Florida legal term
Treatment in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Treatment” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Florida criminal code.
What does “Treatment” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Treatment” means psychotropic medications prescribed by a medical practitioner licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or chapter 459, including those laboratory tests and related medical procedures that are essential for the safe and effective administration of a psychotropic medication and psychological interventions and services such as group and individual psychotherapy, activity therapy, recreational therapy, and music therapy. (Fla. Stat. § 945.42)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Administration of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) to persons convicted of sexual battery
- Authorized use of force; malicious battery and sexual misconduct prohibited; reporting required; penalties
- Battery by strangulation
- Battery on health services personnel
- Disorderly intoxication
- Distribution of controlled substances resulting in overdose or serious bodily injury
- Dogs and cats transported or offered for sale; health requirements; consumer guarantee
- Domestic violence; investigation of incidents; notice to victims of legal rights and remedies; reporting
- Escapes from secure detention or residential commitment facility
- Exploitation of a person 65 years of age or older
- Felony battery; domestic battery by strangulation
- Inhalation, ingestion, possession, sale, purchase, or transfer of harmful chemical substances; penalties
Related terms in the same statutes
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