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2012 Florida Statutes

Title XIV TAXATION AND FINANCE
Chapter 215 FINANCIAL MATTERS: GENERAL PROVISIONS Entire Chapter
SECTION 56021
Exemptions from public records and public meetings requirements; peer review panels.
F.S. 215.56021
1215.56021 Exemptions from public records and public meetings requirements; peer review panels.—
(1) That portion of a meeting of a peer review panel in which applications for biomedical research grants under s. 215.5602 or s. 381.922 are discussed is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution.
(2) Any records generated by the peer review panel relating to review of applications for biomedical research grants, except final recommendations, are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
(3) Research grant applications provided to the peer review panel are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
(4) Information which is held confidential and exempt under this section may be disclosed with the express written consent of the individual to whom the information pertains or the individual’s legally authorized representative, or by court order upon showing good cause.
(5) Subsections (1), (2), (3), and (4) are subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2017, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2012-15.
1Note.—Also published at s. 381.92201.