1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to clandestine laboratory contamination; |
3 | amending s. 893.02, F.S.; providing definitions; creating |
4 | s. 893.121, F.S.; providing for quarantine of any |
5 | residential property where illegal clandestine laboratory |
6 | activities occurred; providing for establishment of a |
7 | uniform notice and a uniform letter of notification; |
8 | providing for posting of specified notice at the site of a |
9 | quarantine; providing requirements for the sending of a |
10 | specified letter of notification to a residential property |
11 | owner or manager; providing for petitions by certain |
12 | persons in circuit court to lift such quarantines under |
13 | certain conditions; prohibiting specified violations |
14 | relating to such quarantines; creating s. 893.122, F.S.; |
15 | permitting demolition of quarantined residential property |
16 | under certain conditions; providing immunity from health- |
17 | based civil actions for residential property owners who |
18 | have met specified clandestine laboratory decontamination |
19 | standards as evidenced by specified documentation; |
20 | providing an exception to such immunity for persons |
21 | convicted of manufacturing controlled substances at the |
22 | site; creating s. 893.123, F.S.; providing for rulemaking |
23 | to adopt clandestine laboratory decontamination standards; |
24 | providing for certificates of fitness to indicate that |
25 | decontamination has been completed; providing requirements |
26 | for the lifting of a quarantine upon demolition of the |
27 | property; creating s. 893.124, F.S.; requiring the |
28 | Department of Health to specify requirements for persons |
29 | authorized to perform decontamination and contamination |
30 | assessments; requiring the department to compile and |
31 | maintain lists of decontamination and contamination |
32 | assessment specialists; providing responsibilities for |
33 | decontamination specialists; permitting decontamination |
34 | and contamination assessment specialists to request |
35 | specified documents; providing for the issuance of |
36 | certificates of fitness by contamination assessment |
37 | specialists; amending ss. 465.016, 465.023, 856.015, |
38 | 893.135, 944.47, 951.22, and 985.4046, F.S.; conforming |
39 | cross-references; providing an effective date. |
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41 | WHEREAS, methamphetamine use and production is increasing |
42 | throughout the state, and |
43 | WHEREAS, in places where methamphetamine production has |
44 | occurred, significant levels of chemical contamination may be |
45 | found, especially in residential properties when the |
46 | contamination is not decontaminated, and |
47 | WHEREAS, children are susceptible to environmental |
48 | toxicants via the skin, and the ingestion of residual |
49 | methamphetamine is considered to be a result of hand-to-mouth |
50 | activities, and |
51 | WHEREAS, studies on methamphetamine use during pregnancy |
52 | showed an increased incidence of intrauterine growth |
53 | retardation, prematurity, and perinatal complications, and |
54 | WHEREAS, once clandestine laboratories have been seized, |
55 | the public may continue to be harmed by the illegal dumping of |
56 | chemical byproducts and the chemical residues that remain on the |
57 | residential property, and |
58 | WHEREAS, there are no statewide standards for determining |
59 | when a site of a seized clandestine laboratory has been |
60 | successfully decontaminated, and |
61 | WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that this act is necessary |
62 | for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and |
63 | welfare and fulfills an important state interest, NOW, |
64 | THEREFORE, |
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66 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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68 | Section 1. Section 893.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
69 | read: |
70 | 893.02 Definitions.--The following words and phrases as |
71 | used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless |
72 | the context otherwise requires: |
73 | (1) "Administer" means the direct application of a |
74 | controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, |
75 | ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a person or |
76 | animal. |
77 | (2) "Analog" or "chemical analog" means a structural |
78 | derivative of a parent compound that is a controlled substance. |
79 | (3) "Cannabis" means all parts of any plant of the genus |
80 | Cannabis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin |
81 | extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, |
82 | manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the |
83 | plant or its seeds or resin. |
84 | (4) "Clandestine laboratory" means any location and |
85 | proximate areas set aside or used that are likely to be |
86 | contaminated as a result of manufacturing, processing, cooking, |
