Medical Issues

This law allows the state health officer to order anyone to be quarantined, isolated, examined, tested, or treated for public health during a public health emergency and allows law enforcement to be used.

Florida's Patient's Bill of Rights provides a  right to decline treatments; however, it is subject to FL Statute 381.00315 public health emergency law. 

The patient's bill of rights also provides the right to have an advocate with you for medical treatments; however, facilities can deny access if they deem having the advocate with the patient to be dangerous.

There are still many cases where a patient can be denied access to a loved one and to medical treatments. Also those accessing the patient to be required to do unreasonable things to see the patient.

While Florida's anti-discrimination statute protects many classes of person's in work, housing and other public accommodations, no discrimination protection is provided based on vaccine status. Unvaccinated can be treated differently.

Forces doctors & hospitals to follow only government issued standard CDC COVID protocol. Under this law, medical providers can escape liability when they strictly adhere to the CDC COVID protocol. Not only are the hospitals granted immunity when they use the CDC protocol but they are also paid monetary incentives to use it. Doctors are forced to follow the protocol instead of using their knowledge and customizing the best treatment plan for each patient.