Fla. Stat. § 633.516
Studies of occupational diseases of firefighters or persons in other fire-related fields
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Current — January 1, 2017
As of January 1, 2013
The division shall make a continuous study of firefighter employee occupational diseases and the ways and means for their control and prevention and shall adopt rules necessary for such control and prevention. For this purpose, the division is authorized to cooperate with firefighter employers, firefighter employees, and insurers and with the Department of Health.
The division may contract for studies, subject to the availability of funding, of occupational diseases of firefighters or persons in other fire-related fields and the ways and means for the control and prevention of such occupational diseases. When such a study or another study that is wholly or partly funded under an agreement, including a contract or grant, with the department tracks a disease of an individual firefighter or a person in another fire-related field, the division may, with associated security measures, release the confidential information, including a social security number, of that individual to a party who has entered into an agreement with the department.
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