87 | disposing, or storing, either temporarily or permanently, any |
88 | substances in violation of this chapter, except as such |
89 | activities are authorized in chapter 499. |
90 | (5) "Contaminated" or "contamination" means containing |
91 | levels of chemicals at or above the levels defined by the |
92 | department pursuant to s. 893.123(1) as a result of clandestine |
93 | laboratory activity. |
94 | (6) "Contamination assessment specialist" or |
95 | "contamination assessor" means a person responsible for |
96 | assessing the extent of contamination and decontamination by |
97 | determining the indoor air quality in a residential property |
98 | based on the standards defined by the department. Upon the |
99 | conclusion of decontamination, a residential property must |
100 | successfully test less than or equal to the values defined by |
101 | the department. The person must have specialized training that |
102 | provides him or her with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to |
103 | use quantitative measurement techniques in collecting and |
104 | assessing specified contamination levels that have the ability |
105 | to impair human health and well-being. |
106 | (7)(4) "Controlled substance" means any substance named or |
107 | described in Schedules I-V of s. 893.03. Laws controlling the |
108 | manufacture, distribution, preparation, dispensing, or |
109 | administration of such substances are drug abuse laws. |
110 | (8) "Decontamination" means the process of reducing the |
111 | levels of contaminants to the levels defined by the department |
112 | pursuant to s. 893.123(1) that allow human reoccupancy using |
113 | currently available methods and processes. |
114 | (9) "Decontamination specialist" means a person |
115 | responsible for the cleanup, treatment, repair, removal, and |
116 | decontamination of contaminated materials located in a |
117 | residential property where clandestine laboratory activities |
118 | occurred. The person must have the knowledge, skills, and |
119 | ability to prescribe methods to eliminate, control, or reduce |
120 | contamination; and must have been trained in the removal, |
121 | storage, transport, and disposal of hazardous chemicals or |
122 | chemical residues commonly associated with clandestine |
123 | laboratory activities. |
124 | (10)(5) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, |
125 | constructive, or attempted transfer from one person to another |
126 | of a controlled substance, whether or not there is an agency |
127 | relationship. |
128 | (11)(9) "Department" means the Department of Health. |
129 | (12)(6) "Dispense" means the transfer of possession of one |
130 | or more doses of a medicinal drug by a pharmacist or other |
131 | licensed practitioner to the ultimate consumer thereof or to one |
132 | who represents that it is his or her intention not to consume or |
133 | use the same but to transfer the same to the ultimate consumer |
134 | or user for consumption by the ultimate consumer or user. |
135 | (13)(7) "Distribute" means to deliver, other than by |
136 | administering or dispensing, a controlled substance. |
137 | (14)(8) "Distributor" means a person who distributes. |
138 | (15)(10) "Hospital" means an institution for the care and |
139 | treatment of the sick and injured, licensed pursuant to the |
140 | provisions of chapter 395 or owned or operated by the state or |
141 | Federal Government. |
142 | (16)(11) "Laboratory" means a laboratory approved by the |
143 | Drug Enforcement Administration as proper to be entrusted with |
144 | the custody of controlled substances for scientific, medical, or |
145 | instructional purposes or to aid law enforcement officers and |
146 | prosecuting attorneys in the enforcement of this chapter. |
147 | (17)(12) "Listed chemical" means any precursor chemical or |
148 | essential chemical named or described in s. 893.033. |
149 | (18)(13)(a) "Manufacture" means the production, |
150 | preparation, propagation, compounding, cultivating, growing, |
151 | conversion, or processing of a controlled substance, either |
152 | directly or indirectly, by extraction from substances of natural |
153 | origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a |
154 | combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, and includes |
155 | any packaging of the substance or labeling or relabeling of its |
156 | container, except that this term does not include the |
157 | preparation, compounding, packaging, or labeling of a controlled |
158 | substance by: |
159 | 1. A practitioner or pharmacist as an incident to his or |
160 | her administering or delivering of a controlled substance in the |
161 | course of his or her professional practice. |
162 | 2. A practitioner, or by his or her authorized agent under |
163 | the practitioner's supervision, for the purpose of, or as an |
164 | incident to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis, and not |
165 | for sale. |
166 | (b) "Manufacturer" means and includes every person who |
