.29 Confidentiality.—
(1) All information and records held by the department or its authorized representatives relating to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible diseases are strictly confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1). Such information shall not be released or made public by the department or its authorized representatives, or by a court or parties to a lawsuit upon revelation by subpoena, except under the following circumstances:
(a) When made with the consent of all persons to which the information applies;
(b) When made for statistical purposes, and medical or epidemiologic information is summarized so that no person can be identified and no names are revealed;
(c) When made to medical personnel, appropriate state agencies, public health agencies, or courts of appropriate jurisdiction, to enforce the provisions of this chapter or s. 775.0877 and related rules;
(d) When made in a medical emergency, but only to the extent necessary to protect the health or life of a named party, or an injured officer, firefighter, paramedic, or emergency medical technician; or
(e) When made to the proper authorities as required by chapter 39 or chapter 415.
(2) When disclosure is made pursuant to a subpoena, the court shall seal such information from further disclosure, except as deemed necessary by the court to reach a decision, unless otherwise agreed to by all parties. Except as provided in this section, such information that is disclosed pursuant to a subpoena is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1).
(3) No employee of the department or its authorized representatives shall be examined in a civil, criminal, special, or other proceeding as to the existence or contents of pertinent records of a person examined or treated for a sexually transmissible disease by the department or its authorized representatives, or of the existence or contents of such reports received from a private physician or private health facility, without the consent of the person examined and treated for such diseases, except in proceedings under ss. 384.27 and 384.28 or involving offenders pursuant to s. 775.0877.
History.—s. 90, ch. 86-220; s. 5, ch. 90-292; s. 7, ch. 90-344; s. 11, ch. 93-227; s. 17, ch. 96-322; s. 199, ch. 96-406; s. 138, ch. 98-403; s. 24, ch. 2001-62.

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Cases Citing Statute 384.29

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In Re Amendments to Florida Rule of Jud. Admin. 2.420, 31 So. 3d 756 (Fla. 2010).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 180, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 405, 2010 WL 958075

...d patient identity within those test results. § 381.004(3)(e), Fla. Stat. (v) Sexually transmitted diseases— test results and identity within the test results when provided by the Department of Health or the department's authorized representative. § 384.29, Fla....
...t identity within the HIV test results. § 381.004(3)(e), Fla. Stat. *779 _____ Sexually transmitted diseases—test results and identity within the test results when provided by the Department of Health or the department's authorized representative. § 384.29, Fla....
...and by the rules of the Judicial Qualifications Commission; [21] We revised subdivision (d)(1)(B)(v) to clarify that test results concerning sexually transmitted diseases and the identities of patients within the test results, which are exempt under section 384.29, Florida Statutes (2009), are confidential under the rule when provided by the Department of Health or the department's authorized representative....
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In Re Amendments to Florida Rule of Jud. Admin. 2.420, 68 So. 3d 228 (Fla. 2011).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 36 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 414, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 1573, 2011 WL 2637473

...identity within the HIV test results. § 381.004(3)(e), Fla. Stat. _____ Sexually transmitted diseases — test results and identity within the test results when provided by the Department of Health or the department's authorized *232 representative. § 384.29, Fla....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2000).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

Constitution and Florida and federal law. 3 Section 384.29(1), Fla. Stat., provides for the confidentiality
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In re Amendments to Florida Rule of Jud. Admin. 2.420, 124 So. 3d 819 (Fla. 2013).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 199, 2013 WL 1234993, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 543

...(v) (Sexually.transmitted-diseases-■test resalts — and identity-within the test results-when provided byRecords, including test results, held by the Department of Health or the — depart■ment’sits authorized representatives relating to sexually transmissible diseases. § 384.29, Fla....
...entity within the HIV test results. ⅜-3⅝1,004(3)(e), Fla. Stat:- ===-Sexually transmitted diseases-test-results and identity within-the test results *839 when-provided by the Deportment of Health or the--department’s authorized representative. § 384.29, Fla.- Stat....
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In Re Amendments to Florida Rule of Jud. Admin. 2.420, 156 So. 3d 499 (Fla. 2015).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 40 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 29, 43 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1199, 2015 Fla. LEXIS 113, 2015 WL 263902

...n upon whom an HIV test has been performed. § 381.004(32)(e), Fla. Stat. (v) Records, including test results, held by the Department of Health or its authorized representatives relating to sexually transmissible diseases. § 384.29, Fla....
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Ocala Star-Banner v. State, 697 So. 2d 1317 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 9664, 1997 WL 476118

rendered the order discussed above. It is based on section 384.29,1 which provides for confidentiality of information
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1998).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...(2) The fact of consultation, examination, and treatment of a minor for a sexually transmissible disease is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07 (1) and shall not be divulged in any direct or indirect manner, such as sending a bill for services rendered to a parent or guardian, except as provided in s. 384.29 ." Any person making a diagnosis of or treating a person with a sexually transmissible disease, and each laboratory performing a test for such diseases that produces a positive result, is required to report such facts to the Department of Health. 7 Section 384.29 , Florida Statutes, provides for the confidentiality of information and records of sexually transmissible diseases held by the Department of Health. The statute provides for strict confidentiality of such records and provides that such information may not be released except as provided therein. Section 384.29 (1)(e), Florida Statutes, allows the release of information and records of the Department of Health "[w]hen made to the proper authorities as required by chapter 415." While Chapter 415 , Florida Statutes, does not expressly provide ac...

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