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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 397
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
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F.S. 397.416
397.416 Substance abuse treatment services; qualified professional.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who was certified through a certification process recognized by the former Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services before January 1, 1995, may perform the duties of a qualified professional with respect to substance abuse treatment services as defined in this chapter, and need not meet the certification requirements contained in s. 397.311(36).
History.s. 2, ch. 98-262; s. 5, ch. 2002-196; s. 60, ch. 2005-2; s. 6, ch. 2005-55; s. 19, ch. 2009-132; s. 9, ch. 2015-100; s. 72, ch. 2016-241; s. 30, ch. 2017-173; s. 13, ch. 2019-159; s. 12, ch. 2024-176.