Arrested as a nurse in Florida? No statute requires reporting an arrest, but any plea must be reported in 30 days. Here is how to protect your license.
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Arrested as a nurse in Florida? No statute requires reporting an arrest, but any plea must be reported in 30 days. Here is how to protect your license.
Continue reading ›What to do after being arrested in Tampa: first appearance within 24 hours, bond, the 30-day charging window, and diversion programs for first offenders.
Continue reading ›What happens after a DUI arrest in Hillsborough County: jail, the 10-day license deadline, refusal and CDL rules, RIDR diversion, and each court date.
Continue reading ›Rewrite/update date: November 4, 2026. Originally published in October 2025. A Rehabilitation Plan, known locally as a “Sex Walker Plan,” is a treatment-based agreement used in some Hillsborough County juvenile sex cases. The child enters a plea that is held in abeyance while he or she completes sex-offender-specific treatment and strict conditions, usually over 9…
Continue reading ›College student arrested in Tampa? What parents should do first: adult court, FERPA limits, USF conduct hearings, diversion, and protecting Bright Futures.
Continue reading ›Updated November 2026 Short answer: Florida clears juvenile records in four ways. A record from a completed diversion program can be expunged through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) under section 943.0582. Most other juvenile records are expunged automatically at age 21, or at age 26 for serious or habitual juvenile offenders, under section…
Continue reading ›DETRR is the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s drug diversion program. Who qualifies, the three levels, how to get in before charges are filed, and how to clear the record.
Continue reading ›Updated November 8, 2026 After a drug arrest in Florida, the State Attorney’s Office decides whether to file formal charges, and that decision often waits on the crime lab. A roadside field test is only a presumptive screen, so the lab report, the weight of each package, the hemp-versus-marijuana question, and how the drugs were…
Continue reading ›Fully rewritten and updated October 26, 2026. Florida’s mental health diversion law, the Tristin Murphy Act (SB 168, chapter 2025-180), took effect October 1, 2025. It created two model programs: misdemeanor and ordinance-violation diversion under section 916.135 and pretrial felony diversion under section 916.136. A person charged with a second- or third-degree felony may qualify…
Continue reading ›The 20-gram line, concentrates and Stevenson, hemp lab proof under Campbell, the Second DCA’s 2025 odor ruling, medical card limits, trafficking, Amendment 3, and Hillsborough diversion.
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