Florida Statute 384.30 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 384
SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES

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F.S. 384.30

384.30 Minors’ consent to treatment.—

(1) The department and its authorized representatives, each physician licensed to practice medicine under the provisions of chapter 458 or chapter 459, each health care professional licensed under the provisions of part I of chapter 464 who is acting pursuant to the scope of his or her license, and each public or private hospital, clinic, or other health facility may examine and provide treatment for sexually transmissible diseases to any minor, if the physician, health care professional, or facility is qualified to provide such treatment. The consent of the parents or guardians of a minor is not a prerequisite for an examination or treatment.

(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.

History.—s. 90, ch. 86-220; s. 8, ch. 90-344; s. 12, ch. 93-227; s. 682, ch. 95-148; s. 200, ch. 96-406; s. 90, ch. 2000-318.

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Cases Citing Statute 384.30

Total Results: 4

NORTH FLA. WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES v. State

866 So. 2d 612, 2003 WL 21546546

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 10, 2003 | Docket: 1680167

Cited 55 times | Published

majority decision if the Legislature changes section 384.30(1) or 743.065(1), Florida Statutes (1999),

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

852 So. 2d 254, 2001 WL 111037

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 9, 2001 | Docket: 1305594

Cited 3 times | Published

treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, see § 384.30(1), Fla.Stat. (1999), to the general rule that

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

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 9, 2001 | Docket: 64824348

Published

treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, see § 384.30(1), Fla.Stat. (1999), to the general rule that

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Aug 14, 1998 | Docket: 3258862

Published

consent of the parents or guardian. Specifically, section 384.30, Florida Statutes, provides: "(1) The department