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Originally Posted by jane032657
I am an Assisted Living Administrator in the Stat of Florida. You can only Baker Act someone if they are exhibiting the behavior when the police or appropriate person such as the doctors arrive. I have had residents with significant behavioral issues but unless you get someone there during the time the incident is happening, it is very difficult, as it should be, to Baker Act someone.
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We do need checks and balances in case some of the seven deadly sins arise within families, cliques, at the office etc. Anyone can misuse the system especially if they have the power to do so. This applies certainly to the Baker Act and people who might use it for nefarious designs. I will bet "she's crazy" comes up a lot in nasty child and senior care custody disputes.