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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 944
STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM
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F.S. 944.473
944.473 Inmate substance abuse testing program.
(1) RULES AND PROCEDURES.The department shall establish programs for random and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing by urinalysis or other noninvasive procedure for inmates to effectively identify those inmates abusing drugs, alcohol, or both. The department shall also adopt rules relating to fair, economical, and accurate operations and procedures of a random inmate substance abuse testing program and a reasonable suspicion substance abuse testing program by urinalysis or other noninvasive procedure which enumerate penalties for positive test results, including but not limited to the forfeiture of both basic and incentive gain-time, and which do not limit the number of times an inmate may be tested in any one fiscal or calendar year.
(2) SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS.
(a) An inmate who meets the criteria established by the department shall participate in substance abuse program services when such services are available. A right to substance abuse program services is not stated, intended, or otherwise implied by this chapter.
(b) Upon arrival at a department’s reception center for initial processing, each inmate shall be screened and assessed to determine if the inmate meets the department’s criteria for mandated participation in a substance-abuse program. Criteria for mandated substance abuse program services shall be based on:
1. The presence of a diagnosed psychoactive substance dependence or use disorder;
2. The severity of the addiction;
3. A history of criminal behavior related to substance abuse;
4. A recommendation by a sentencing authority for substance abuse program services;
5. Unsuccessful participation in community-based substance abuse services;
6. Sentencing by a drug court or drug division; and
7. Other classification or program criteria that the department finds will ensure security and optimal program placement.
(c) When selecting contract providers to administer substance abuse treatment programs, the department shall make every effort to consider qualified faith-based service groups on an equal basis with other private organizations.
(3) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.The department shall, as part of its annual report, report the number of random and reasonable suspicion substance abuse tests administered in the fiscal year, the number of positive results obtained, the number of negative results obtained, the number of inmates requesting and participating in substance abuse treatment programs as the result of a positive random or reasonable suspicion substance abuse test, and the number of repeat substance abuse offenders.
History.s. 20, ch. 92-310; s. 17, ch. 97-78; s. 4, ch. 2001-110.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 944.473
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 944.473.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 944.473

Total Results: 2

McNeil v. Council for Secular Humanism, Inc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2010-07-08T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 41 So. 3d 215, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 1114, 2010 WL 2682316

Snippet: for Secular Humanism on its claim that sections 944.473 and 944.4731, Florida Statutes (2007), violate

Council for Secular Humanism, Inc. v. McNeil

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-04-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 44 So. 3d 112, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 5546, 2010 WL 1658788

Snippet: Corrections, from using State funds pursuant to sections 944.473 and 944.4731, Florida Statutes (2007), to support…school context and, thus, did not apply to sections 944.473 and 944.4731. As to Count II, we affirm the trial…organization. Finally, appellants allege that sections 944.473 and 944.4731 authorize the “payment of funds from… in violation of Article I, section 3. Section 944.473(2)(a) requires inmates who meet certain criteria…services when such services are available.” Section 944.473(2)(c) provides that “[w]hen selecting contract