440.125 Medical records and reports; identifying information in employee medical bills; confidentiality. - Florida Statutes

440.125 Medical records and reports; identifying information in employee medical bills; confidentiality.

Any medical records and medical reports of an injured employee and any information identifying an injured employee in medical bills which are provided to the department, pursuant to s. 440.13, are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, except as otherwise provided by this chapter. The department may share any such confidential and exempt records, reports, or information received pursuant to s. 440.13 with the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Education in furtherance of their official duties under ss. 440.13 and 440.134. The agency and the department shall maintain the confidential and exempt status of such records, reports, and information received.

History. s. 1, ch. 93-421; s. 285, ch. 96-406; s. 24, ch. 2002-194.