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30 verbatim requirements from 6th Circuit Administrative Order 2017-034.
Sixth Judicial Circuit (Pinellas/Pasco). Administrative orders change without notice; the court's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order, fetched live 2026-08-03; whitespace normalised only. • When, on written motion of counsel for the defendant, a pro se defendant, the State Attorney, or on the court’s own motion, the Court orders an adult competency evaluation pursuant to § 916.115(2), Florida Statutes, the Court shall appoint and pay for the experts. • When the Court orders an adult competency evaluation pursuant to § 916.301, Florida Statutes, for a defendant whose suspected mental condition is intellectual disability or autism, the Court shall appoint the following experts, who shall be paid by the Court: a. • When experts are appointed by the Court pursuant to § 921.137, Florida Statutes, and Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.203(c)(3) to evaluate a defendant or prisoner to determine whether the defendant or prisoner is intellectually disabled and barred from execution, the Court shall select and pay for the experts. b. • When an expert is appointed pursuant to § 921.137, Florida Statutes, on request of the State Attorney under Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.203(c)(2), the State Attorney shall select and pay for the expert. c. • When an expert is otherwise appointed to determine a defendant’s or prisoner’s intellectual disability as a bar to execution, the Court shall select and pay for the expert(s). • When an evaluation of a juvenile defendant is ordered pursuant to § 985.19(e), Florida Statutes, to determine if the juvenile defendant is incompetent to proceed due to intellectual disability, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities shall examine the juvenile in accordance with Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.095. • When an independent examination is requested pursuant to § 394.4655 or § 394.467, Florida Statutes, by an indigent respondent in a Baker Act proceeding, the Public Defender shall select and pay for the expert, or if the indigent respondent is represented by court-appointed counsel, the counsel shall select the expert who will be paid by the Justice Administrative Commission for the services. • In accordance with § 394.4655(6)(a)2 or § 394.467(6)(a)2, Florida Statutes, the respondent shall pay for the independent expert examination if he or she can afford such examination. • When an expert is appointed or reappointed by the Court pursuant to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.212 to perform a periodic evaluation of a defendant who has been found incompetent to proceed or appointed or reappointed by the Court pursuant to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.218 after an adjudication of not guilty by reason of insanity, the Court shall select and pay for the expert(s). • Except when the Court appoints the court psychologist, whenever counsel for the defendant or the State Attorney requests the appointment of an expert to determine competence to proceed or insanity, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall prepare an order for the Court’s signature. • Except as otherwise provided herein, experts retained by the Public Defender or the Office of Regional Counsel pursuant to § 29.006, Florida Statutes, or by the State Attorney pursuant to § 29.005, Florida Statutes, shall be selected by the respective offices and paid from the respective budgets of the Public Defender, Regional Counsel, or the State Attorney. • An expert retained by court-appointed counsel, by counsel for a defendant who is indigent for costs, or by a pro se defendant who is indigent shall, pursuant to § 29.007, Florida Statutes, be paid by • 3.210(b), requiring the court to schedule a status hearing within 20 days of the motion to determine competency of the Defendant. • The final hearing will be scheduled no later than 45 days from the date of the motion, on a date to be determined at the status hearing. • Id., requiring the court to conduct a final hearing no later than 45 days from the motion, absent good cause. • The expert must submit to this Court a written report on the Defendant’s competence to proceed and mental condition or, in the case of a social service professional, social and developmental history, and provide copies to defense counsel and the State Attorney, prior to the hearing. • If the expert cannot timely complete the evaluation and report within the timeframes specified herein, the expert must notify the parties. • The parties must communicate any reset hearing dates to the appointed expert. • The expert must contact defense counsel for scheduling. ________In the [Pasco][Pinellas] County Jail. • The expert must notify defense counsel when they are available to coordinate examination of the Defendant. • The expert must provide defense counsel and the State Attorney advance notice of any scheduled examination of the Defendant. • That the appropriate jail authority shall permit the above-named expert to enter the [Pasco][Pinellas] County Jail as necessary to conduct the foregoing evaluation of the Defendant upon presentment of this Order. • All experts must examine the Defendant and provide a written report evaluating whether the Defendant is competent to proceed. • Specifically, the expert must report on whether the Defendant has sufficient present ability to consult with counsel with a reasonable degree of rational understanding and whether the Defendant has rational, as well as factual, understanding of the pending proceedings. • In considering whether the Defendant is competent to proceed, the expert must consider and include in their report the Defendant’s capacity to: • All information contained in the motion to determine competence of the Defendant or in any report submitted under this order that relates solely to the issues of competence to proceed, treatment, or commitment of the Defendant, must be used only in determining the mental competence to proceed, treatment, or commitment of the Defendant. • If the expert determines that the Defendant is not competent to proceed, the expert must report on any recommended treatment for the Defendant to attain competence to proceed. • (d) The availability of acceptable treatment and, if treatment is available in the community, the expert must so state in the report; and (e) The likelihood of the Defendant attaining competence under the recommended treatment, an assessment of the probable duration of the treatment required to restore competence, and the probability that the Defendant will attain competence to proceed in the foreseeable future. • Sixth Circuit Administrative Order 2017-034 - Attachment A Page 4 of 5 In evaluating the Defendant to determine whether the Defendant may be involuntarily committed, the appointed expert must determine and report on whether: • (c) The availability of acceptable training and, if training is available in the community, the expert must so state in the report; and (d) The likelihood of the Defendant’s attaining competence under the training recommended, an assessment of the probable duration of the training required to restore competence, and the probability that the Defendant will attain competence to proceed in the foreseeable future.
When, on written motion of counsel for the defendant, a pro se defendant, the State Attorney, or on the court’s own motion, the Court orders an adult competency evaluation pursuant to § 916.115(2), Florida Statutes, the Court shall appoint and pay for the experts.
Reviewer note: Composed from the court's own bytes during the 6th's ledger close 2026-08-03; scope from the court's numbering convention (PI-/PA-/PA⁄PI) or an exclusive county mention.
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