{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-901.1501","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 901.1501","heading":"Immediate arrest of a person with a significant medical condition.","body":"(1) As used in this section, the term “person with a significant medical condition” means a person who is a patient or resident of a hospital licensed under chapter 395, a nursing home facility licensed under part II of chapter 400, or an assisted living facility licensed under part I of chapter 429.\n(2) In determining whether to make an immediate arrest of a person with a significant medical condition, including an arrest for an offense committed against an elderly person or a disabled adult, a law enforcement officer may use his or her discretion based on the totality of the circumstances, including consideration of whether the person is a current or continued threat to public safety or himself or herself or a flight risk, and may consider all available lawful methods of making an arrest, including seeking an arrest warrant under s. 901.02.\n(3) This section does not prohibit a law enforcement officer from arresting a person without a warrant under s. 901.15, or making such an arrest by any lawful method.\nHistory.—s. 1, ch. 2025-64.","path":["CHAPTER 901 ARRESTS AND TEMPORARY DETENTIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0900-0999/0901/0901.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:15:57Z","sha256":"eb30026bbcf6b94180f2bdbf26651dff02b1d697a1b5cb792c889eb9267cd44e","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-901.15","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-901.1503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}