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2002 Florida Code
TITLE XXIX PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 397 SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES  
PART V INVOLUNTARY ADMISSIONS PROCEDURES (ss. 397.675-397.6977)
B.   Noncourt Involved Admissions: Protective Custody
397.677   Protective custody; circumstances justifying.

397.677  Protective custody; circumstances justifying.--A law enforcement officer may implement protective custody measures as specified in this part when a minor or an adult who appears to meet the involuntary admission criteria in s. 397.675 is:

(1)  Brought to the attention of law enforcement; or

(2)  In a public place.

History.--s. 6, ch. 93-39.

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