F.S. 435.10
Sharing of personnel information among employers
A duty most operators have never heard of. You must give copies of a current or former employee's personnel records to any other covered employer who asks for them. Those records may include disciplinary matters and the reason for termination, and you are protected from liability for handing them over in good faith.
What 435.10 actually says
Every line below ends in the subsection it comes from, so you can check it against the statute rather than take our word for it.
- You must furnish copies of personnel records when another covered employer requests them — 435.10.
- The records may include disciplinary matters and any reason for termination — 435.10.
- An employer releasing them is considered to act in good faith and may not be held liable, absent a showing that the records were maliciously falsified — 435.10.
Read from the Legislature's published text of Chapter 435 on 09/07/2026. The statute governs, not this page — open the source below for the full wording.
What this chapter covers
The screening rulebook every Florida care employer works from. It defines what Level 2 actually means, what disqualifies somebody, how an exemption works, and it runs the Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse — including two deadlines most providers have never been told about.
Read the text
Everything above is our plain-English reading of the section, cited line by line. It is not the statute and it is not legal advice. For the exact wording, and for whether it has been amended since we read it, go to the source:
F.S. 435.10 on leg.state.fl.usOther sections in Chapter 435
- 435.01 — Applicability of this chapter; statutory references; rulemaking
- 435.02 — Definitions
- 435.03 — Level 1 screening standards
- 435.04 — Level 2 screening standards
- 435.05 — Requirements for covered employees and employers
- 435.06 — Exclusion from employment
- 435.07 — Exemptions from disqualification
- 435.08 — Payment for processing of fingerprints and state criminal records checks
- 435.09 — Confidentiality of personnel background check information
- 435.11 — Penalties
- 435.12 — Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse
Section numbers and titles were read from the Legislature's own chapter index on 08/19/2026. This is general information, not legal advice — confirm anything that matters with a licensed professional. Care Wizard is an independent tool and is not affiliated with the Florida Legislature or APD.