Florida Statute 1006.0625 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVIII
EARLY LEARNING-20 EDUCATION CODE

Chapter 1006
SUPPORT FOR LEARNING

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1006.0625 Administration of psychotropic medication; prohibition; conditions.—

(1) As used in this section, the term “psychotropic medication” means a prescription medication that is used for the treatment of mental disorders and includes, without limitation, antihypnotics, antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiety agents, sedatives, psychomotor stimulants, and mood stabilizers.

(2) A public school may not deny any student access to programs or services because the parent of the student has refused to place the student on psychotropic medication.

(3) A public school teacher and school district personnel may share school-based observations of a student’s academic, functional, and behavioral performance with the student’s parent and offer program options and other assistance that is available to the parent and the student based on the observations. However, a public school teacher and school district personnel may not compel or attempt to compel any specific actions by the parent or require that a student take medication. A parent may refuse psychological screening of the student.

Any medical decision made to address a student’s needs is a matter between the student, the student’s parent, and a competent health care professional chosen by the parent.

History.—s. 6, ch. 2005-65.

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In Re Amendments to Rules of Juv. Procedure

952 So. 2d 517, 32 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 99, 2007 Fla. LEXIS 434, 2007 WL 763718

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 15, 2007 | Docket: 1703247

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antidepressant, antimanic, and antianxiety drugs"); § 1006.0625, Fla. Stat. (2006) (defining "psychotropic medication"

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