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Florida Statutes Title XLVII. Criminal Procedure and Corrections § 945.36. Law enforcement personnel authorized to conduct drug tests on inmates and releasees

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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).

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