Fla. Stat. § 397.679

Current through Chapter 226 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 397.679 - Emergency admission; circumstances justifying

A person who meets the criteria for involuntary admission in s. 397.675 may be admitted to a hospital or to a licensed detoxification facility or addictions receiving facility for emergency assessment and stabilization, or to a less intensive component of a licensed service provider for assessment only, upon receipt by the facility of a certificate by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a psychiatric nurse, a clinical psychologist, a clinical social worker, a marriage and family therapist, a mental health counselor, a physician assistant working under the scope of practice of the supervising physician, or a master's-level-certified addictions professional for substance abuse services, if the certificate is specific to substance abuse impairment, and the completion of an application for emergency admission.

Fla. Stat. § 397.679

s.6, ch. 93-39; s.26, ch. 2016-241; s.27, ch. 2018-106.
Amended by 2018 Fla. Laws, ch. 106, s 27, eff. 10/1/2018.
Amended by 2016 Fla. Laws, ch. 241, s 26, eff. 7/1/2016.