Florida Statute 562.112 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

Chapter 562
BEVERAGE LAW: ENFORCEMENT

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F.S. 562.112

562.112 Alcohol-related or drug-related overdoses; medical assistance; immunity from arrest, charge, prosecution, and penalization.—

(1) A person who gives alcohol to an individual under 21 years of age and who, acting in good faith, seeks medical assistance for the individual experiencing, or believed to be experiencing, an alcohol-related or a drug-related overdose may not be arrested, charged, prosecuted, or penalized for a violation of s. 562.11 or s. 562.111 if the evidence for such offense was obtained as a result of the person’s seeking medical assistance. The person must remain at the scene until emergency medical services personnel arrive and must cooperate with the emergency medical services personnel and law enforcement officers at the scene.

(2) A person who experiences, or has a good faith belief that he or she is experiencing, an alcohol-related or a drug-related overdose and is in need of medical assistance may not be arrested, charged, prosecuted, or penalized for a violation of s. 562.11 or s. 562.111 if the evidence for such offense was obtained as a result of the person’s seeking medical assistance.

(3) Protection under this section from arrest, charge, prosecution, or penalization for an offense listed in this section may not be grounds for suppression of evidence in other criminal prosecutions.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2019-81.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 562.112

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 562.112.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 562.112

Total Results: 3

William Joyce v. Federated National Insurance Company

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-10-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 228 So. 3d 1122, 2017 WL 4684352

Snippet: factors already subsumed in the lodestar,” id at 562, 112 S.Ct. 2638. Pague reasoned that the risk of loss…skilled and experienced enough to do so.”13 Id. at 562, 112 S.Ct. 2638. Here, that “duplication],” id, is

Haines City HMA, Inc. v. Carter

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-02-08T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 948 So. 2d 904

Snippet: over their ordinary hourly rates." Id. at 562, 112 S.Ct. 2638. Writing for the majority, Justice

FIRST FEDERAL SAV. AND LOAN v. Bezotte

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-08-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 740 So. 2d 589

Snippet: or substantially prevailing party." Id. at 562, 112 S.Ct. 2638 (quotation omitted). Since this language