The Florida Senate

760.852  Access to records.--The commission shall have access to all nonconfidential or exempt records, files, and reports from any program, service, or facility that is operated, funded, or regulated by either the Department of Environmental Protection or the ¹Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services which are material to its monitoring duties and are in the custody of either department. The commission's monitoring may not impede or obstruct matters under investigation by department, law enforcement, or judicial authorities. The commission may not conduct onsite inspections or subpoena records. Access shall not be granted if a specific procedure or prohibition for reviewing records is required by federal law and regulations which supersede state law.

History.--s. 3, ch. 94-219.

¹Note.--The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was redesignated as the Department of Children and Family Services by s. 5, ch. 96-403, and the Department of Health was created by s. 8, ch. 96-403.