Florida Senate - 2020                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7008
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Education
       
       
       
       
       
       581-00744-20                                          20207008pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 474.2167, F.S., which
    4         provides an exemption from public records requirements
    5         for certain animal medical records held by a state
    6         college of veterinary medicine that is accredited by
    7         the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on
    8         Education; removing the scheduled repeal of the
    9         exemption; providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 474.2167, Florida Statutes, is amended
   14  to read:
   15         474.2167 Confidentiality of animal medical records.—
   16         (1) The following records held by any state college of
   17  veterinary medicine that is accredited by the American
   18  Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education are
   19  confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I
   20  of the State Constitution:
   21         (a) A medical record generated which relates to diagnosing
   22  the medical condition of an animal; prescribing, dispensing, or
   23  administering drugs, medicine, appliances, applications, or
   24  treatment of whatever nature for the prevention, cure, or relief
   25  of a wound, fracture, bodily injury, or disease of an animal; or
   26  performing a manual procedure for the diagnosis of or treatment
   27  for pregnancy, fertility, or infertility of an animal; and
   28         (b) A medical record described in paragraph (a) which is
   29  transferred by a previous record owner in connection with the
   30  transaction of official business by a state college of
   31  veterinary medicine that is accredited by the American
   32  Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education.
   33         (2) A record made confidential and exempt under subsection
   34  (1) may be disclosed to another governmental entity in the
   35  performance of its duties and responsibilities and may be
   36  disclosed pursuant to s. 474.2165.
   37         (3) The exemption from public records requirements under
   38  subsection (1) applies to animal medical records held before,
   39  on, or after the effective date of this exemption.
   40         (4) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset
   41  Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
   42  on October 2, 2020, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   43  through reenactment by the Legislature.
   44         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2020.