167 | prepares, derives, produces, compounds, or repackages any drug |
168 | as defined by the Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act. However, this |
169 | definition does not apply to manufacturers of patent or |
170 | proprietary preparations as defined in the Florida Pharmacy Act. |
171 | Pharmacies, and pharmacists employed thereby, are specifically |
172 | excluded from this definition. |
173 | (19)(14) "Mixture" means any physical combination of two |
174 | or more substances. |
175 | (20)(15) "Patient" means an individual to whom a |
176 | controlled substance is lawfully dispensed or administered |
177 | pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. |
178 | (21)(16) "Pharmacist" means a person who is licensed |
179 | pursuant to chapter 465 to practice the profession of pharmacy |
180 | in this state. |
181 | (22)(17) "Possession" includes temporary possession for |
182 | the purpose of verification or testing, irrespective of dominion |
183 | or control. |
184 | (23)(18) "Potential for abuse" means that a substance has |
185 | properties of a central nervous system stimulant or depressant |
186 | or an hallucinogen that create a substantial likelihood of its |
187 | being: |
188 | (a) Used in amounts that create a hazard to the user's |
189 | health or the safety of the community; |
190 | (b) Diverted from legal channels and distributed through |
191 | illegal channels; or |
192 | (c) Taken on the user's own initiative rather than on the |
193 | basis of professional medical advice. |
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195 | Proof of potential for abuse can be based upon a showing that |
196 | these activities are already taking place, or upon a showing |
197 | that the nature and properties of the substance make it |
198 | reasonable to assume that there is a substantial likelihood that |
199 | such activities will take place, in other than isolated or |
200 | occasional instances. |
201 | (24)(19) "Practitioner" means a physician licensed |
202 | pursuant to chapter 458, a dentist licensed pursuant to chapter |
203 | 466, a veterinarian licensed pursuant to chapter 474, an |
204 | osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to chapter 459, a |
205 | naturopath licensed pursuant to chapter 462, or a podiatric |
206 | physician licensed pursuant to chapter 461, provided such |
207 | practitioner holds a valid federal controlled substance registry |
208 | number. |
209 | (25)(20) "Prescription" means and includes an order for |
210 | drugs or medicinal supplies written, signed, or transmitted by |
211 | word of mouth, telephone, telegram, or other means of |
212 | communication by a duly licensed practitioner licensed by the |
213 | laws of the state to prescribe such drugs or medicinal supplies, |
214 | issued in good faith and in the course of professional practice, |
215 | intended to be filled, compounded, or dispensed by another |
216 | person licensed by the laws of the state to do so, and meeting |
217 | the requirements of s. 893.04. The term also includes an order |
218 | for drugs or medicinal supplies so transmitted or written by a |
219 | physician, dentist, veterinarian, or other practitioner licensed |
220 | to practice in a state other than Florida, but only if the |
221 | pharmacist called upon to fill such an order determines, in the |
222 | exercise of his or her professional judgment, that the order was |
223 | issued pursuant to a valid patient-physician relationship, that |
224 | it is authentic, and that the drugs or medicinal supplies so |
225 | ordered are considered necessary for the continuation of |
226 | treatment of a chronic or recurrent illness. However, if the |
227 | physician writing the prescription is not known to the |
228 | pharmacist, the pharmacist shall obtain proof to a reasonable |
229 | certainty of the validity of said prescription. A prescription |
230 | order for a controlled substance shall not be issued on the same |
231 | prescription blank with another prescription order for a |
232 | controlled substance which is named or described in a different |
233 | schedule, nor shall any prescription order for a controlled |
234 | substance be issued on the same prescription blank as a |
235 | prescription order for a medicinal drug, as defined in s. |
236 | 465.031(5), which does not fall within the definition of a |
237 | controlled substance as defined in this act. |
238 | (26) "Residential property" means a dwelling unit used, or |
239 | intended for use, by an individual or individuals as a permanent |
240 | residence. The term includes improved real property of between |
241 | one and four dwellings; a condominium unit, as defined in s. |
242 | 718.103(27); a cooperative unit, as defined in s. 719.103(24); |
243 | or a mobile home or manufactured home, as defined in s. |
244 | 320.01(2). The term does not include a hotel, motel, campground, |
245 | marina, or timeshare unit. |
246 | (27)(21) "Wholesaler" means any person who acts as a |
247 | jobber, wholesale merchant, or broker, or an agent thereof, who |
