Florida Statute 945.043 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 945
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

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945.043 Department-operated day care services.—

(1) The department shall have the authority to establish and operate child care services for department employees. Child care enhances the department’s ability to recruit and retain employees in remote or understaffed areas. Child care centers must be located on or adjacent to the grounds of an institution or facility, and must be located outside the grounds of the compound area where inmates are housed. Individuals utilizing the child care services are not limited to employees of the department. Employees of other state agencies may also utilize department-operated day care centers. Furthermore, individual day care centers may enter into consortium agreements with their local city or county governments or the Federal Government, permitting centers to admit the children of those city, county, and Federal Government employees. Employees and other individuals who utilize the child care services shall be charged a fee for such services.

(2) The department is exempt from the requirements of s. 110.151.

History.—s. 12, ch. 96-312.

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Raines v. State of Florida, 983 F. Supp. 1362 (N.D. Fla. 1997).

Cited 3 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19581, 1997 WL 725985

"mentally ill and is in need of treatment." Fla.Stat. § 945.43(1). The CMHI has 110 beds, and averages about

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Florida Dep't of Corr. v. Watts, 800 So. 2d 225 (Fla. 2001).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 743, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 2264, 2001 WL 1380024

responsibilities of the Department of Corrections. Section 945.43(1), Florida Statutes (1999), entitled “Admission

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WM v. State, 992 So. 2d 383 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 4525772

reflected in other Florida statutes. See, e.g., § 945.43, Fla. Stat. and § 945.45, Fla. Stat. (effective

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W.M. v. State, 992 So. 2d 383 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 15416

reflected in other Florida statutes. See, e.g., § 945.43, Fla. Stat. and § 945.45, Fla. Stat. (effective

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E.F. v. State, 889 So. 2d 135 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 18149

commitment to a corrections mental health facility. Section 945.43, Florida Statutes (2003), outlines the criteria

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EF v. State, 889 So. 2d 135 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 2726017

commitment to a corrections mental health facility. Section 945.43, Florida Statutes (2003), outlines the criteria

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