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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 383
Maternity And Infancy Hygiene
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383.304  Licensure requirement for birth centers.--

(1)  A person or governmental unit may not establish, conduct, or maintain a birth center in this state without first obtaining a license under s. 383.305.

(2)  It is unlawful for any person to use or advertise to the public, in any way or by any medium whatsoever, any facility as a birth center unless such facility has first secured a license under s. 383.305.

History.--ss. 5, 27, ch. 84-283; s. 4, ch. 91-429.