19-16-B IN RE: MENTAL HEALTH - VOLUNTARY MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT OF A MINOR - ORDERED 1/26/2019 BY TONYA RAINWATER
EXCERPT: “WHEREAS, Section 394.4625(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2018), allows a mental health facility to admit voluntarily for treatment a minor who shows evidence of mental illness with the express and informed consent of the minor and his or her parent or guardian; and WHEREAS, that same section requires, before admission, a judicial hearing to verify the voluntariness of the minor’s consent; therefore The court creates the following process for implementing that section: (Open AO for more information.)”