CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1998).
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...een exposed to a sexually transmissible disease? 2. Does section 228.093, Florida Statutes, authorize the Department of Children and Families to have access to school records of children who are the subjects of child abuse investigations? In sum: 1. Section 402.115 , Florida Statutes, effective July 1, 1998, authorizes the Department of Children and Families to obtain, without the necessity of a court order or parental consent, records from the Department of Health regarding children who are all...
...records of the Department of Health "[w]hen made to the proper authorities as required by chapter 415." While Chapter 415 , Florida Statutes, does not expressly provide access to medical records generated prior to DCF's investigation of dependency, section 402.115 , Florida Statutes, was created during the 1998 legislative session to read: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Health and the [Department of Children and Families] may share confidential in...
...pursuant to section
384.30 , Florida Statutes, may be made available to the Department of Children and Families by the Department of Health when an abused or neglected child is in the physical custody of DCF. Therefore, in light of the enactment of section
402.115 , Florida Statutes, it is my opinion that there is authority for the Department of Children and Families to obtain, without the necessity of a court order or parental consent, records from the Department of Health regarding children w...
