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Fla. Stat. § 450.151 (2025)
Hiring and employing; infliction of pain or suffering; penalty.
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450.151 Hiring and employing; infliction of pain or suffering; penalty.—Any person who takes, receives, hires, employs, uses, exhibits, or, in any manner or under any pretense, causes or permits any child less than 18 years of age to suffer; who inflicts upon any such child unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering; who willfully causes or permits the life of any such child to be endangered or his or her health to be injured or such child to be placed in such situation that his or her life may be endangered or health injured; or who has in custody any such child for any of the purposes aforesaid is guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.—s. 1, ch. 28240, 1953; s. 381, ch. 71-136; 2, ch. 75-195; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 2, ch. 78-326; s. 1, ch. 83-75; s. 172, ch. 97-103.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 450.151
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§450.151HEALTH-SAFETYHIRE EMPLOY CHILD AND INFLICT PAIN SUFFERING
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1990–1990 · leading case: J.S.M. v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 571 So. 2d 581 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990).
J.S.M. v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 571 So. 2d 581 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990). “The only sexual conduct included in that definition was sexual battery as defined in Chapter 794 and exploitation of a child as provided in section 450.151 or for prostitution. § 415.”
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