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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 400
NURSING HOMES AND RELATED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
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F.S. 400.0083
400.0083 Interference; retaliation; penalties.
(1) A person, long-term care facility, or other entity may not willfully interfere with a representative of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program in the performance of official duties.
(2) A person, long-term care facility, or other entity may not knowingly or willfully take action or retaliate against any resident, employee, or other person for filing a complaint with, providing information to, or otherwise cooperating with any representative of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.
(3) A person, long-term care facility, or other entity that violates this section:
(a) Is liable for damages and equitable relief as determined by law.
(b) Commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.
History.ss. 12, 30, ch. 93-177; s. 132, ch. 2000-349; s. 52, ch. 2000-367; s. 16, ch. 2006-121; s. 15, ch. 2015-31.

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Amendments to 400.0083


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 400.0083
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S400.0083 1 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - INTERFERE W LONGTERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM - M: S
S400.0083 2 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - RETAL AGNST PRSN FIL COMPL W/ST LT CARE OMBUD - M: S



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 400.0083

Total Results: 13

School Board of Palm Beach County, The School District of Palm Beach County v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-07-03T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: interference. Id. (emphasis added) (quoting § 400.0083(1), (3)(a), Fla. Stat. (2011)). The trial court…review, the First District emphasized that section 400.0083 created a cause of action against a “person” or…of sovereign immunity for claims under section 400.0083.” Id. at 1110. Further, although section 400.0061

School Board of Broward County, Florida v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-07-03T00:00:00-07:00

Snippet: interference. Id. (emphasis added) (quoting § 400.0083(1), (3)(a), Fla. Stat. (2011)). The trial court…review, the First District emphasized that section 400.0083 created a cause of action against a “person” or…of sovereign immunity for claims under section 400.0083.” Id. at 1110. Further, although section 400.0061

State of Florida, Department of Elder Affairs v. Clare Caldwell

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-09-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 199 So. 3d 1107, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 13481, 2016 WL 4697958

Snippet: claim against the Department pursuant to section 400.0083(3)(a), Florida Statutes (2011). We agree and reverse…Interference with an Ombudsman” in violation of section 400.0083. Caldwell alleged that the Department’s actions…the Department was civilly liable under section 400.0083(3)(a), which established a private right of action…long-term care facilities. In addition, section 400.0083, Florida Statutes (2011), provides: (1) It…of sovereign immunity for claims under section 400.0083. Although Caldwell points out that the Legislature

Caldwell v. Florida Department of Elder Affairs

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-04-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 121 So. 3d 1062, 35 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 984, 2013 WL 1715441, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 6490

Snippet: Ombudsman is, moreover, a violation of criminal law. § 400.0083, Fla. Stat. (2011). FCHR’s summary denial of Ms

Sallavirta v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1968-05-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 210 So. 2d 487, 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 5581

Snippet: that reasonable doubt. Thomson v. State, 78 Fla. 400, 83 So. 291 (1919); Byrd v. State, Fla.App.1965, 178

Brady v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1966-10-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 190 So. 2d 607

Snippet: that reasonable doubt. Thomson v. State, 78 Fla. 400, 83 So. 291 (1919); Farrell v. State, Fla. 1958, 101

Hixon v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1964-06-17T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 165 So. 2d 436

Snippet: 17 L.R.A. 484, Thomson v. State, 1919, 78 Fla. 400, 83 So. 291. Also, one who has been adjudged insane

McClure v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1958-07-15T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 104 So. 2d 601

Snippet: charge in question. In Thomson v. State, 78 Fla. 400, 83 So. 291, 292, the court held that a charge should

Warner v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1955-06-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 84 So. 2d 314

Snippet: Fla. 128, 99 So. 250; Thomson v. State, 78 Fla. 400, 83 So. 291; and Armstrong v. State, 30 Fla. 170, 11

Britts v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1947-05-02T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 158 Fla. 839, 30 So. 2d 363

Snippet: duty to acquit.”. In Thompson v. State, 78 Fla. 400, 83 So. 291, it was said: “The law, however, presumes

Britt v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1947-05-01T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 158 Fla. 839, 30 So. 2d 363

Snippet: to acquit." In Thompson v. State, 78 Fla. 400, 83 So. 291, it was said: "The law, however, presumes

Roberson v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1939-04-11T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 188 So. 127, 137 Fla. 526, 1939 Fla. LEXIS 1866

Snippet: fact, by the jury. See Thomson v. State, 78 Fla. 400, 83 So. 291; Brown v. State, 40 Fla. 459, 25 So. 63

Howell v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1939-01-24T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 187 So. 163, 136 Fla. 582, 1939 Fla. LEXIS 1578

Snippet: verdict. In the case of Thomson v. State, 78 Fla. 400, 83 So. 291, this Court considered the question of