248 | sells or distributes for resale any drug as defined by the |
249 | Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act. However, this definition does not |
250 | apply to persons who sell only patent or proprietary |
251 | preparations as defined in the Florida Pharmacy Act. Pharmacies, |
252 | and pharmacists employed thereby, are specifically excluded from |
253 | this definition. |
254 | Section 2. Section 893.121, Florida Statutes, is created |
255 | to read: |
256 | 893.121 Quarantine of a clandestine laboratory.-- |
257 | (1) The purpose of the quarantine provided for in this |
258 | section is to prevent exposure of any person to the hazards |
259 | associated with clandestine laboratory activities and provide |
260 | protection from unsafe conditions that pose a threat to the |
261 | public health, safety, and welfare. The department has the |
262 | authority to quarantine residential property under s. 381.0011. |
263 | (2) Whenever a sheriff, police officer, or other law |
264 | enforcement entity secures evidence from a residential property |
265 | in which illegal clandestine laboratory activities occurred, the |
266 | department must quarantine the property. The local law |
267 | enforcement entity securing evidence shall enforce a quarantine |
268 | on the residential property as part of its duty to assist the |
269 | department under s. 381.0012(5). Enforcement does not require |
270 | the 24-hour posting of law enforcement personnel. The |
271 | residential property shall remain quarantined until the |
272 | department receives a certificate of fitness documenting that |
273 | the property was decontaminated as defined by the department |
274 | pursuant to s. 893.123 or demolished in accordance with s. |
275 | 893.122(1), or a court order is presented requiring the |
276 | quarantine to be lifted. |
277 | (3) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. |
278 | 120.536(1) and 120.54 to establish a uniform notice to post at |
279 | the site of a quarantined clandestine laboratory and a uniform |
280 | letter of notification of the quarantine to be sent to the |
281 | residential property owner or manager. It is the responsibility |
282 | of local law enforcement to post the notice of a quarantine on |
283 | the residential property, and it is the responsibility of the |
284 | department to mail the letter of notification. The material in |
285 | the letter and notice shall include, but not be limited to: |
286 | (a) That the residential property has been quarantined and |
287 | a clandestine laboratory was seized on or inside the residential |
288 | property. |
289 | (b) The date of the quarantine. |
290 | (c) The name and contact telephone number of the law |
291 | enforcement entity posting the quarantine. |
292 | (d) A statement specifying that hazardous substances, |
293 | toxic chemicals, or other hazardous waste products may have been |
294 | present and may remain on or inside the residential property and |
295 | that exposure to the substances may be harmful and may pose a |
296 | threat to public health and the environment. |
297 | (e) A statement that it is unlawful for an unauthorized |
298 | person to enter the contaminated residential property and that |
299 | the removal of any notice of the quarantine is a second degree |
300 | misdemeanor under s. 381.0025(1). |
301 | (f) A statement, in the notification letter, explaining |
302 | how to have the quarantine lifted. |
303 | (4) Upon securing evidence from a residential property in |
304 | which illegal clandestine laboratory activities occurred, the |
305 | local law enforcement entity shall immediately notify the local |
306 | health officer and the department's Division of Environmental |
307 | Health that a residential property is quarantined and shall |
308 | provide the name and contact information of the law enforcement |
309 | entity, the name of the residential property owner or |
310 | residential property manager, and the address of the property. |
311 | (5) To the extent possible, the department shall mail the |
312 | letter of notification to the residential property owner or the |
313 | manager of the residential property within 5 working days from |
314 | the date of quarantine notifying the owner or manager that a |
315 | clandestine laboratory was found on the property and that the |
316 | property has been quarantined. The department shall also include |
317 | a list of contamination assessment specialists and |
318 | decontamination specialists and any other information deemed |
319 | appropriate by the department to the residential property owner |
320 | or manager. |
321 | (6) Any person who has an interest in a residential |
322 | property that is quarantined pursuant to this section may file a |
323 | petition in the circuit court in which the residential property |
324 | is located to request a court order that the quarantine of the |
325 | residential property be lifted for one of the following reasons: |
326 | (a) The residential property was wrongfully quarantined; |
