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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 893
DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

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F.S. 893.21

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

(1) A person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an 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. 893.132; s. 893.147(1); or s. 893.13(6), excluding paragraph (c), if the evidence for such offense was obtained as a result of the person’s seeking medical assistance.

(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. 893.132; s. 893.147(1); or s. 893.13(6), excluding paragraph (c), if the evidence for such offense was obtained as a result of the person’s seeking medical assistance.

(3) 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 receives medical assistance, or a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an individual experiencing, or believed to be experiencing, an alcohol-related or a drug-related overdose, may not be penalized for a violation of a condition of pretrial release, probation, or parole if the evidence for such violation was obtained as a result of the person’s seeking medical assistance.

(4) Protection in 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. 2, ch. 2012-36; s. 2, ch. 2019-81; s. 2, ch. 2024-68.

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Total Results: 10

State v. Silliman

168 So. 3d 245, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 8923, 2015 WL 3631621

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 12, 2015 | Docket: 60248626

Cited 1 times | Published

that Silliman was entitled to immunity under section 893.21(2), Florida Statutes (2013), which provides:

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES—REPORT NO. 2013-05

153 So. 3d 192, 2014 WL 6977938

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 11, 2014 | Docket: 2613862

Cited 1 times | Published

more than 20 grams of cannabis? Fla. Stat. § 893.21 A person acting in good faith who seeks

STATE OF FLORIDA v. ANTHONY LEVERN WAITERS

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 23, 2022 | Docket: 65370801

Published

drug-related offenses under the 911 Good Samaritan Act, § 893.21(2), Fla. Stat. (2020). See ch. 12-36 § 1, Laws

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2019-09

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 16, 2020 | Docket: 16761638

Published

Comments § 893.21, Fla. Stat. A person acting in good faith

Thomas John Pope v. State of Florida

246 So. 3d 1282

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 8, 2018 | Docket: 7096599

Published

result of the person’s seeking medical assistance.” § 893.21(1), Fla. Stat. (2016). The issue in this case

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2017-03 – Corrected Opinion

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 22, 2018 | Docket: 6342214

Published

Comments § 893.21, Fla. Stat. A person acting in good faith

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2017-03.

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 8, 2018 | Docket: 6327898

Published

(1)(b)) Attempt 777.04(1) 5.1 Comments § 893.21, Fla. Stat. A person acting in good faith

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2016-09

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 27, 2017 | Docket: 5813561

Published

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In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report No. 2015-03 – Corrected Opinion

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 19, 2016 | Docket: 3065478

Published

Comments Fla. Stat. §_893.21, Fla. Stat. A person acting in good

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES—REPORT NO. 2015-03

191 So. 3d 291, 2016 WL 1375710

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 7, 2016 | Docket: 3051607

Published

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