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3 verbatim mandatory provisions from AO 2020-001.
Third Judicial Circuit (Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor). Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order's own text layer, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. No OCR. Only sentences carrying mandatory language are reproduced — the full order is in custody and is the controlling text. • IN THE TIDRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2020- 001 MENTAL HEALTH - CONFIDENTIALITY OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE REPORTS WHEREAS, section 744.331(3)(a), Florida Statutes, requires that, within 5 days after a petition for determination of incapacity has been filed, the court shall appoint an examining committee of three members consisting of a psychiatrist or other physician, and two other members who must be either a psychologist, gerontologist, another psychiatrist, or other physician, a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, licensed social worker, a person with an advanced degree in gerontology from an accredited institution of higher education, or other person who by lmowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may, in 1he court's discretion, advise the court in the form of an expert opinion; • WHEREAS, section 744.331(3)(g), Florida Statutes, requires that each committee member's report must include inter alia: 1. • Florida Statutes, regarding the filing of examining committee reports in relation to a Petition to Determination of Incapacity, providing, in part, that "[e]ach member of the examining committee must file his or her report with the clerk of court within 15 days after appointment"; 1 -- 1 of 2 -- WHEREAS, as a consequence of this amendment, an examining committee repOlt filed with the Clerk becomes a public record in accordance with Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420(a) and (b)(l)(A) since the examining committee report is not specifically exempted from the right of public access by statute or rule; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the authority vested in the Chief Judge by Rule 2.215 , Florida Rules of Judicial Adminish'ation, to exercise administrative supervision over the COlllts within the circuit and to control dockets, and in order to protect the confidentiality of the mental and physical health assessment of alleged incapacitated persons, It is ORDERED:
IN THE TIDRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2020- 001 MENTAL HEALTH - CONFIDENTIALITY OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE REPORTS WHEREAS, section 744.331(3)(a), Florida Statutes, requires that, within 5 days after a petition for determination of incapacity has been filed, the court shall appoint an examining committee of three members consisting of a psychiatrist or other physician, and two other members who must be either a psychologist, gerontologist, another psychiatrist, or other physician, a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, licensed social worker, a person with an advanced degree in gerontology from an accredited institution of higher education, or other person who by lmowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may, in 1he court's discretion, advise the court in the form of an expert opinion;
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The 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.