Section 383.14(3)(d), F.S. The confidential registry of cases maintained by the Department of Health pursuant to this section [relating to phenylketonuria and other metabolic, hereditary and congenital disorders] shall be exempt from s. 119.07(1). Section 383.32(3), F.S. Birth center clinical records are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1). A client’s clinical records shall be open to inspection only if the client has signed a consent to release information or the review is made for a licensure survey or complaint investigation. Section 383.325, F.S. Inspection reports of birth centers which have been filed with or issued by any governmental agency are to be maintained as public information. However, any record which, by state or federal law or regulation, is deemed confidential shall be exempt from s. 119.07(1) and shall not be distributed or made available as public information unless or until such confidential status expires, except as provided in s. 383.32(2)(c) requiring records to be made available for audit by licensure personnel. Section 383.412, F.S. Information held by the State Child Abuse Death Review Committee or local committee which reveals the identity of the surviving siblings of a deceased child whose death occurred as the result of a verified report of abuse or neglect is confidential and exempt. Any information held by the Committee or a local committee which reveals the identity of a deceased child whose death is not the result of abuse or neglect, or the identity of the surviving siblings, family members, or others living in the deceased child’s home, is confidential and exempt. Portions of committee meetings at which information made confidential and exempt pursuant to subsection (2) are discussed are exempt from open meetings requirements. The closed portion of the meeting must be recorded; the recording is exempt from disclosure. Section 383.51, F.S. The identity of parents who leave a newborn infant at a hospital, emergency medical services station, or fire station in accordance with s. 383.50, is confidential and exempt from public disclosure requirements. (Florida Office of the Attorney General // © March 9, 2023)
