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Fla. Stat. § 945.36

Law enforcement personnel authorized to conduct drug tests on inmates and releasees

Known as the Corrections Mental Health Act

The act spans §§ 945–945 (53 sections).

History.--s. 1, ch. 90-205; s. 79, ch. 95-211; s. 6, ch. 2017-31; s. 126, ch. 2018-24.

(1) Any law enforcement officer, state or county probation officer, employee of the Department of Corrections, or employee of a contracted community correctional center who is certified by the Department of Corrections pursuant to subsection (2) may administer a urine screen drug test to:

(a) Persons during incarceration;

(b) Persons released as a condition of probation for either a felony or misdemeanor;

(c) Persons released as a condition of community control;

(d) Persons released as a condition of conditional release;

(e) Persons released as a condition of parole;

(f) Persons released as a condition of provisional release;

(g) Persons released as a condition of pretrial release; or

(h) Persons released as a condition of control release.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall develop a procedure for certification of any law enforcement officer, state or county probation officer, employee of the Department of Corrections, or employee of a contracted community correctional center to perform a urine screen drug test on the persons specified in subsection (1).

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.