Fla. Stat. 945.601
Correctional Medical Authority; ss

(1)

“Authority” means the State of Florida Correctional Medical Authority created in this act.

(2)

“Health care provider” means:A regional research hospital or research center which is authorized by law to provide hospital services in accordance with chapter 395, which has a contractual or operating arrangement with a regional school of medicine, and which is located at that regional school of medicine;Any entity which has agreed to provide hospital services to inmates in the Department of Corrections; orAny entity licensed to provide hospital services in accordance with chapter 395.

(a)

A regional research hospital or research center which is authorized by law to provide hospital services in accordance with chapter 395, which has a contractual or operating arrangement with a regional school of medicine, and which is located at that regional school of medicine;

(b)

Any entity which has agreed to provide hospital services to inmates in the Department of Corrections; or

(c)

Any entity licensed to provide hospital services in accordance with chapter 395.

(3)

“Project” means any structure, facility, machinery, equipment, or other property suitable for use by a health facility in connection with its operations or proposed operations, including, without limitation, real property therefor; a clinic, computer facility, dining hall, firefighting facility, fire prevention facility, long-term care facility, hospital, interns’ residence, laboratory, laundry, maintenance facility, nurses’ residence, office, parking area, pharmacy, recreational facility, research facility, storage facility, utility, or X-ray facility, or any combination of the foregoing; and other structure or facility related thereto or required or useful for health care purposes, the conducting of research, or the operation of a health facility, including a facility or structure essential or convenient for the orderly conduct of the health facility and other similar items necessary or convenient for the operation of a particular facility or structure in the manner for which its use is intended. “Project” does not include such items as fuel, supplies, or other items which are customarily deemed to result in a current operating charge.

(4)

“Quality management program” means to monitor and evaluate inmate health care and includes the following objectives:Assuring that all inmates receive appropriate and timely services in a safe environment.Assuring systematic monitoring of the treatment environment.Assisting in the reduction of professional and general liability risks.Enhancing efficient utilization of resources.Assisting in credential review and privilege delineation.Enhancing the identification of continuing educational needs.Facilitating the identification of strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.Facilitating the coordination and integration of information systems.Assuring the resolution of identified problems.

(a)

Assuring that all inmates receive appropriate and timely services in a safe environment.

(b)

Assuring systematic monitoring of the treatment environment.

(c)

Assisting in the reduction of professional and general liability risks.

(d)

Enhancing efficient utilization of resources.

(e)

Assisting in credential review and privilege delineation.

(f)

Enhancing the identification of continuing educational needs.

(g)

Facilitating the identification of strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.

(h)

Facilitating the coordination and integration of information systems.

(i)

Assuring the resolution of identified problems.

(5)

“Real property” includes all lands, including buildings, structures, improvements, and fixtures thereon; any property of any nature appurtenant thereto or used in connection therewith; and every estate, interest, and right, legal or equitable, therein, including any such interest for a term of years.

Source: Section 945.601 — Correctional Medical Authority; ss, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0945.­601 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

945.01
Definitions 945.04
Department of Corrections 945.10
Confidential information 945.12
Transfers for rehabilitative treatment 945.25
Records 945.025
Jurisdiction of department 945.27
Proceedings by department 945.28
Selection of probation or parole offices by the department 945.31
Restitution and other payments 945.35
Requirement for education on human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and other communicable diseases 945.035
Notice of employment, appointment, or separation 945.36
Law enforcement personnel authorized to conduct drug tests on inmates and releasees 945.40
Corrections Mental Health Act 945.041
Reports 945.41
Legislative intent of ss 945.42
Definitions 945.43
Placement of inmate in a mental health treatment facility 945.043
Department-operated day care services 945.44
Emergency placement of inmate in a mental health treatment facility 945.45
Continued placement of inmates in mental health treatment facilities 945.46
Initiation of involuntary placement proceedings with respect to a mentally ill inmate scheduled for release 945.47
Discharge of inmate from mental health treatment 945.047
Licensing requirements for physicians, osteopathic physicians, and chiropractic physicians employed by the department 945.48
Rights of inmates provided mental health treatment 945.49
Operation and administration 945.71
Inmate training programs 945.72
Eligibility and screening of inmates 945.73
Inmate training program operation 945.74
Implementation 945.091
Extension of the limits of confinement 945.092
Limits on work-release and minimum security custody for persons who have committed the crime of escape 945.215
Inmate welfare and employee benefit trust funds 945.0311
Employment of relatives 945.355
HIV testing of inmates prior to release 945.601
Correctional Medical Authority 945.602
State of Florida Correctional Medical Authority 945.603
Powers and duties of authority 945.604
Medical claims 945.0913
Inmates prohibited from driving state-owned vehicles to transport inmates in a work-release program 945.2151
Verifying social security numbers 945.6031
Required reports and surveys 945.6032
Quality management program requirements 945.6033
Continuing contracts with health care providers 945.6034
Minimum health care standards 945.6035
Dispute resolution 945.6036
Enforcement 945.6037
Nonemergency health care 945.6038
Inmate litigation costs 945.6041
Inmate medical services 945.21501
Employee Benefit Trust Fund 945.21503
Federal Grants Trust Fund

Current through Fall 2025

§ 945.601. Corr. Med. Auth.; ss's source at flsenate​.gov