Section 322.125(3) and (4), F.S. When a member of the Medical Advisory Board acts directly as a consultant to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, a board member’s individual review of the physical and mental qualifications of a licensed driver or applicant is exempt from s. 286.011. Reports received or made by the board or its members for the purpose of assisting the department in determining whether a person is qualified to be licensed are for confidential use of the board or department and may not be divulged to any person except to the driver or applicant or used as evidence in any trial except proceedings under s. 322.271 or s. 322.31. Section 322.126(3), F.S. Disability reports are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and may be used solely for the purpose of determining the qualifications of any person to operate a motor vehicle. Section 322.142(4), F.S. Reproductions of color photographic or digital imaged licenses may be made and issued only for the purposes set forth in the subsection and are exempt from s. 119.07(1). Section 322.20(3), F.S. The release by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles of the driver history record, with respect to crashes involving a licensee, shall not include any notation or record of the occurrence of a motor vehicle crash unless the licensee received a traffic citation as a direct result of the crash, and to this extent such notation or record is exempt from s. 119.07(1). Section 322.20(9), F.S. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall furnish without charge specified driver license information from its records to the courts for the purpose of jury selection or to any state agency, state attorney, sheriff or chief of police. Such court, state agency, state attorney, or law enforcement agency may not sell, give away, or allow the copying of such information. Section 322.71(5), F.S. Information received by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as a result of an investigation or examination conducted pursuant to this section (driver licenses) is confidential and exempt until the investigation or examination ceases to be active or administrative action taken by the department has concluded or been made part of a hearing or court proceeding. Release is authorized under the circumstances set forth in the exemption. (Florida Office of the Attorney General // © March 9, 2023)
