| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to poison control; amending ss. 395.1027, |
| 3 | 395.3025, and 456.057, F.S.; requiring a licensed |
| 4 | facility, health care practitioner, or other records owner |
| 5 | to release to regional poison control centers certain |
| 6 | patient information upon request; providing an effective |
| 7 | date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 395.1027, Florida |
| 12 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 13 | 395.1027 Regional poison control centers.-- |
| 14 | (3) Upon request, a licensed facility or health care |
| 15 | practitioner shall release to a regional poison control center |
| 16 | any patient information that is relevant to the episode under |
| 17 | evaluation for treatment or necessary for case management of |
| 18 | poison cases and patient information necessary to comply with |
| 19 | the data collection and reporting requirements of state or |
| 20 | federal law. |
| 21 | Section 2. Paragraph (m) is added to subsection (4) of |
| 22 | section 395.3025, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 23 | 395.3025 Patient and personnel records; copies; |
| 24 | examination.-- |
| 25 | (4) Patient records are confidential and must not be |
| 26 | disclosed without the consent of the person to whom they |
| 27 | pertain, but appropriate disclosure may be made without such |
| 28 | consent to: |
| 29 | (m) Regional poison control centers for patient |
| 30 | information that is relevant to the episode under evaluation for |
| 31 | treatment or case management of poison cases and patient |
| 32 | information necessary to comply with the data collection and |
| 33 | reporting requirements of state or federal law. |
| 34 | Section 3. Subsection (20) is added to section 456.057, |
| 35 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 36 | 456.057 Ownership and control of patient records; report |
| 37 | or copies of records to be furnished.-- |
| 38 | (20) Upon request, a records owner shall release to |
| 39 | regional poison control centers patient information that is |
| 40 | relevant to the episode under evaluation for treatment or case |
| 41 | management of poison cases and patient information necessary to |
| 42 | comply with the data collection and reporting requirements of |
| 43 | state or federal law. |
| 44 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |