1998 Florida Code
TITLE XXIX PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 381 Public Health: General Provisions
381.0025 Penalties.
381.0025 Penalties.--
(1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, any quarantine, or any rule adopted by the department under the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) Any person who interferes with, hinders, or opposes any employee of the department in the discharge of his or her duties pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, chapter 386, chapter 513, or chapter 514, or who impersonates an employee of the department, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(3) Any person who maliciously disseminates any false rumor or report concerning the existence of any infectious or contagious disease is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.--s. 2, ch. 29834, 1955; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 330, ch. 71-136; s. 5, ch. 79-12; s. 98, ch. 86-220; s. 1, ch. 88-177; s. 13, ch. 91-297; s. 648, ch. 95-148; s. 7, ch. 96-293.
Note.--Former s. 381.411.
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