{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-397.679","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 397.679","heading":"Emergency admission; circumstances justifying.","body":"A person who meets the criteria for involuntary admission in s. 397.675 may be admitted to a hospital or to a licensed detoxification facility or addictions receiving facility for emergency assessment and stabilization, or to a less intensive component of a licensed service provider for assessment only, upon receipt by the facility of a certificate by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a psychiatric nurse, a clinical psychologist, a clinical social worker, a marriage and family therapist, a mental health counselor, a physician assistant working under the scope of practice of the supervising physician, or a master’s-level-certified addictions professional for substance abuse services, if the certificate is specific to substance abuse impairment, and the completion of an application for emergency admission.\nHistory.—s. 6, ch. 93-39; s. 26, ch. 2016-241; s. 27, ch. 2018-106.","path":["CHAPTER 397 SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0300-0399/0397/0397.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:05:05Z","sha256":"6f5adae90629cf31cd5ae3d8b766c2d6f6cf2c23070ae4f23d3fff6f2ac664a1","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-397.6775","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-397.6791"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}