The Florida Senate

397.6758  Release of client from protective custody, emergency admission, involuntary assessment, involuntary treatment, and alternative involuntary assessment of a minor.--A client involuntarily admitted to a licensed service provider may be released without further order of the court only by a qualified professional in a hospital, a detoxification facility, an addictions receiving facility, or any less restrictive treatment component. Notice of the release must be provided to the applicant in the case of an emergency admission or an alternative involuntary assessment for a minor, or to the petitioner and the court if the involuntary assessment or treatment was court ordered. In the case of a minor client, the release must be:

(1)  To the client's parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian or the authorized designee thereof;

(2)  To the Department of Children and Family Services pursuant to s. 39.401; or

(3)  To the Department of Juvenile Justice pursuant to s. 984.13.

History.--s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 35, ch. 98-280.