Florida Statutes Part III - Protective Investigations (Ss. 39.301-39.308)
- 39.301 - Initiation Of Protective Investigations.
(1) Upon receiving a report of known or suspected child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, or that a child is in need of supervision and care and...
- 39.302 - Protective Investigations Of Institutional Child Abuse, Abandonment, Or Neglect.
(1) The department shall conduct a child protective investigation of each report of institutional child abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Upon receipt of a report that alleges...
- 39.303 - Child Protection Teams; Services; Eligible Cases.
(1) The Children’s Medical Services Program in the Department of Health shall develop, maintain, and coordinate the services of one or more multidisciplinary child protection teams...
- 39.3031 - Rules For Implementation Of S. 39.303.
The Department of Health, in consultation with the Department of Children and Families, shall adopt rules governing the child protection teams pursuant to s. 39.303,...
- 39.3032 - Memorandum Of Agreement.
A memorandum of agreement shall be developed between the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Health that specifies how the teams will...
- 39.3035 - Child Advocacy Centers; Standards; State Funding.
(1) In order to become eligible for a full membership in the Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, Inc., a child advocacy center in this state...
- 39.304 - Photographs, Medical Examinations, X Rays, And Medical Treatment Of Abused, Abandoned, Or Neglected Child.
(1)(a) Any person required to investigate cases of suspected child abuse, abandonment, or neglect may take or cause to be taken photographs of the areas of...
- 39.306 - Child Protective Investigations; Working Agreements With Local Law Enforcement.
The department shall enter into agreements with the jurisdictionally responsible county sheriffs’ offices and local police departments that will assume the lead in conducting any...
- 39.3065 - Sheriffs Of Certain Counties To Provide Child Protective Investigative Services; Procedures; Funding.
(1) As described in this section, the Department of Children and Families shall, by the end of fiscal year 1999-2000, transfer all responsibility for child protective...
- 39.3068 - Reports Of Medical Neglect.
(1) Upon receiving a report alleging medical neglect, the department or sheriff’s office shall assign the case to a child protective investigator who has specialized training...
- 39.307 - Reports Of Child-on-child Sexual Abuse.
(1) Upon receiving a report alleging juvenile sexual abuse or inappropriate sexual behavior as defined in s. 39.01, the department shall assist the family, child, and...
- 39.308 - Guidelines For Onsite Child Protective Investigation.
The Department of Children and Families, in collaboration with the sheriffs’ offices, shall develop guidelines for conducting an onsite child protective investigation that specifically does...
Last modified: September 23, 2016