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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXX
SOCIAL WELFARE
Chapter 415
ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES
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F.S. 415.1034
415.1034 Mandatory reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults; mandatory reports of death.
(1) MANDATORY REPORTING.
(a) Any person, including, but not limited to, any:
1. Physician, osteopathic physician, medical examiner, chiropractic physician, nurse, paramedic, emergency medical technician, or hospital personnel engaged in the admission, examination, care, or treatment of vulnerable adults;
2. Health professional or mental health professional other than one listed in subparagraph 1.;
3. Practitioner who relies solely on spiritual means for healing;
4. Nursing home staff; assisted living facility staff; adult day care center staff; adult family-care home staff; social worker; or other professional adult care, residential, or institutional staff;
5. State, county, or municipal criminal justice employee or law enforcement officer;
6. Employee of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation conducting inspections of public lodging establishments under s. 509.032;
7. Florida advocacy council or Disability Rights Florida member or a representative of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program;
8. Bank, savings and loan, or credit union officer, trustee, or employee; or
9. Dealer, investment adviser, or associated person under chapter 517,

who knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that a vulnerable adult has been or is being abused, neglected, or exploited must immediately report such knowledge or suspicion to the central abuse hotline.

(b) To the extent possible, a report made pursuant to paragraph (a) must contain, but need not be limited to, the following information:
1. Name, age, race, sex, physical description, and location of each victim alleged to have been abused, neglected, or exploited.
2. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the victim’s family members.
3. Name, address, and telephone number of each alleged perpetrator.
4. Name, address, and telephone number of the caregiver of the victim, if different from the alleged perpetrator.
5. Name, address, and telephone number of the person reporting the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
6. Description of the physical or psychological injuries sustained.
7. Actions taken by the reporter, if any, such as notification of the criminal justice agency.
8. Any other information available to the reporting person which may establish the cause of abuse, neglect, or exploitation that occurred or is occurring.
(2) MANDATORY REPORTS OF DEATH.Any person who is required to investigate reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation and who has reasonable cause to suspect that a vulnerable adult died as a result of abuse, neglect, or exploitation shall immediately report the suspicion to the appropriate medical examiner, to the appropriate criminal justice agency, and to the department, notwithstanding the existence of a death certificate signed by a practicing physician. The medical examiner shall accept the report for investigation pursuant to s. 406.11 and shall report the findings of the investigation, in writing, to the appropriate local criminal justice agency, the appropriate state attorney, and the department. Autopsy reports maintained by the medical examiner are not subject to the confidentiality requirements provided for in s. 415.107.
History.s. 96, ch. 95-418; s. 10, ch. 97-98; s. 42, ch. 97-264; s. 256, ch. 98-166; s. 21, ch. 2000-263; s. 2, ch. 2000-318; s. 28, ch. 2000-349; s. 29, ch. 2015-31; s. 1, ch. 2020-157.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 415.1034
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 415.1034.



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Cases Citing Statute 415.1034

Total Results: 7

In Re: Amendments to Florida Probate Rules - 2023 Legislation

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2023-12-14T00:00:00-08:00

Snippet: I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PURSUANT TOUNDER SECTION 415.1034, FLORIDA STATUTES, ANY PERSON WHO KNOWS, OR HAS

In Re: Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules - Vulnerable Adults

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2020-09-24T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PURSUANT TO SECTION 415.1034, FLORIDA STATUTES, ANY PERSON WHO KNOWS, OR HAS

Specialty Hospital-Gainesville, Inc. v. Charles Barth

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-07-15T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: receives all reports made pursuant to section 415.1034 in writing or through a statewide toll-free

State v. Carter

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-10-30T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 177 So. 3d 1028, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 16176, 2015 WL 6554472

Snippet: victim’s medical records was improper. Section 415.1034, Florida Statutes (2013), creates a duty for medical…filing of her motion to suppress. . Under section 415.1034, Florida Statutes (2013), the hospital had a duty

Estate of Murray Ex Rel. Murray v. Delta Health Group, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-02-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 30 So. 3d 576, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 1802, 2010 WL 565657

Snippet: have reported so as required of him by section 415.1034(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2002). Dr. Desai'

Ago

Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1998-08-14T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: .]" 7 Section 384.25, Fla. Stat. Cf., ss. 415.1034 and 415.504, Fla. Stat., imposing, a mandatory

Mora v. South Broward Hosp. Dist.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1998-03-31T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 710 So. 2d 633

Snippet: abuse registry and tracking system....". § 415.1034, Fla. Stat. (1995). Plaintiff claims that the