327 | or |
328 | (b) The residential property has been properly |
329 | decontaminated as defined by the department pursuant to s. |
330 | 893.123 or demolished pursuant to s. 893.122(1) and may be |
331 | reoccupied for habitation, but the department refuses or fails |
332 | to lift the quarantine. |
333 | (7) No person shall inhabit a quarantined residential |
334 | property, offer the residential property to the public for |
335 | temporary or indefinite habitation, or remove any notice of the |
336 | quarantine. Any person who willfully violates a provision of |
337 | this subsection commits a second degree misdemeanor under s. |
338 | 381.0025(1). |
339 | Section 3. Section 893.122, Florida Statutes, is created |
340 | to read: |
341 | 893.122 Option of demolition; immunity from liability from |
342 | health-based civil actions.-- |
343 | (1) A residential property owner shall, upon notification |
344 | from the department that clandestine laboratory activities have |
345 | occurred in a property owned by that owner and that the property |
346 | is quarantined, meet the decontamination standards as defined by |
347 | the department pursuant to s. 893.123 unless the property owner, |
348 | at the owner's discretion, elects to demolish the contaminated |
349 | residential property. The demolition and removal of materials |
350 | must meet the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health |
351 | Administration and the United States Environmental Protection |
352 | Agency regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, |
353 | transport, and disposal of hazardous wastes and any state or |
354 | local requirements. |
355 | (2) A residential property owner who has met the |
356 | decontamination standards, as evidenced by a certificate of |
357 | fitness and a letter of reoccupancy pursuant to s.893.123, or |
358 | has demolished the residential property in compliance with |
359 | subsection (1), shall have immunity from health-based civil |
360 | actions brought by any future owner, renter, or other person who |
361 | occupies such residential property, or a neighbor of such |
362 | residential property, in which the alleged cause of the injury |
363 | or loss is the existence of the clandestine laboratory. However, |
364 | a person with a conviction, as defined in s. 944.607, for the |
365 | manufacture of any substance regulated under this chapter on the |
366 | residential property where clandestine laboratory activities |
367 | occurred shall not have the immunity provided in this |
368 | subsection. |
369 | Section 4. Section 893.123, Florida Statutes, is created |
370 | to read: |
371 | 893.123 Clandestine laboratory decontamination standards, |
372 | certificate of fitness, and letter of reoccupancy.-- |
373 | (1) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. |
374 | 120.536(1) and 120.54 that establish: |
375 | (a) Standards for indoor air quality regarding levels of |
376 | contaminants produced by clandestine laboratory activities to |
377 | include methamphetamine, lead, mercury, and volatile organic |
378 | compounds. These standards must be consistent with values |
379 | commonly used by other states or comply with national standards. |
380 | (b) Standards for the cleanup and testing of clandestine |
381 | laboratories. |
382 | (c) A certificate of fitness that shall act as appropriate |
383 | documentation that a residential property has been |
384 | decontaminated in accordance with specified standards. The |
385 | certificate of fitness shall be submitted to the department by a |
386 | contamination assessment specialist. The certificate of fitness |
387 | shall include, but is not limited to: |
388 | 1. The name of the residential property owner, the mailing |
389 | and street address of the residential property owner, and, if |
390 | applicable, the parcel identification of the residential |
391 | property. |
392 | 2. The dates the residential property was quarantined and |
393 | cleanup was completed. |
394 | 3. A summary of the indoor air quality test results, |
395 | findings, and conclusions as determined by a contamination |
396 | assessment specialist. |
397 | 4. The name and address of the contamination assessment |
398 | specialist. |
399 | 5. The name and address of the decontamination specialist. |
400 | 6. The method of repair, replacement, or decontamination |
401 | of the residential property. |
402 | (d) A letter of reoccupancy that will notify the |
403 | residential property owner that the property may be reoccupied |
404 | for habitation. |
405 | (2) Upon receipt of the certificate of fitness, the |
406 | department shall send a letter of reoccupancy to the residential |
407 | property owner or manager and to the local law enforcement |
408 | entity that enforced the quarantine and posted the notice. The |
409 | letter of reoccupancy must include the address of the |
410 | residential property, a statement that the quarantine is lifted, |
411 | and a statement that the residential property may be reoccupied |
