Florida Statute 296.02 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XX
VETERANS

Chapter 296
VETERANS' HOMES

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F.S. 296.02

296.02 Definitions.—For the purposes of this part, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) “Applicant” means a veteran with wartime service or peacetime service, as defined in this section, or the spouse or surviving spouse of such veteran, who is not in need of hospitalization or nursing home care.

(2) “Department” means the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

(3) “Director” means the executive director of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

(4) “Domiciliary care” means shelter, sustenance, and incidental medical care provided on an ambulatory self-care basis to assist eligible applicants who are disabled by age or disease but who are not in need of hospitalization or nursing home care services.

(5) “Extended congregate care” has the meaning given to that term under s. 429.02.

(6) “Mentally ill” means having an impairment of the emotional process, of the ability to exercise conscious control of one’s actions, or of the ability to perceive reality or to understand, which impairment substantially interferes with a person’s ability to meet the ordinary demands of living, and which impairment cannot be controlled by medication.

(7) “Peacetime service” means Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, Air Force, or Space Force service that is not during a wartime era as defined in s. 1.01(14).

(8) “Resident” means any eligible applicant admitted to residency in the home.

(9) “Veteran” means a person who served in the military as defined in s. 1.01(14).

(10) “Veterans’ Domiciliary Home of Florida,” hereinafter referred to as the “home,” means a home established by the state for veterans who served in wartime service or in peacetime service, as defined in this section, or the spouses or surviving spouses of such veterans.

(11) “Wartime service” has the meaning given to that term under s. 1.01(14).

History.—s. 8, ch. 89-168; s. 5, ch. 92-80; s. 1, ch. 98-16; s. 12, ch. 2006-197; s. 11, ch. 2022-183; s. 1, ch. 2024-250.

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Cases Citing Statute 296.02

Total Results: 4

Compton v. West Volusia Hosp. Authority

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1999-03-05

Citation: 727 So. 2d 379, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 2447, 1999 WL 110832

Snippet: the guardian's 1990 Estate Planning File No. J90-296. 2. The non-privileged portions of the guardian's

Jet Air Freight v. Jet Air Freight Delivery, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1972-06-13

Citation: 264 So. 2d 35, 175 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 298

Snippet: (1958). The federal regulations state in 14 C.F.R. § 296.2 (1971): "There is hereby established a classification

Seven-Up Bottling Company v. George Const. Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-05-14

Citation: 153 So. 2d 11

Snippet: Moore's Federal Practice, vol. 7, § 60.27, pp. 295, 296. [2] See Vaughn v. Petroleum Conversion Corp., D.C

Smith v. Platt Motors, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1962-02-06

Citation: 137 So. 2d 239

Snippet: Berger v. E. Berger & Co., 76 Fla. 503, 80 So. 296. [2] Lambert v. Sistrunk et al. (Fla. 1952), 58 So