Florida Statute 440.1051 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 440
WORKERS' COMPENSATION

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440.1051 Fraud reports; civil immunity; criminal penalties.—

(1) The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud of the Division of Criminal Investigations of the department shall establish a toll-free telephone number to receive reports of workers’ compensation fraud committed by an employee, employer, insurance provider, physician, attorney, or other person.

(2) Any person who reports workers’ compensation fraud to the Division of Criminal Investigations under subsection (1) is immune from civil liability for doing so, and the person or entity alleged to have committed the fraud may not retaliate against him or her for providing such report, unless the person making the report knows it to be false.

(3) A person who calls and, knowingly and falsely, reports workers’ compensation fraud or who, in violation of subsection (2) retaliates against a person for making such report, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 13, ch. 93-415; s. 106, ch. 97-103; s. 474, ch. 2003-261; s. 12, ch. 2003-412; s. 11, ch. 2016-165; s. 5, ch. 2025-4.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 440.1051

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S440.1051 3 - MAKING FALSE REPORT - MAKE FALSE REPORT OF WORK COMP FRAUD - F: T

Cases Citing Statute 440.1051

Total Results: 1

Laboo v. State

715 So. 2d 1034, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 9479, 1998 WL 427077

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 27, 1998 | Docket: 64782138

Published

for both workers’ compensation fraud under section 440.1051 and grand theft under section 812.014 is a

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