412 | for habitation. |
413 | (3) In the case of demolition, the department shall lift |
414 | the quarantine on a residential property upon receipt of a |
415 | letter presented by a demolition company stating that the |
416 | quarantined property was demolished. The letter must include the |
417 | address of the residential property and a statement that the |
418 | demolition was performed in accordance to the requirements in s. |
419 | 893.122(1). |
420 | Section 5. Section 893.124, Florida Statutes, is created |
421 | to read: |
422 | 893.124 Decontamination and contamination assessment |
423 | specialists.-- |
424 | (1)(a) The department shall compile and maintain lists of |
425 | decontamination and contamination assessment specialists. The |
426 | lists shall be posted on the department's Internet website. The |
427 | department shall indicate on the website whether the specialists |
428 | are bonded and insured. |
429 | (b) Persons authorized to perform decontamination or |
430 | contamination assessments must have knowledge and skill in the |
431 | handling of toxic substances. The department shall adopt rules |
432 | pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 specifying the |
433 | requirements for persons authorized to perform decontamination |
434 | and contamination assessments. Decontamination specialists shall |
435 | be responsible for ensuring that all hazardous substances, toxic |
436 | chemicals, or other hazardous waste products that may have been |
437 | present are removed from the residential property and disposed |
438 | of in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and |
439 | regulations. |
440 | (2) In determining the level of contamination in a |
441 | clandestine laboratory, the decontamination or contamination |
442 | assessment specialist may request copies of any available law |
443 | enforcement reports or information relating to the following: |
444 | (a) The length of time the residential property was used |
445 | as a clandestine laboratory. |
446 | (b) The extent to which the residential property was |
447 | exposed to chemicals used in clandestine laboratory activities. |
448 | (c) The chemical processes that were involved in the |
449 | clandestine laboratory activities. |
450 | (d) The chemicals that were removed from the residential |
451 | property. |
452 | (e) The location of the clandestine laboratory activities |
453 | in relation to the habitable areas of the residential property. |
454 | (3) If the contamination assessment specialist determines |
455 | that the residential property is not contaminated, the |
456 | contamination assessment specialist shall prepare a certificate |
457 | of fitness and submit the certificate to the department. |
458 | Section 6. Paragraph (s) of subsection (1) of section |
459 | 465.016, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
460 | 465.016 Disciplinary actions.-- |
461 | (1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a |
462 | license or disciplinary action, as specified in s. 456.072(2): |
463 | (s) Dispensing any medicinal drug based upon a |
464 | communication that purports to be a prescription as defined by |
465 | s. 465.003(14) or s. 893.02(20) when the pharmacist knows or has |
466 | reason to believe that the purported prescription is not based |
467 | upon a valid practitioner-patient relationship. |
468 | Section 7. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section |
469 | 465.023, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
470 | 465.023 Pharmacy permittee; disciplinary action.-- |
471 | (1) The department or the board may revoke or suspend the |
472 | permit of any pharmacy permittee, and may fine, place on |
473 | probation, or otherwise discipline any pharmacy permittee who |
474 | has: |
475 | (e) Dispensed any medicinal drug based upon a |
476 | communication that purports to be a prescription as defined by |
477 | s. 465.003(14) or s. 893.02(20) when the pharmacist knows or has |
478 | reason to believe that the purported prescription is not based |
479 | upon a valid practitioner-patient relationship that includes a |
480 | documented patient evaluation, including history and a physical |
481 | examination adequate to establish the diagnosis for which any |
482 | drug is prescribed and any other requirement established by |
483 | board rule under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 461, chapter |
484 | 463, chapter 464, or chapter 466. |
485 | Section 8. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section |
486 | 856.015, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
487 | 856.015 Open house parties.-- |
488 | (1) Definitions.--As used in this section: |
489 | (c) "Drug" means a controlled substance, as that term is |
490 | defined in ss. 893.02(4) and 893.03. |
491 | Section 9. Subsection (6) of section 893.135, Florida |
492 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
493 | 893.135 Trafficking; mandatory sentences; suspension or |
494 | reduction of sentences; conspiracy to engage in trafficking.-- |
