Florida Statutes Title XLVII Chapter 945 - Department Of Corrections

• 945.01 - Definitions.
  As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context shall clearly indicate otherwise:(1) “Correctional system” means all prisons and...
• 945.025 - Jurisdiction Of Department.
  (1) The Department of Corrections shall have supervisory and protective care, custody, and control of the inmates, buildings, grounds, property, and all other matters pertaining to...
• 945.0311 - Employment Of Relatives.
  (1) For the purposes of this section, the term:(a) “Department” means the Department of Corrections.(b) “Relative” means an individual who is related to another as father, mother, son,...
• 945.035 - Notice Of Employment, Appointment, Or Separation; Response By The Correctional Officer; Duty Of Department.
  (1) For the purposes of this section, the term “commission” refers to the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission.(2) Pursuant to s. 943.139, the department shall immediately...
• 945.04 - Department Of Corrections; General Function; Seal; Use Of Inmate Labor.
  (1) The Department of Corrections shall be responsible for the inmates and for the operation of, and shall have supervisory and protective care, custody, and control...
• 945.043 - Department-operated Day Care Services.
  (1) The department shall have the authority to establish and operate child care services for department employees. Child care enhances the department’s ability to recruit and...
• 945.047 - Licensing Requirements For Physicians, Osteopathic Physicians, And Chiropractic Physicians Employed By The Department.
  (1) The Department of Corrections shall employ only physicians, osteopathic physicians, or chiropractic physicians holding licenses in good standing to practice medicine in this state, except...
• 945.091 - Extension Of The Limits Of Confinement; Restitution By Employed Inmates.
  (1) The department may adopt rules permitting the extension of the limits of the place of confinement of an inmate as to whom there is reasonable...
• 945.0913 - Inmates Prohibited From Driving State-owned Vehicles To Transport Inmates In A Work-release Program.
  An inmate may not drive a state-owned vehicle for the purpose of transporting inmates who are participating in a work-release program authorized in s. 945.091(1)(b).History.—s....
• 945.092 - Limits On Work-release And Minimum Security Custody For Persons Who Have Committed The Crime Of Escape.
  A person who has ever been convicted, regardless of adjudication, of the offense of escape, as prohibited by s. 944.40 or its successor, or as...
• 945.10 - Confidential Information.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided by law or in this section, the following records and information held by the Department of Corrections are confidential and exempt...
• 945.12 - Transfers For Rehabilitative Treatment.
  (1) The Department of Corrections is authorized to transfer substance abuse impaired persons, as defined in chapter 397, and tuberculous or other prisoners requiring specialized services...
• 945.215 - Inmate Welfare And Employee Benefit Trust Funds.
  (1) INMATE PURCHASES; DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.—(a) From the net proceeds from operating inmate canteens, vending machines used primarily by inmates and visitors, hobby shops, and other such...
• 945.21501 - Employee Benefit Trust Fund.
  (1) There is hereby created in the Department of Corrections the Employee Benefit Trust Fund. The purpose of the trust fund shall be to:(a) Construct, operate, and...
• 945.21503 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
  (1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Department of Corrections.(2) The fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used...
• 945.2151 - Verifying Social Security Numbers.
  Prior to opening a canteen account pursuant to s. 945.215, an inmate who is eligible to receive a social security number must report his or...
• 945.25 - Records.
  (1) It shall be the duty of the Department of Corrections to obtain and place in its records information as complete as practicable on every person...
• 945.27 - Proceedings By Department.
  (1) Whenever it becomes necessary to increase the number of prison beds by acquiring private property for the construction of new correctional facilities or for the...
• 945.28 - Selection Of Probation Or Parole Offices By The Department; Public Notice.
  (1) Beginning July 1, 1995, whenever the department is going to enter into a contract for the lease or purchase of a probation and parole office...
• 945.31 - Restitution And Other Payments.
  The department may establish bank accounts outside the State Treasury for the purpose of collecting and disbursing restitution and other court-ordered payments from persons in...
• 945.35 - Requirement For Education On Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, And Other Communicable Diseases.
  (1) The Department of Corrections, in conjunction with the Department of Health, shall establish a mandatory introductory and continuing education program on human immunodeficiency virus, acquired...
• 945.355 - Hiv Testing Of Inmates Prior To Release.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “HIV test” means a test ordered to determine the presence of the antibody or antigen to human immunodeficiency...
• 945.36 - Exemption From Health Testing Regulations For Law Enforcement Personnel Conducting Drug Tests On Inmates And Releasees.
  (1) Any law enforcement officer, state or county probation officer, or employee of the Department of Corrections, who is certified by the Department of Corrections pursuant...
• 945.40 - Corrections Mental Health Act; Short Title For Ss. 945.40-945.49.
  Sections 945.40-945.49 shall be known and may be cited as the “Corrections Mental Health Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 82-224; s. 29, ch. 84-361.
• 945.41 - Legislative Intent Of Ss. 945.40-945.49.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that mentally ill inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections receive evaluation and appropriate treatment for...
• 945.42 - Definitions; Ss. 945.40-945.49.
