Florida Statute 415.1036 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

415.1036 Immunity.—

(1) Any person who participates in making a report under s. 415.1034 or participates in a judicial proceeding resulting therefrom is presumed to be acting in good faith and, unless lack of good faith is shown by clear and convincing evidence, is immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that otherwise might be incurred or imposed. This section does not grant immunity, civil or criminal, to any person who is suspected of having abused, neglected, or exploited, or committed any illegal act upon or against, a vulnerable adult. Further, a resident or employee of a facility that serves vulnerable adults may not be subjected to reprisal or discharge because of the resident’s or employee’s actions in reporting abuse, neglect, or exploitation pursuant to s. 415.1034.

(2) Any person who makes a report under s. 415.1034 has a civil cause of action for appropriate compensatory and punitive damages against any person who causes detrimental changes in the employment status of the reporting party by reason of the reporting party’s making the report. Any detrimental change made in the residency or employment status of such a person, such as, but not limited to, discharge, termination, demotion, transfer, or reduction in pay or benefits or work privileges, or negative evaluations, within 120 days after the report is made establishes a rebuttable presumption that the detrimental action was retaliatory.

History.—s. 98, ch. 95-418; s. 30, ch. 2000-349.

Cases Citing F.S. 415.1036

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·Mora v. South Broward Hosp. Dist., 710 So. 2d 633 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).
Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 145077
...Yamuni, 529 So.2d 258 (Fla.1988), in which the court held that HRS may be sued for negligence where it failed to prevent the further abuse of a child. However, the plaintiff in Yamuni was not suing for violation of a statute, but for common law negligence. We recognize that the immunity provision contained in § 415.1036 provides civil as well as criminal immunity for one making a report required by the statute....
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Cases Citing F.S. 415.1036

·Mora v. South Broward Hosp. Dist., 710 So. 2d 633 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).