495 | (6) A mixture, as defined in s. 893.02(14), containing any |
496 | controlled substance described in this section includes, but is |
497 | not limited to, a solution or a dosage unit, including but not |
498 | limited to, a pill or tablet, containing a controlled substance. |
499 | For the purpose of clarifying legislative intent regarding the |
500 | weighing of a mixture containing a controlled substance |
501 | described in this section, the weight of the controlled |
502 | substance is the total weight of the mixture, including the |
503 | controlled substance and any other substance in the mixture. If |
504 | there is more than one mixture containing the same controlled |
505 | substance, the weight of the controlled substance is calculated |
506 | by aggregating the total weight of each mixture. |
507 | Section 10. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
508 | 944.47, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
509 | 944.47 Introduction, removal, or possession of certain |
510 | articles unlawful; penalty.-- |
511 | (1)(a) Except through regular channels as authorized by |
512 | the officer in charge of the correctional institution, it is |
513 | unlawful to introduce into or upon the grounds of any state |
514 | correctional institution, or to take or attempt to take or send |
515 | or attempt to send therefrom, any of the following articles |
516 | which are hereby declared to be contraband for the purposes of |
517 | this section, to wit: |
518 | 1. Any written or recorded communication or any currency |
519 | or coin given or transmitted, or intended to be given or |
520 | transmitted, to any inmate of any state correctional |
521 | institution. |
522 | 2. Any article of food or clothing given or transmitted, |
523 | or intended to be given or transmitted, to any inmate of any |
524 | state correctional institution. |
525 | 3. Any intoxicating beverage or beverage which causes or |
526 | may cause an intoxicating effect. |
527 | 4. Any controlled substance as defined in s. 893.02(4) or |
528 | any prescription or nonprescription drug having a hypnotic, |
529 | stimulating, or depressing effect. |
530 | 5. Any firearm or weapon of any kind or any explosive |
531 | substance. |
532 | Section 11. Subsection (1) of section 951.22, Florida |
533 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
534 | 951.22 County detention facilities; contraband articles.-- |
535 | (1) It is unlawful, except through regular channels as |
536 | duly authorized by the sheriff or officer in charge, to |
537 | introduce into or possess upon the grounds of any county |
538 | detention facility as defined in s. 951.23 or to give to or |
539 | receive from any inmate of any such facility wherever said |
540 | inmate is located at the time or to take or to attempt to take |
541 | or send therefrom any of the following articles which are hereby |
542 | declared to be contraband for the purposes of this act, to wit: |
543 | Any written or recorded communication; any currency or coin; any |
544 | article of food or clothing; any tobacco products as defined in |
545 | s. 210.25(11); any cigarette as defined in s. 210.01(1); any |
546 | cigar; any intoxicating beverage or beverage which causes or may |
547 | cause an intoxicating effect; any narcotic, hypnotic, or |
548 | excitative drug or drug of any kind or nature, including nasal |
549 | inhalators, sleeping pills, barbiturates, and controlled |
550 | substances as defined in s. 893.02(4); any firearm or any |
551 | instrumentality customarily used or which is intended to be used |
552 | as a dangerous weapon; and any instrumentality of any nature |
553 | that may be or is intended to be used as an aid in effecting or |
554 | attempting to effect an escape from a county facility. |
555 | Section 12. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
556 | 985.4046, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
557 | 985.4046 Introduction, removal, or possession of certain |
558 | articles unlawful; penalty.-- |
559 | (1)(a) Except as authorized through program policy or |
560 | operating procedure or as authorized by the facility |
561 | superintendent, program director, or manager, a person may not |
562 | introduce into or upon the grounds of a juvenile detention |
563 | facility or commitment program, or take or send, or attempt to |
564 | take or send, from a juvenile detention facility or commitment |
565 | program, any of the following articles, which are declared to be |
566 | contraband under this section: |
567 | 1. Any unauthorized article of food or clothing. |
568 | 2. Any intoxicating beverage or any beverage that causes |
569 | or may cause an intoxicating effect. |
570 | 3. Any controlled substance, as defined in s. 893.02(4), |
571 | or any prescription or nonprescription drug that has a hypnotic, |
572 | stimulating, or depressing effect. |
573 | 4. Any firearm or weapon of any kind or any explosive |
574 | substance. |
575 | Section 13. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |