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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 960
VICTIM ASSISTANCE
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F.S. 960.03
960.03 Definitions; ss. 960.01-960.28.As used in ss. 960.01-960.28, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:
(1) “Catastrophic injury” means a permanent impairment constituted by:
(a) Spinal cord injury involving severe paralysis of an arm, a leg, or the trunk;
(b) Amputation of an arm, a hand, a foot, or a leg;
(c) Severe brain or closed-head injury as evidenced by:
1. Severe sensory or motor disturbances;
2. Severe communication disturbances;
3. Severe complex integrated disturbances of cerebral function;
4. Severe episodic neurological disorders; or
5. Other severe brain and closed-head injury conditions at least as severe in nature as any condition described in subparagraphs 1.-4.;
(d) Second-degree or third-degree burns on 25 percent or more of the total body surface or third-degree burns on 5 percent or more of the face and hands;
(e) Total or industrial blindness; or
(f) Any other injury that would otherwise qualify under this chapter and that is of a nature and severity that would qualify an employee to receive disability income benefits under Title II or supplemental security income benefits under Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act as the Social Security Act existed on July 1, 1992, without regard to any time limitations provided under that act.
(2) “Claimant” means the person on whose behalf an award is sought.
(3) “Crime” means:
(a) A felony or misdemeanor offense committed by an adult or a juvenile which results in physical injury or death, a forcible felony committed by an adult or juvenile which directly results in psychiatric or psychological injury, or a felony or misdemeanor offense of child abuse committed by an adult or a juvenile which results in a mental injury, as defined in s. 827.03, to a person younger than 18 years of age who was not physically injured by the criminal act. The mental injury to the minor must be verified by a psychologist licensed under chapter 490, by a physician licensed in this state under chapter 458 or chapter 459 who has completed an accredited residency in psychiatry, or by a physician who has obtained certification as an expert witness pursuant to s. 458.3175. The term also includes a criminal act that is committed within this state but that falls exclusively within federal jurisdiction.
(b) A violation of s. 316.027(2), s. 316.193, s. 316.1935, s. 327.35(1), s. 782.071(1)(b), or s. 860.13(1)(a) which results in physical injury or death.
(c) An act involving the operation of a motor vehicle, boat, or aircraft which results in another person’s injury or death that is intentionally inflicted through the use of the vehicle, boat, or aircraft; however, no other act involving the operation of a motor vehicle, boat, or aircraft constitutes a crime for purposes of this chapter.
(d) A criminal act committed outside this state against a resident of this state which would have been compensable if it had occurred in this state and which occurred in a jurisdiction that does not have an eligible crime victim compensation program as the term is defined in the federal Victims of Crime Act of 1984.
(e) A violation of s. 827.071, s. 847.0135, s. 847.0137, or s. 847.0138, related to online sexual exploitation and child pornography.
(f) A felony or misdemeanor that results in the death of an emergency responder, as defined in and solely for the purposes of s. 960.194, while answering a call for service in the line of duty, notwithstanding paragraph (c).
(4) “Crime Victims’ Services Office” means the former Bureau of Crimes Compensation and Victim and Witness Services, now the Crime Victims’ Services Office of the Department of Legal Affairs.
(5) “Department” means the Department of Legal Affairs.
(6) “Disabled adult” means a person 18 years of age or older who suffers from a condition of physical or mental incapacitation due to a developmental disability, organic brain damage, or mental illness or who has one or more physical or mental limitations that restrict the person’s ability to perform the normal activities of daily living.
(7) “Elderly person” means a person 60 years of age or older who is suffering from the infirmities of aging as manifested by advanced age or organic brain damage, or other physical, mental, or emotional dysfunction, to the extent that the ability of the person to provide adequately for his or her own care or protection is impaired.
(8) “Hearing officer” means a hearing officer designated by the Attorney General.
(9) “Intervenor” means any person who goes to the aid of another and suffers bodily injury or death as a direct result of acting, not recklessly, to prevent the commission of a crime, to lawfully apprehend a person reasonably suspected of having committed a crime, or to aid the victim of a crime.
(10) “Identified victim of child pornography” means any person who, while under the age of 18, is depicted in any image or movie of child pornography and who is identified through a report generated by a law enforcement agency and provided to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s Child Victim Identification Program.
(11) “Out-of-pocket loss” means unreimbursed and unreimbursable expenses or indebtedness incurred for medical care, nonmedical remedial care, psychological counseling, or other treatment rendered in accordance with a religious method of healing or for other services necessary as a result of the injury or death upon which such claim is based.
(12) “Property loss” means the loss of tangible personal property directly caused by a criminal or delinquent act of another.
(13) “Treatment” means:
(a) Medical, dental, psychological, mental health, chiropractic, or physical rehabilitation services;
(b) Nonmedical remedial care; or
(c) Other treatment rendered in accordance with a religious method of healing.
(14) “Victim” means:
(a) A person who suffers personal physical injury or death as a direct result of a crime;
(b) A person younger than 18 years of age who was present at the scene of a crime, saw or heard the crime, and suffered a psychiatric or psychological injury because of the crime but who was not physically injured;
(c) A person younger than 18 years of age who was the victim of a felony or misdemeanor offense of child abuse that resulted in a mental injury as defined by s. 827.03 but who was not physically injured;
(d) A person against whom a forcible felony was committed and who suffers a psychiatric or psychological injury as a direct result of that crime but who does not otherwise sustain a personal physical injury or death; or
(e) An emergency responder, as defined in and solely for the purposes of s. 960.194, who is killed answering a call for service in the line of duty.
History.s. 1, ch. 77-452; s. 3, ch. 80-146; s. 507, ch. 81-259; s. 1, ch. 85-326; s. 25, ch. 86-296; s. 9, ch. 90-211; s. 2, ch. 91-23; s. 35, ch. 91-46; s. 4, ch. 92-107; s. 20, ch. 92-287; s. 2, ch. 96-315; s. 1, ch. 97-41; s. 11, ch. 98-417; s. 2, ch. 99-373; s. 4, ch. 2001-147; s. 8, ch. 2005-119; s. 3, ch. 2007-129; s. 7, ch. 2008-172; s. 15, ch. 2012-155; s. 101, ch. 2015-2; s. 14, ch. 2015-92; s. 13, ch. 2017-155.

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United States v. Pedro Luis Christopher Tinoco

304 F.3d 1088, 59 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1146, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 18479, 2002 WL 2013777

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 4, 2002 | Docket: 67871

Cited 248 times | Published

penalties framework contained in 21 U.S.C. § 960. 3. The Effect of Our Sanchez Decision

State v. JM

824 So. 2d 105, 2002 WL 1448825

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 2002 | Docket: 1435387

Cited 59 times | Published

was found guilty or adjudicated delinquent); § 960.003(4), Fla. Stat. (2001) ("[T]he court shall order

DIV. OF WORKERS'COMP, ETC. v. Brevda

420 So. 2d 887

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 8, 1982 | Docket: 1711401

Cited 32 times | Published

psychiatric treatment, *890 arguing that because Section 960.03(6) defines "victim" as "any person who suffers

Fosman v. State

664 So. 2d 1163, 1995 WL 757879

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 27, 1995 | Docket: 1229701

Cited 5 times | Published

to have an HIV test under Florida Statute section 960.003 (Supp. 1994), the pertinent provisions of which

State v. Brewster

601 So. 2d 1289, 1992 WL 150873

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 2, 1992 | Docket: 1710952

Cited 5 times | Published

victim was a fifteen year old boy. Pursuant to section 960.003, Florida Statutes (1991)[1] the defendant was

MD v. State

993 So. 2d 1061, 2008 WL 2403723

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 16, 2008 | Docket: 1516020

Cited 2 times | Published

immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing pursuant to section 960.003, Florida Statutes (2007), and remand with directions

M.D. v. State

993 So. 2d 1061, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 8982

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 16, 2008 | Docket: 64856321

Cited 2 times | Published

immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing pursuant to section 960.003, Florida Statutes (2007), and remand with directions

State v. J.M.

824 So. 2d 105, 27 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 621, 2002 Fla. LEXIS 1468

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 2002 | Docket: 64817028

Cited 2 times | Published

was found guilty or adjudicated delinquent); § 960.003(4), Fla. Stat. (2001) (“[T]he court shall order

In Re Amendments to Fla. Rules of Juv. Pro.

649 So. 2d 1370, 1995 WL 27510

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 26, 1995 | Docket: 1693792

Cited 1 times | Published

form for HIV testing), which conforms with section 960.003, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1992), and form 8

Latham v. State

185 So. 3d 686, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 1754, 2016 WL 540650

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 10, 2016 | Docket: 3035162

Published

is eligible for awards- under chapter 960. Section 960.03(14) defines “[v]ictim” as “[a] person who suffers

P.R., a child v. State of Florida

183 So. 3d 1163, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 236, 2016 WL 64434

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 6, 2016 | Docket: 3026031

Published

testing when it was not permitted to do so under section 960.003 of the Florida Statutes. We agree and reverse

Isom v. State

722 So. 2d 237, 1998 WL 830660

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 30, 1998 | Docket: 1241870

Published

requiring him to submit to HIV testing pursuant to section 960.003, Florida Statutes (1997). We summarily deny

Calvit v. Department of Legal Affairs, Bureau of Crime Victim Compensation

714 So. 2d 1103, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 7979, 1998 WL 347242

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 1, 1998 | Docket: 64781957

Published

States, and was therefore not compensable under section 960.03(3), Florida Statutes (1995), because it did

James v. State

695 So. 2d 863, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 6696, 1997 WL 330537

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 18, 1997 | Docket: 64774342

Published

required did not contravene the Fourth Amendment. Section 960.003(2) provides that a court “shall” order HIV

Medlin v. Bureau of Crimes Compensation Division of Workers' Compensation, Department of Labor & Security

477 So. 2d 1078, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2465, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 16624

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 30, 1985 | Docket: 64615190

Published

This appeal is controlled by that portion of section 960.03(3), Florida Statutes (1983), which provides

Bureau of Crimes Compensation, Department of Labor & Employment Security v. Traas

421 So. 2d 50, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21458

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 29, 1982 | Docket: 64592938

Published

defined under the Act. Victim is defined in section 960.03(7), Florida Statutes (1981), as “any person

Davis v. Bureau of Crimes Compensation

406 So. 2d 1189, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 21644

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 18, 1981 | Docket: 64586613

Published

driver’s act was a “crime” within the meaning of Section 960.03(3), inasmuch as the record establishes that

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Oct 19, 1981 | Docket: 3257214

Published

or surcharge on any civil fine or penalty. Section 960.03(3), F.S. (1980 Supp.), defines `crime' in the