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<br />" <br /> <br />Memorandum of Understanding <br /> <br />Between The Sunny Isles Beach Police Department (Law Enforcement Agency), and, <br />The Mt. Siani Medical Center (Baker Act receiving facility). <br /> <br />In order to implement the provisions of s. 394.462 Florida Statute enacted by the 2009 Florida <br />Legislature governing transportation of persons by law enforcement to receiving facilities for <br />involuntary examination, the following is required: <br /> <br />1. Each law enforcement agency shall develop a memorandum of understanding with each <br />Receiving Facility within the law enforcement agency's jurisdiction which reflects a single set of <br />protocols for the safe and secure transportation of the person and transfer of custody of the <br />person. These protocols must also address crisis-intervention measures. <br /> <br />2. Custody of a person who is transported pursuant to this part, along with related documentation, <br />shall be relinquished to a responsible individual at the appropriate receiving or treatment facility. <br /> <br />Therefore it is agreed that: <br /> <br />1. The Law Enforcement Officer shall deliver each individual under involuntary examination status to the <br />nearest receiving facility unless a Transportation Exception Plan has been approved for this county by <br />the Board of County Commissioners and the Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and <br />Families (DCF). <br /> <br />2. If a Transportation Exception Plan has been approved by the Board of County Commissioners and the <br />Secretary of DCF, the following special provisions are to be followed (if Not Applicable, skip): <br />Upon approval of Circuit 11 's proposed Baker Act Transportation Exception Plan, this document will <br />be amended. <br /> <br />3. When possible, either the officer or the Communications Center will give the facility a courtesy <br />telephone call to alert the staff that the officer is enroute. The facility agrees that such a courtesy <br />call will not be used to instruct an officer to take the individual to any other facility. <br /> <br />4. The officer will complete a mandatory written report (form CF-MH 3100) detailing the <br />circumstances under which the person was taken into custody (per s. 394.463(2)(a)(3) F.S.) and <br />will give a copy of the report along with the certificate for involuntary examination to the <br />responsible party at the Receiving Facility. <br /> <br />5. The officer may then leave the individual at the receiving facility with the appropriate staff <br />member. <br /> <br />6. The facility to which the individual is brought by law enforcement for involuntary examination will <br />accept the person and conduct the examination. <br /> <br />7. If the facility has no available beds, or has determined that the person is in need of services from <br />a different facility (including medical), arrangements for a safe and appropriate transfer of the <br />individual to a different receiving facility/medical facility will be made by the facility that first <br />received the individual. The facility will not ask an officer to transport such an individual. <br /> <br />8. The receiving facility will ensure that the individual receives the mandatory initial involuntary <br />examination before release unless the individual is transferred. If the person is not appropriate for <br />admission, the individual will be released with a referral to community services as appropriate. <br /> <br />1 <br />