Florida Statutes § 948.31 — Evaluation and treatment of sexual predators and offenders on probation or community control.
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The court may require any probationer or community controllee who is required to register as a sexual predator under s. 775.21 or sexual offender under s. 943.0435, s. 944.606, or s. 944.607 to undergo an evaluation, at the probationer or community controllee’s expense, by a qualified practitioner to determine whether such probationer or community controllee needs sexual offender treatment. If the qualified practitioner determines that sexual offender treatment is needed and recommends treatment, the probationer or community controllee must successfully complete and pay for the treatment. Such treatment must be obtained from a qualified practitioner as defined in s. 948.001. Treatment may not be administered by a qualified practitioner who has been convicted or adjudicated delinquent of committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any offense that is listed in s. 943.0435(1)(h)1.a.(I).
History
History.—s. 1, ch. 81-198; s. 3, ch. 83-75; s. 16, ch. 83-131; s. 192, ch. 83-216; s. 37, ch. 89-526; s. 4, ch. 91-280; s. 13, ch. 99-201; s. 3, ch. 2000-246; s. 17, ch. 2004-373; s. 32, ch. 2008-172; s. 13, ch. 2010-92; s. 16, ch. 2014-4; s. 61, ch. 2016-24; s. 14, ch. 2016-104; s. 28, ch. 2021-156; ss. 52, 80, 86, 95, ch. 2025-156.
Notes
Note.—Former s. 948.03(4).
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