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Subpart A - General Provisions
397.675 - Criteria for involuntary admissions, including protective custody, emergency admission, and other involuntary assessment, involuntary treatment, and alternative involuntary assessment for minors, for purposes of assessment and stabilization... - (1) Has lost the power of self-control with respect to...
397.6751 - Service provider responsibilities regarding involuntary admissions. - (1) It is the responsibility of the service provider to:...
397.6752 - Referral of involuntarily admitted individual for voluntary treatment. - History.—s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 739, ch. 95-148; s. 29,...
397.6758 - Release of individual from protective custody, emergency admission, involuntary assessment, involuntary treatment, and alternative involuntary assessment of a minor. - (1) To the individual’s parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian...
397.6759 - Parental participation in treatment. - History.—s. 6, ch. 93-39.
397.6760 - Court records; confidentiality. - (1) All petitions for involuntary assessment and stabilization, court orders,...
Subpart B - Noncourt Involved Admissions:Protective Custody
397.677 - Protective custody; circumstances justifying. - (1) Brought to the attention of law enforcement; or (2)...
397.6771 - Protective custody with consent. - History.—s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 740, ch. 95-148.
397.6772 - Protective custody without consent. - (1) If a person in circumstances which justify protective custody...
397.6773 - Dispositional alternatives after protective custody. - (1) An individual who is in protective custody must be...
397.6774 - Department to maintain lists of licensed facilities. - History.—s. 6, ch. 93-39.
397.6775 - Immunity from liability. - History.—s. 6, ch. 93-39.
Subpart C - Noncourt Involved Admissions;Emergency
397.679 - Emergency admission; circumstances justifying. - History.—s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 26, ch. 2016-241; s. 27,...
397.6791 - Emergency admission; persons who may initiate. - (1) In the case of an adult, any professional who...
397.6793 - Professional’s certificate for emergency admission. - (1) A physician, a clinical psychologist, a physician assistant working...
397.6795 - Transportation-assisted delivery of persons for emergency assessment. - History.—s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 29, ch. 2016-241.
397.6797 - Dispositional alternatives after emergency admission. - (1) Release the individual and, where appropriate, refer the individual...
Subpart D - Noncourt Involved Admissions;Alternative InvoluntaryAssessment for Minors
397.6798 - Alternative involuntary assessment procedure for minors. - (1) In addition to protective custody, emergency admission, and involuntary...
397.6799 - Disposition of minor upon completion of alternative involuntary assessment. - History.—s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 33, ch. 2009-132.
Subpart E - Court Involved Admissions, CivilInvoluntary Proceedings; Generally
397.681 - Involuntary petitions; general provisions; court jurisdiction and right to counsel. - (1) JURISDICTION.—The courts have jurisdiction of involuntary assessment and stabilization...
Subpart F - Court Involved Admissions;Involuntary Assessment; Stabilization
397.6811 - Involuntary assessment and stabilization. - (1) If the person upon whose behalf the petition is...
397.6814 - Involuntary assessment and stabilization; contents of petition. - (1) The reason for the petitioner’s belief that the respondent...
397.6815 - Involuntary assessment and stabilization; procedure. - (1) Provide a copy of the petition and notice of...
397.6818 - Court determination. - (1) Based on its determination, the court shall either dismiss...
397.6819 - Involuntary assessment and stabilization; responsibility of licensed service provider. - History.—s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 34, ch. 2009-132; s. 34,...
397.6821 - Extension of time for completion of involuntary assessment and stabilization. - History.—s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 35, ch. 2009-132.
397.6822 - Disposition of individual after involuntary assessment. - (1) Release the individual and, where appropriate, refer the individual...
Subpart G - Court Involved Admissions;Involuntary Treatment
397.693 - Involuntary treatment. - (1) Has been placed under protective custody pursuant to s....
397.695 - Involuntary services; persons who may petition. - (1) If the respondent is an adult, a petition for...
397.6951 - Contents of petition for involuntary services. - (1) The reason for the petitioner’s belief that the respondent...
397.6955 - Duties of court upon filing of petition for involuntary services. - (1) Upon the filing of a petition for involuntary services...
397.6957 - Hearing on petition for involuntary services. - (1) At a hearing on a petition for involuntary services,...
397.697 - Court determination; effect of court order for involuntary services. - (1) When the court finds that the conditions for involuntary...
397.6971 - Early release from involuntary services. - (1) At any time before the end of the 90-day...
397.6975 - Extension of involuntary services period. - (1) Whenever a service provider believes that an individual who...
397.6977 - Disposition of individual upon completion of involuntary services. - History.—s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 40, ch. 2009-132; s. 42,...
397.6978 - Guardian advocate; patient incompetent to consent; substance abuse disorder. - (1) The administrator of a receiving facility or an addictions...