Florida Statutes Part II - Service Providers (Ss. 397.401-397.4872)
- 397.401 - License Required; Penalty; Injunction; Rules Waivers.
(1) It is unlawful for any person or agency to act as a substance abuse service provider unless it is licensed or exempt from licensure under...
- 397.403 - License Application.
(1) Applicants for a license under this chapter must apply to the department on forms provided by the department and in accordance with rules adopted by...
- 397.405 - Exemptions From Licensure.
The following are exempt from the licensing provisions of this chapter:(1) A hospital or hospital-based component licensed under chapter 395.(2) A nursing home facility as defined in...
- 397.406 - Licensure And Regulation Of Government-operated Substance Abuse Programs.
Substance abuse programs operated directly or under contract by the department, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, any other state agency, or...
- 397.407 - Licensure Process; Fees.
(1) The department shall establish the licensure process to include fees and categories of licenses and must prescribe a fee range that is based, at least...
- 397.411 - Inspection; Right Of Entry; Records.
(1)(a) An authorized agent of the department may enter and inspect at any time a licensed service provider to determine whether it is in compliance with...
- 397.415 - Denial, Suspension, And Revocation; Other Remedies.
(1) If the department determines that an applicant or licensed service provider or licensed service component thereof is not in compliance with all statutory and regulatory...
- 397.416 - Substance Abuse Treatment Services; Qualified Professional.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who was certified through a certification process recognized by the former Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services...
- 397.419 - Quality Improvement Programs.
(1) Each service provider must maintain a quality improvement program to objectively and systematically monitor and evaluate the appropriateness and quality of care, to ensure that...
- 397.427 - Medication-assisted Treatment Service Providers; Rehabilitation Program; Needs Assessment And Provision Of Services; Persons Authorized To Issue Takeout Medication; Unlawful Operation; Penalty.
(1) Providers of medication-assisted treatment services for opiate addiction may not be licensed unless they provide supportive rehabilitation programs. Supportive rehabilitation programs include, but are not...
- 397.431 - Individual Responsibility For Cost Of Substance Abuse Impairment Services.
(1) Before accepting an individual for admission and in accordance with confidentiality guidelines, both the full charge for services and the fee charged to the individual...
- 397.451 - Background Checks Of Service Provider Personnel.
(1) PERSONNEL BACKGROUND CHECKS; REQUIREMENTS AND EXCEPTIONS.—(a) Background checks shall apply as follows:1. All owners, directors, and chief financial officers of service providers are subject to level 2...
- 397.461 - Unlawful Activities Relating To Personnel; Penalties.
It is a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for any person willfully, knowingly, or intentionally to:(1) Inaccurately...
- 397.471 - Service Provider Facility Standards.
Each service provider must ensure:(1) Sufficient numbers and types of qualified personnel on duty and available to provide necessary and adequate safety and care.(2) Adequate space for...
- 397.481 - Applicability Of Community Alcohol, Drug Abuse, And Mental Health Services Act.
All service providers as defined in and governed by this chapter are also subject to part IV of chapter 394, the Community Alcohol, Drug Abuse,...
- 397.482 - Lawyer Assistance Programs; Civil Immunity.
A person who in good faith reports information or takes action in connection with a lawyer assistance program or a person who receives information in...
- 397.483 - Lawyer Assistance Programs; Presumption Of Good Faith.
A member of a lawyer assistance program or a person reporting information to a lawyer assistance program is presumed to have acted in good faith...
- 397.484 - Lawyer Assistance Programs; Persons Entitled To Immunity.
The civil immunity provided for in this act shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes of this act. The persons entitled to immunity under...
- 397.485 - Lawyer Assistance Programs; Information Subject To Privilege.
All privileged information, whether attorney-client, work product, or otherwise, in any form, furnished to the lawyer assistance program shall remain privileged.History.—s. 4, ch. 2001-240.
- 397.486 - Lawyer Assistance Programs; Confidentiality Of Records, Proceedings, And Communications.
The records, proceedings, and all communications by and between an individual seeking assistance and the lawyer assistance program shall be deemed confidential and shall not...
- 397.487 - Voluntary Certification Of Recovery Residences.
(1) The Legislature finds that a person suffering from addiction has a higher success rate of achieving long-lasting sobriety when given the opportunity to build a...
- 397.4871 - Recovery Residence Administrator Certification.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that a recovery residence administrator voluntarily earn and maintain certification from a credentialing entity approved by the Department...
- 397.4872 - Exemption From Disqualification; Publication.
(1) Individual exemptions to staff disqualification or administrator ineligibility may be requested if a recovery residence deems the decision will benefit the program. Requests for exemptions...
Last modified: September 23, 2016