Florida Statutes Chapter 397 — SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES

From the Legislature's 2026 edition, which includes changes effective through January 1, 2027. Later effective dates are retained in each section's source notes.

Title XXIX

• § 397.301 — Short title.
• § 397.305 — Legislative findings, intent, and purpose.
• § 397.311 — Definitions.
• § 397.321 — Duties of the department.
• § 397.333 — Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council.
• § 397.334 — Treatment-based drug court programs.
• § 397.335 — Statewide Council on Opioid Abatement.
• § 397.341 — Transportation of individuals by law enforcement officers.
• § 397.401 — License required; penalty; injunction; rules waivers.
• § 397.4012 — Exemptions from licensure.
• § 397.4014 — Licensure and regulation of government-operated substance abuse programs.
• § 397.403 — License application.
• § 397.407 — Licensure process; fees.
• § 397.4073 — Background checks of service provider personnel.
• § 397.4075 — Unlawful activities relating to personnel; penalties.
• § 397.410 — Licensure requirements; minimum standards; rules.
• § 397.4103 — Quality improvement programs.
• § 397.4104 — Record of recovery residences used by service providers.
• § 397.411 — Inspection; right of entry; classification of violations; records.
• § 397.415 — Denial, suspension, and revocation; other remedies.
• § 397.416 — Substance abuse treatment services; qualified professional.
• § 397.417 — Peer specialists.
• § 397.427 — Medication-assisted treatment service providers; rehabilitation program; needs assessment and provision of services; persons authorized to issue takeout medication; unlawful operation; penalty.
• § 397.431 — Individual responsibility for cost of substance abuse impairment services.
• § 397.481 — Applicability of Community Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Act.
• § 397.482 — Lawyer assistance programs; civil immunity.
• § 397.483 — Lawyer assistance programs; presumption of good faith.
• § 397.484 — Lawyer assistance programs; persons entitled to immunity.
• § 397.485 — Lawyer assistance programs; information subject to privilege.
• § 397.486 — Lawyer assistance programs; confidentiality of records, proceedings, and communications.
• § 397.487 — Voluntary certification of recovery residences.
• § 397.4871 — Recovery residence administrator certification.
• § 397.4872 — Exemption from disqualification; publication.
• § 397.4873 — Referrals to or from recovery residences; prohibitions; penalties.
• § 397.501 — Rights of individuals.
• § 397.55 — Prohibition of deceptive marketing practices.
• § 397.581 — Unlawful activities relating to assessment and treatment; penalties.
• § 397.601 — Voluntary admissions.
• § 397.675 — Criteria for involuntary admissions, including protective custody, emergency admission, and other involuntary assessment, involuntary treatment, and alternative involuntary assessment for minors, for purposes of assessment and stabilization, and for involuntary treatment.
• § 397.6751 — Service provider responsibilities regarding involuntary admissions.
• § 397.6752 — Referral of involuntarily admitted individual for voluntary treatment.
• § 397.6758 — Release of individual from protective custody, emergency admission, involuntary assessment, involuntary treatment, and alternative involuntary assessment of a minor.
• § 397.6759 — Parental participation in treatment.
• § 397.6760 — Court records; confidentiality.
• § 397.677 — Protective custody; circumstances justifying.
• § 397.6771 — Protective custody with consent.
• § 397.6772 — Protective custody without consent.
• § 397.6773 — Dispositional alternatives after protective custody.
• § 397.6774 — Department to maintain lists of licensed facilities.
• § 397.6775 — Immunity from liability.
• § 397.679 — Emergency admission; circumstances justifying.
• § 397.6791 — Emergency admission; persons who may initiate.
• § 397.6793 — Professional’s certificate for emergency admission.
• § 397.6795 — Transportation-assisted delivery of persons for emergency assessment.
• § 397.6797 — Dispositional alternatives after emergency admission.
• § 397.6798 — Alternative involuntary assessment procedure for minors.
• § 397.6799 — Disposition of minor upon completion of alternative involuntary assessment.
• § 397.681 — Involuntary petitions; general provisions; court jurisdiction and right to counsel.
• § 397.68111 — Involuntary treatment.
• § 397.68112 — Involuntary services; persons who may petition.
• § 397.68141 — Contents of petition for involuntary treatment services.
• § 397.68151 — Duties of court upon filing of petition for involuntary services.
• § 397.6818 — Court determination.
• § 397.6957 — Hearing on petition for involuntary treatment services.
• § 397.697 — Court determination; effect of court order for involuntary services.
• § 397.6971 — Early release from involuntary services.
• § 397.6975 — Extension of involuntary treatment services period.
• § 397.6977 — Disposition of individual upon completion of involuntary services.
• § 397.701 — Local ordinances affecting impairment and public impairment offenses forbidden.
• § 397.702 — Authorization of local ordinances for treatment of habitual abusers in licensed secure facilities.
• § 397.705 — Referral of substance abuse impaired offenders to service providers.
• § 397.706 — Screening, assessment, and disposition of juvenile offenders.
• § 397.752 — Scope of part.
• § 397.753 — Definitions.
• § 397.754 — Duties and responsibilities of the Department of Corrections.
• § 397.92 — Children’s substance abuse services system; goals.
• § 397.95 — Children’s substance abuse services; services provided by licensed providers.
• § 397.96 — Case management for complex substance abuse cases.
• § 397.99 — School substance abuse prevention partnership grants.
• § 397.997 — Prevention resources; Internet website.
• § 397.998 — Drug-free communities support match grants.