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395.0198  Notification of adverse incident; public records exemption.--The information contained in the notification of an adverse incident, which is required under s. 395.0197(7) and provided to the Agency for Health Care Administration by a facility licensed under this chapter is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. In addition, the information is not discoverable or admissible in a civil or administrative action, unless the action is a disciplinary proceeding by the Agency for Health Care Administration or the appropriate regulatory board. The information may not be made available to the public as part of the record of investigation or prosecution in a disciplinary proceeding which is made available by the Agency for Health Care Administration or a regulatory board. This exemption is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995 in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2003, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

History.--s. 1, ch. 98-321.