The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 384
SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASES

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F.S. 384.31

384.31 Testing of pregnant women; duty of the attendant.—Every person, including every physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 or midwife licensed under part I of chapter 464 or chapter 467, attending a pregnant woman for conditions relating to pregnancy during the period of gestation and delivery shall cause the woman to be tested for sexually transmissible diseases, including HIV, as specified by department rule. Testing shall be performed by a laboratory appropriately certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and the federal rules adopted thereunder for such purposes. The woman shall be informed of the tests that will be conducted and of her right to refuse testing. If a woman objects to testing, a written statement of objection, signed by the woman, shall be placed in the woman’s medical record and no testing shall occur.

History.—s. 90, ch. 86-220; s. 3, ch. 96-179; s. 91, ch. 2000-318; s. 3, ch. 2005-169; s. 20, ch. 2018-24.

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Amendments to 384.31

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 384.31

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 384.31.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. G. DEBAUN,, 129 So. 3d 1089 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . The other completely new sections were section 384.22 entitled "Findings; intent;” section 384.31 entitled . . .

GARMONG, v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY,, 668 F. Supp. 1000 (S.D. Tex. 1987)

. . . Walsh III 200.00 5.00 per hour 205.00 384.31 68,633.55 10% 10% 82,240.26 Phillip W. . . .

RAY CONSOLIDATED COPPER COMPANY, A CORPORATION, v. THE UNITED STATES, 59 Ct. Cl. 686 (Ct. Cl. 1924)

. . . additional deduction on Exhibit A of Form 707 filed by plaintiff as aforesaid, the amount of $13,318,-384.31 . . .