Florida · Florida Statutes — Title XLVI, Crimes
Fla. Stat. (Crimes) § 784.076: Battery on health services personnel
What this law says, in plain English
A juvenile in Department of Juvenile Justice custody who commits battery against a health services provider commits a third-degree felony. Health services include preventive, diagnostic, curative, rehabilitative, alcohol treatment, drug abuse treatment, and mental health services.
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