Fla. Stat. 893.09
Enforcement


(1)

The Department of Law Enforcement, all state agencies which regulate professions or institutions affected by the provisions of this chapter, and all peace officers of the state shall enforce all provisions of this chapter except those specifically delegated, and shall cooperate with all agencies charged with the enforcement of the laws of the United States, this state, and all other states relating to controlled substances.

(2)

Any agency authorized to enforce this chapter shall have the right to institute an action in its own name to enjoin the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. Said action for an injunction shall be in addition to any other action, proceeding, or remedy authorized by law.

(3)

All law enforcement officers whose duty it is to enforce this chapter shall have authority to administer oaths in connection with their official duties, and any person making a material false statement under oath before such law enforcement officers shall be deemed guilty of perjury and subject to the same punishment as prescribed for perjury.

(4)

It shall be unlawful and punishable as provided in chapter 843 for any person to interfere with any such law enforcement officer in the performance of the officer’s official duties. It shall also be unlawful for any person falsely to represent himself or herself to be authorized to enforce the drug abuse laws of this state, the United States, or any other state.

(5)

No civil or criminal liability shall be imposed by virtue of this chapter upon any person whose duty it is to enforce the provisions of this chapter, by reason of his or her being lawfully engaged in the enforcement of any law or municipal ordinance relating to controlled substances.

Source: Section 893.09 — Enforcement, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0893.­09 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

893.01
Short title
893.02
Definitions
893.03
Standards and schedules
893.04
Pharmacist and practitioner
893.05
Practitioners and persons administering controlled substances in their absence
893.06
Distribution of controlled substances
893.07
Records
893.08
Exceptions
893.09
Enforcement
893.10
Burden of proof
893.11
Suspension, revocation, and reinstatement of business and professional licenses
893.12
Contraband
893.13
Prohibited acts
893.15
Rehabilitation
893.015
Statutory references
893.20
Continuing criminal enterprise
893.21
Alcohol-related or drug-related overdoses
893.30
Controlled substance safety education and awareness
893.031
Industrial exceptions to controlled substance scheduling
893.033
Listed chemicals
893.035
Control of new substances
893.055
Prescription drug monitoring program
893.065
Counterfeit-resistant prescription blanks for controlled substances listed in Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, or Schedule V
893.101
Legislative findings and intent
893.105
Testing and destruction of seized substances
893.131
Distribution of controlled substances resulting in overdose or serious bodily injury
893.132
Dangerous fentanyl exposure of first responder resulting in overdose or serious bodily injury
893.135
Trafficking
893.138
Local administrative action to abate certain activities declared public nuisances
893.145
“Drug paraphernalia” defined
893.146
Determination of paraphernalia
893.147
Use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertisement, or retail sale of drug paraphernalia, specified machines, and materials
893.149
Unlawful possession of listed chemical
893.165
County alcohol and other drug abuse treatment or education trust funds
893.0301
Death resulting from apparent drug overdose
893.0355
Control of scheduled substances
893.0356
Control of new substances
893.0551
Public records exemption for the prescription drug monitoring program
893.1351
Ownership, lease, rental, or possession for trafficking in or manufacturing a controlled substance
893.1495
Retail sale of ephedrine and related compounds

Current through Fall 2025

§ 893.09. Enforcement's source at flsenate​.gov