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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 397
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
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F.S. 397.675
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, and for involuntary treatment.A person meets the criteria for involuntary admission if there is good faith reason to believe that the person is substance abuse impaired or has a co-occurring mental health disorder and, because of such impairment or disorder:
(1) Has lost the power of self-control with respect to substance abuse; and
(2)(a) Is in need of substance abuse services and, by reason of substance abuse impairment, his or her judgment has been so impaired that he or she is incapable of appreciating his or her need for such services and of making a rational decision in that regard, although mere refusal to receive such services does not constitute evidence of lack of judgment with respect to his or her need for such services; or
(b) Without care or treatment, is likely to suffer from neglect or refuse to care for himself or herself; that such neglect or refusal poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to his or her well-being; and that it is not apparent that such harm may be avoided through the help of willing family members or friends or the provision of other services, or there is substantial likelihood that the person has inflicted, or threatened to or attempted to inflict, or, unless admitted, is likely to inflict, physical harm on himself, herself, or another.
History.s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 737, ch. 95-148; s. 23, ch. 2016-241.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 397.675
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 397.675.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

HAYES ROBERTSON GROUP, INC. v. CHERRY,, 260 So. 3d 1126 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . See § 397.675, Fla. Stat. (2014). Daubert v. . . .

K. B. a v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN FAMILIES,, 202 So. 3d 909 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . Under the pertinent provisions of the Marchman Act, sections 397.675, and 397.6811 through 397.6818, . . .

E. G. a v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN,, 193 So. 3d 78 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . Another statute, section 397.675, Florida Statutes (2015), addresses the circumstances in which a court . . .

EDGE- GOUGEN, v. STATE, 182 So. 3d 730 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . . § 397.675, Fla. Stat. (2015). There is no evidence in the record that this is the situation here. . . .

STATE v. SILLIMAN,, 168 So. 3d 245 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . The Marchman Act, section 397.675, Florida Statutes (2013), allows the involuntary commitment of an individual . . . Thus, section 397.675 applies to persons who are substance abuse impaired and require substance abuse . . .

WHITE, v. STATE, 170 So. 3d 77 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2015)

. . . See §§ 397.301, 397.675, 397.677, 397.6772, Fla. Stat. (2013). . . . . §§ 397.675, 397.677, 397.6772. . . .

E. WALTERS, v. FREEMAN,, 572 F. App'x 723 (11th Cir. 2014)

. . . . § 397.675, allows the involuntary commitment of an individual if there is a good-faith reason to believe . . .

In A. DELGADO. A. v., 24 So. 3d 1292 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . In this appeal from an order of commitment pursuant to chapter 397.675, Florida Statutes (2009), the . . .

COLE, v. STATE, 714 So. 2d 479 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . However, all of the statutes include as a prerequisite the satisfaction of the test set forth in section 397.675 . . . 397.6811, Florida Statutes (1997), a person who “appear[s] to meet the criteria” set forth in section 397.675 . . . reasonable basis to believe” that the respondent meets the involuntary admission criteria of section 397.675 . . . involuntary treatment if he or she meets the criteria for involuntary admission prescribed in section 397.675 . . . reason to believe that the respondent met the criteria for involuntary admission set forth in section 397.675 . . .