Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 766.2021 (2025)

Limitation on damages against insurers, prepaid limited health service organizations, health maintenance organizations, or prepaid health clinics.

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766.2021 Limitation on damages against insurers, prepaid limited health service organizations, health maintenance organizations, or prepaid health clinics.An entity licensed or certified under chapter 624, chapter 636, or chapter 641 shall not be liable for the medical negligence of a health care provider with whom the licensed or certified entity has entered into a contract in any amount greater than the amount of damages that may be imposed by law directly upon the health care provider, and any suits against such entity shall be subject to all provisions and requirements of evidence in this chapter and other requirements imposed by law in connection with suits against health care providers for medical negligence.
History.s. 59, ch. 2003-416.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Christopher Moncrief, as Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Melissa Marie Moncrief v. Charles Edward Kollmer, M.D., & New Smyrna Orthopedics, P.A. (Fla. 5th DCA 2024).
Christopher Moncrief, as Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Melissa Marie Moncrief v. Charles Edward Kollmer, M.D., & New Smyrna Orthopedics, P.A. (Fla. 5th DCA 2024). · cites it 2× “, § 766.2021, Fla. Stat. (2019) (“An entity licensed or certified under chapter 624, chapter 636, or chapter 641 shall not be liable for the medical negligence of a health care provider with whom the licensed or certified entity has entered into a contract in any amount greater…”
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