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2010 Florida Statutes
SECTION 0575
Duty to notify patients.
Duty to notify patients.
456.0575
Duty to notify patients.
—Every licensed health care practitioner shall inform each patient, or an individual identified pursuant to s. 765.401(1), in person about adverse incidents that result in serious harm to the patient. Notification of outcomes of care that result in harm to the patient under this section shall not constitute an acknowledgment of admission of liability, nor can such notifications be introduced as evidence.
History.
—s. 8, ch. 2003-416.