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Fla. Stat. § 384.30 (2025)
Minors’ consent to treatment.
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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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2025 · leading case: North Fla. Women's Health Servs. v. State, 866 So. 2d 612 (Fla. 2003).
North Fla. Women's Health Servs. v. State, 866 So. 2d 612 (Fla. 2003). “In addition, if the judicial branch holds legislation unconstitutional because it does not meet judicial scrutiny for consistency, then there is a real likelihood that legislators will change good and effective statutes merely to avoid this Court's voiding statutes based on…”
State v. Women's Health & Counseling Servs., Inc., 852 So. 2d 254 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). “(1999), and for treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, see § 384.30(1), Fla.Stat. (1999), to the general rule that a parent or guardian must consent to (and therefore have notice of) a minor child's medical treatment.”
State, Florida Dep't of Health v. North Florida Women's Health & Counseling Servs., Inc., 852 So. 2d 254 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). “(1999), and for treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, see § 384.30(1), Fla.Stat. (1999), to the general rule that a parent or guardian must consent to (and therefore have notice of) a minor child’s medical treatment.”
Dylan Brandt v. Tim Griffin (8th Cir. 2025). “14 (b); Fla. Stat. § 384.30 ; Ga. Code Ann. § 37-7-8 ; Haw.”
— 384.30(1) — 3 cases
North Fla. Women's Health Servs. v. State, 866 So. 2d 612 (Fla. 2003). “In addition, if the judicial branch holds legislation unconstitutional because it does not meet judicial scrutiny for consistency, then there is a real likelihood that legislators will change good and effective statutes merely to avoid this Court's voiding statutes based on…”
State v. Women's Health & Counseling Servs., Inc., 852 So. 2d 254 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). “(1999), and for treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, see § 384.30(1), Fla.Stat. (1999), to the general rule that a parent or guardian must consent to (and therefore have notice of) a minor child's medical treatment.”
State, Florida Dep't of Health v. North Florida Women's Health & Counseling Servs., Inc., 852 So. 2d 254 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). “(1999), and for treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, see § 384.30(1), Fla.Stat. (1999), to the general rule that a parent or guardian must consent to (and therefore have notice of) a minor child’s medical treatment.”
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