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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 916
Mentally Deficient And Mentally Ill Defendants
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CHAPTER 916

MENTALLY DEFICIENT AND MENTALLY ILL DEFENDANTS

PART I

GENERAL PROVISIONS (ss. 916.10-916.1093)

PART II

FORENSIC SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL
(ss. 916.111-916.17)

PART III

FORENSIC SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE RETARDED OR AUTISTIC
(ss. 916.301-916.304)

PART IV

INVOLUNTARY CIVIL COMMITMENT FOR SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS
(ss. 916.31-916.49)