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Florida Attorney General Reports

Decided November 24, 1980Published

1Opinion of the Court

Alvin J. Taylor Secretary, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services Tallahassee

QUESTION:

Is an administrator of a Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services-approved or D.H.R.S.-designated private mental health facility required by law to make the clinical records of an allegedly abused patient available to a department abuse investigator for his examination during the course of an abuse investigation pursuant to s. 827.09(6), F. S.?

SUMMARY:

Sections 394.459(9) and 827.09(6), F. S., do not require the administrator of a Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services-approved or…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Dobbs v. Sea Isle HotelSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  2. Farrey v. BettendorfSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  3. Williams v. American Surety Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
  4. State v. NourseDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
  5. Imparato v. SpicolaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970

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