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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 397
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
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F.S. 397.6791
397.6791 Emergency admission; persons who may initiate.The following persons may request a certificate for emergency assessment or admission:
(1) In the case of an adult, any professional who may issue a professional certificate pursuant to s. 397.6793, the person’s spouse or legal guardian, any relative of the person, or any other responsible adult who has personal knowledge of the person’s substance abuse impairment.
(2) In the case of a minor, the minor’s parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian.
History.s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 27, ch. 2016-241.