1998 Florida Code
TITLE XXIX PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 384 Sexually Transmissible Diseases  
384.32   Prisoners.

384.32  Prisoners.--

(1)  The department and its authorized representatives may, at its discretion, enter any state, county, or municipal detention facility to interview, examine, and treat any prisoner for a sexually transmissible disease. Any such state, county, or municipal detention facility shall cooperate with the department and its authorized representatives to provide such space as is necessary for the examination and treatment of all prisoners suffering from or suspected of having a sexually transmissible disease.

(2)  Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving the Department of Corrections, counties, or municipalities of their primary responsibility for providing medical treatment for prisoners, including treatment for sexually transmissible diseases.

History.--s. 90, ch. 86-220.

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