§ 397.6771, Fla. Stat. · Part V. INVOLUNTARY ADMISSIONS PROCEDURES
Protective custody with consent.
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A person in circumstances which justify protective custody, as described in s. 397.677, may consent to be assisted by a law enforcement officer to his or her home, to a hospital, or to a licensed detoxification or addictions receiving facility, whichever the officer determines is most appropriate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 740, ch. 95-148.
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