Who is going to enforce the vaccine passports successful Florida?

Who is going to enforce the vaccine passports successful Florida?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than 100 Florida entities, including businesses, municipalities, and lawsuit venues, are nether reappraisal with the Department of Health aft being reported for asking patrons to beryllium they were vaccinated earlier providing entree to their determination oregon services.

Violators could beryllium fined $5,000 for each idiosyncratic who was asked to amusement impervious of vaccination aft Governor DeSantis banned “vaccine passports” past year.

The Florida Department of Health sent News 6 successful Orlando the pursuing statement:

“Under the rule, the Florida Department of Health present has the authorization to enforce penalties connected applicable entities and institutions that necessitate documentation of vaccination oregon post-exposure status. If you judge you are alert of a violation, you whitethorn taxable a ailment and the Department volition review, measure and analyse arsenic warranted. Applicable entities that are recovered to beryllium successful usurpation volition beryllium fined.”

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The Florida Department of Health has a database of 100 entities nether review, including AdventHealth. AdventHealth said they didn’t adjacent cognize they were nether investigation.

The state’s Department of Health didn’t instantly archer america wherefore AdventHealth was nether review, but the vaccine documentation instrumentality states “it does not use to wellness attraction providers.”

The database of violators includes businesses and organizations successful our country include

  • Seafarers International Union (Based successful Jax)

  • FDLE, Jacksonville Region, Counterterrorism Squad

  • Alachua County Board of County Commissioners

  • Alachua County Library District

  • Alachua County Public Library

  • Lauren Poe, Mayor City of Gainesville

Major corporations are besides nether an probe including

The Florida Department of Health said conscionable due to the fact that organizations are listed doesn’t mean they are successful violation.

The bureau didn’t accidental erstwhile fines volition beryllium collected oregon if an enactment volition person notice.

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About the Author:

Crystal Moyer is simply a multimedia writer who joined the News 6 squad successful February 2020. Crystal comes to Central Florida from WKMG’s sister station, WJXT successful Jacksonville, wherever she worked arsenic a postulation anchor and MMJ.