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The 2001 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
Public Health
Chapter 397
Substance Abuse Services
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Section 397.6771, Florida Statutes 2001

397.6771  Protective custody with consent.--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.

History.--s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 740, ch. 95-148.