Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 784.076 (2025)
Battery on health services personnel.
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784.076 Battery on health services personnel.—A juvenile who has been committed to or detained by the Department of Juvenile Justice pursuant to a court order, who commits battery upon a person who provides health services commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. As used in this section, the term “health services” means preventive, diagnostic, curative, or rehabilitative services and includes alcohol treatment, drug abuse treatment, and mental health services.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 784.076
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§784.076BATTERYBATTERY BY JUVENILE ON HEALTH SVCS PERSONNEL
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2006–2012 · leading case: Hopkins v. State, 105 So. 3d 470 (Fla. 2012).
Hopkins v. State, 105 So. 3d 470 (Fla. 2012). “” § 784.076, Fla. Stat. (2007) (emphasis added).”
J.D. v. State, 920 So. 2d 209 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). “The evidence before the trial court could have likely sustained a conviction for viola *211 tion of section 784.076, Florida Statutes, which makes battery by a person "committed to or detained by the Department of Juvenile Justice” upon "a person who provides health services" a…”
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