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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-07-03

Snippet: interference. Id. (emphasis added) (quoting § 400.0083(1), (3)(a), Fla. Stat. (2011)). The trial court

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-07-03

Snippet: interference. Id. (emphasis added) (quoting § 400.0083(1), (3)(a), Fla. Stat. (2011)). The trial court

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-09-08

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

Caldwell v. Florida Department of Elder Affairs

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-04-22

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1968-05-07

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1966-10-11

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1964-06-17

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1958-07-15

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1955-06-15

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1947-05-02

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1947-05-02

Citation: 30 So. 2d 363, 158 Fla. 839, 1947 Fla. LEXIS 646

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

Roberson v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1939-04-11

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1939-01-24

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