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55.001 - Declaration of policy. - 55.001 Declaration of policy. The legislature recognizes that many citizens...
55.01 - Definitions. - 55.01 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Abuse" has the meaning...
55.02 - Protective services and protective placement: duties. - 55.02 Protective services and protective placement: duties. (1) Department duties....
55.03 - Status of guardian. - 55.03 Status of guardian. (1) Agency as both guardian and...
55.043 - Adult-at-risk agency. - 55.043 Adult-at-risk agency. (1d) Adult-at-risk agency designation. Each county board...
55.045 - Funding. - 55.045 Funding. Except as provided in s. 49.45 (30m) (a),...
55.05 - Voluntary protective services. - 55.05 Voluntary protective services. (1) Preference. The department in administering...
55.055 - Admissions initially made without court involvement. - 55.055 Admissions initially made without court involvement. (1) (a) The...
55.06 - Protective services and protective placement; eligibility. - 55.06 Protective services and protective placement; eligibility. To be eligible...
55.075 - Protective services or protective placement; petition. - 55.075 Protective services or protective placement; petition. Except as provided...
55.08 - Protective services or protective placement: standards. - 55.08 Protective services or protective placement: standards. (1) Protective placement....
55.09 - Notice of petition and hearing for protective services or placement. - 55.09 Notice of petition and hearing for protective services or...
55.10 - Hearing on petition for protective services or protective placement. - 55.10 Hearing on petition for protective services or protective placement....
55.105 - Appointment of counsel. - 55.105 Appointment of counsel. (1) In any situation under this...
55.107 - Reimbursement of counsel provided by the state. - 55.107 Reimbursement of counsel provided by the state. (1) At...
55.11 - Comprehensive evaluation; recommendations; statements. - 55.11 Comprehensive evaluation; recommendations; statements. (1) Before ordering protective placement...
55.12 - Order for protective services or protective placement. - 55.12 Order for protective services or protective placement. (1) When...
55.13 - Emergency protective services. - 55.13 Emergency protective services. (1) Emergency protective services may be...
55.135 - Emergency and temporary protective placement. - 55.135 Emergency and temporary protective placement. (1) If, from personal...
55.14 - Involuntary administration of psychotropic medication. - 55.14 Involuntary administration of psychotropic medication. (1) In this section:...
55.15 - Transfer of an individual under a protective placement order. - 55.15 Transfer of an individual under a protective placement order....
55.16 - Modification of an order for protective placement or protective services. - 55.16 Modification of an order for protective placement or protective...
55.17 - Termination of an order for protective placement or protective services. - 55.17 Termination of an order for protective placement or protective...
55.175 - Discharge from protective placement. - 55.175 Discharge from protective placement. Prior to discharge of an...
55.18 - Annual review of protective placement. - 55.18 Annual review of protective placement. All of the following...
55.19 - Annual review of order authorizing involuntary administration of psychotropic medication. - 55.19 Annual review of order authorizing involuntary administration of psychotropic...
55.195 - Duties of guardian ad litem for protective services reviews. - 55.195 Duties of guardian ad litem for protective services reviews....
55.20 - Appeals. - 55.20 Appeals. An appeal may be taken to the court...
55.21 - Centers for the developmentally disabled. - 55.21 Centers for the developmentally disabled. Protective placements to centers...
55.22 - Records. - 55.22 Records. (1) No records of the court pertaining to...
55.23 - Patients' rights. - 55.23 Patients' rights. (1) The rights and limitations upon rights,...