  As used in ss. 945.40-945.49, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them, unless the context shall clearly indicate otherwise:(1) “Court” means the circuit...
• 945.43 - Placement Of Inmate In A Mental Health Treatment Facility.
  (1) CRITERIA.—An inmate may be placed in a mental health treatment facility if he or she is mentally ill and is in need of care and...
• 945.44 - Emergency Placement Of Inmate In A Mental Health Treatment Facility.
  (1) CRITERIA.—An inmate may be placed in a mental health treatment facility on an emergency basis if he or she is mentally ill and in immediate...
• 945.45 - Continued Placement Of Inmates In Mental Health Treatment Facilities.
  (1) CRITERIA.—An inmate may be retained in a mental health treatment facility if he or she is mentally ill and continues to be in need of...
• 945.46 - Initiation Of Involuntary Placement Proceedings With Respect To A Mentally Ill Inmate Scheduled For Release.
  (1) If an inmate who is receiving mental health treatment in the department is scheduled for release through expiration of sentence or any other means, but...
• 945.47 - Discharge Of Inmate From Mental Health Treatment.
  (1) An inmate who has been transferred for the purpose of mental health treatment shall be discharged from treatment by the warden under the following conditions:(a) If...
• 945.48 - Rights Of Inmates Provided Mental Health Treatment; Procedure For Involuntary Treatment.
  (1) RIGHT TO QUALITY TREATMENT.—An inmate in a mental health treatment facility has the right to receive treatment that is suited to his or her needs...
• 945.49 - Operation And Administration.
  (1) ADMINISTRATION.—The department is authorized to contract with the appropriate entities, agencies, persons, and local governing bodies to provide mental health services pursuant to ss. 945.40-945.49.(2) RULES.—The...
• 945.601 - Correctional Medical Authority; Ss. 945.601-945.6035, Definitions.
  As used in this act:(1) “Authority” means the State of Florida Correctional Medical Authority created in this act.(2) “Health care provider” means:(a) A regional research hospital or research...
• 945.602 - State Of Florida Correctional Medical Authority; Creation; Members.
  (1) There is created the State of Florida Correctional Medical Authority, which for administrative purposes shall be assigned to the Executive Office of the Governor. The...
• 945.603 - Powers And Duties Of Authority.
  The purpose of the authority is to assist in the delivery of health care services for inmates in the Department of Corrections by advising the...
• 945.6031 - Required Reports And Surveys.
  (1) Not less than annually, the authority shall report to the Governor and the Legislature the status of the Department of Corrections’ health care delivery system....
• 945.6032 - Quality Management Program Requirements.
  (1) The authority shall appoint a medical review committee pursuant to s. 766.101 to provide oversight for the Department of Corrections’ inmate health care quality management...
• 945.6033 - Continuing Contracts With Health Care Providers.
  The Department of Corrections may enter into continuing contracts with licensed health care providers, including hospitals and health maintenance organizations, for the provision of inmate...
• 945.6034 - Minimum Health Care Standards.
  (1) The Assistant Secretary for Health Services is responsible for developing a comprehensive health care delivery system and promulgating all department health care standards. Such health...
• 945.6035 - Dispute Resolution.
  (1) The authority and the Assistant Secretary for Health Services shall attempt to expeditiously resolve any disputes arising between the authority and the department regarding the...
• 945.6036 - Enforcement.
  (1) If the department fails to substantially comply with the dispute resolution decision of the Administration Commission or fails to implement required remedial action within 45...
• 945.6037 - Nonemergency Health Care; Inmate Copayments.
  (1)(a) For each nonemergency visit by an inmate to a health care provider which is initiated by the inmate, the inmate must make a copayment of...
• 945.6038 - Inmate Litigation Costs.
  (1) The department shall charge an inmate for the following and place a lien on the inmate’s trust fund account if the inmate has insufficient funds...
• 945.604 - Medical Claims.
  (1) DEFINITION OF “CLAIM.”—As used in this section, for a noninstitutional health care provider the term “claim” means a paper or electronic billing instrument submitted to...
• 945.6041 - Inmate Medical Services.
  (1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Emergency medical transportation services” includes, but is not limited to, services rendered by ambulances, emergency medical services vehicles, and...
• 945.71 - Inmate Training Programs; Intent And Purposes.
  It is the intent of ss. 945.71-945.74 to authorize the establishment of structured disciplinary training programs within the Department of Corrections expressly intended to instill...
• 945.72 - Eligibility And Screening Of Inmates.
  (1) The provisions of ss. 945.71-945.74 apply to all eligible inmates in state correctional institutions.(2) Upon receipt of an inmate into the prison system, the department shall...
• 945.73 - Inmate Training Program Operation.
  (1) The department shall, subject to specific legislative appropriation, develop and implement training programs for eligible inmates which include, but are not limited to, marching drills,...
• 945.74 - Implementation.
  The department shall implement the inmate training program to the fullest extent feasible within the parameters of ss. 945.71-945.74.History.—s. 27, ch. 92-310; s. 89, ch.

Last modified: September 23, 2016