Index to Rules

Title 33
Department of Corrections

The Florida Administrative Code is the official compilation of the administrative rules and regulations of state agencies. All formally promulgated rules of the Department of Corrections are contained in the Title 33 Chapters listed below. Links provided below go to Chapter 33 documents published on the Florida Department of State website.

1. Alphabetical by Chapter Title
2. Numerical by Chapter Number
3. Spanish Translations for Chapters 103 & 601

ALPHABETICAL BY CHAPTER TITLE:

APPLIED TECHNOLOGY AND DISTANCE EDUCATION, Chapter 33-502

• Inmate Access to Weight Training Equipment, 33-502.101

CHAPLAINCY SERVICES, Chapter 33-503

• Chaplaincy Services, 33-503.001
• Marriage of an Inmate While Incarcerated, 33-503.002

CLASSIFICATION AND CENTRAL RECORDS, Chapter 33-601

• Administrative Management Units, 33-601.260
• Award if Sentence is Expiring or Inmate is Transferred, 33-601.103
• Basic Training Program - Appearance and Hygiene, 33-601.238
• Basic Training Program - Definitions, 33-601.233
• Basic Training Program - Discipline, 33-601.241
• Basic Training Program - Dormitory Regulations, 33-601.239
• Basic Training Program - Employee Standards of Appearance, Conduct and Fitness, 33-601.243
• Basic Training Program - Inmate Conduct, 33-601.240
• Basic Training Program - Inmate Privileges, 33-601.237
• Basic Training Program Operation, 33-601.236 
• Basic Training Program - Orientation, 33-601.235
• Basic Training Program - Purpose, 33-601.231
• Basic Training Program - Rules, 33-601.232
• Basic Training Program Selection Process, 33-601.234
• Classification Screening for Youthful Offenders in Adult Facilities, 33-601.225
• Classification – Transfer of Inmates, 33-601.215
• Close Management, 33-601.800
• Community Release Programs, 33-601.602
• Commutation of Sentence, 33-601.106
• Confidential Records, 33-601.901
• Consulate Visitors, 33-601.7115
• Custody Classification, 33-601.210
• Death Row, 33-601.830
• Denial or Termination of Visits, 33-601.729
• Designation of Institutions for Youthful Offenders, 33-601.223
• Determination of Credit When Inmate is Released in Error, 33-601.604
• Discharge Gratuity, 33-601.502
• Discharge of an Inmate, 33-601.501
• Discharge Transportation, 33-601.503
• Disciplinary Hearings, 33-601.307
• Disciplinary Team, Hearing Officer Findings and Action, 33-601.308
• Disciplinary Team and Hearing Officer, 33-601.306
• Elderly Offender Housing, 33-601.217
• Furloughs, 33-601.603
• Incentive Gain Time, 33-601.101
• Inmate Discipline - Forms, 33-601.313
• Inmate Discipline - General Policy, 33-601.301
• Inmate Discipline - Investigations, 33-601.305
• Inmate Discipline - Miscellaneous Provisions, 33-601.311
• Inmate Discipline - Rehearings, 33-601.310
• Inmate Discipline - Review and Final Action, 33-601.309
• Inmate Discipline - Terminology and Definitions, 33-601.302
• Inmate Discipline – Use of Confidential Informants During Investigation, 33-601.3055
• Inmate Drivers, 33-601.605
• Inmate Orientation, 33-601.100
• Inmate Visiting Appearance, Search and Conduct, 33-601.728
• Inmate Visiting – Definitions, 33-601.713
• Inmate Visiting – General, 33-601.714
• Inmate Work Program, 33-601.201
• Interstate Corrections Compact, 33-601.401
• Legal Visitors, 33-601.711
• Maximum Management, 33-601.820
• Meritorious Gain Time, 33-601.102
• Non-contact Visiting, 33-601.735
• Permissible Items for Visitors, 33-601.725
• Placement of Inmates into Community Release Programs, 33-601.606
• Preparation of Disciplinary Reports, 33-601.304
• Reception Process for Youthful Offenders, 33-601.222
• Reinstatement of Suspended Visiting Privileges, 33-601.732
• Removal from Basic Training Program, 33-601.242
• Reporting Disciplinary Infractions, 33-601.303
• Restoration of Forfeited Gain Time, 33-601.105
• Review of Request for Visiting Privileges, 33-601.718
• Rules of Prohibited Conduct and Penalties for Infractions, 33-601.314
• Sex Offender and Child Abuse Offender Visiting Restrictions, 33-601.720
• Special Review, 33-601.211
• Special Visits, 33-601.736
• Specialized Programs Institutions, 33-601.250
• State Classification Office and Institutional Classification Team, 33-601.209
• Suspension of Visiting Privileges, 33-601.731
• Telephonic or Video Disciplinary Hearings, 33-601.312
• Temporary Release of Inmates for Specific Purposes, 33-601.601
• Transfer of Inmates, 33-601.215
• Transition Assistance Program, 33-601.504
• Use of Cameras and Tape Recorders by Attorneys, 33-601.712
• Use of Inmates in Public Works, 33-601.202
• Visiting Application Initiation Process, 33-601.715
• Visiting by Former and Current Department and Contract Employees, 33-601.719
• Visiting – Check-In Procedures, 33-601.723
• Visiting – Check-Out Procedures, 33-601.730 
• Visiting Denial, 33-601.717
• Visiting – Disciplinary Confinement, Protective Management and Administrative Confinement, 33-601.734
• Visiting – Forms, 33-601.737
• Visiting Operations, 33-601.721
• Visiting Record Management, 33-601.716
• Visiting Schedule, 33-601.722
• Visiting – Special Status Inmates, 33-601.733
• Visitor Attire, 33-601.724
• Visitor Conduct, 33-601.727
• Withholding or Forfeiture of Gain Time, 33-601.104
• Youthful Offender Classification Categories in Institutions, 33-601.221
• Youthful Offenders – Definitions, 33-601.220
• Youthful Offender Program Participation, 33-601.226

COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS, Chapter 33-504

• Community Corrections Partnership - Compliance and Funding, 33-504.303
• Community Corrections Partnership – County Work Camps, 33-504.304
• Community Corrections Partnership - Definitions, 33-504.301
• Community Corrections Partnership - Plan Approval Process, 33-504.302
• Probation and Restitution Centers, 33-504.101

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, Chapter 33-202

• Public Hearings on Community Correctional Centers, 33-202.101

DENTAL SERVICES, Chapter 33-402

• Dental Services - General, 33-402.101

EDUCATION, Chapter 33-501

• Admissible Reading Material, 33-501.401
• Copying Services for Inmates, 33-501.302
• Law Libraries, 33-501.301

FIELD SUPPORT SERVICES, Chapter 33-210

• ADA Provisions for Inmates, 33-210.201
• Facility Requirements for Correctional Institutions33-210.202
• Community Corrections Mail, 33-210.105
• Institutional Mail, 33-210.104
• Legal Documents and Legal Mail, 33-210.102
• Privileged Mail, 33-210.103
• Processing Routine Mail Electronically, 33-210.1011
• Routine Mail, 33-210.101
• Personal Vehicle Damage Reimbursement Claims, Transfered to 33-203.701

FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING, Chapter 33-203

• Canteen Operations, 33-203.101
• Employee Benefit Trust Fund, 33-203.601
• Inmate Trust Fund, 33-203.201
• Personal Vehicle Damage Reimbursement Claims, 33-203.701
• Restitution Claims, 33-203.801

  FOOD SERVICES, Chapter 33-204

  • Cash Meals and Special Group Meals, 33-204.005
  • Food Services - Definitions, 33-204.002
  • Food Services - Standards of Operation, 33-204.003

  GENERAL SERVICES, Chapter 33-205

  • Private Correctional Facilities - Requests for Proposals, Contracts, Construction and Operation, 33-205.101

  HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, Chapter 33-401

  • Communicable Disease Exposure and Testing, 33-401.501 
  • Conditional Medical Release, 33-401.201
  • Use of Tobacco Products, 33-401.401
  • Medical Consultations by Non-Department Providers, 33-401.601
  • Medical and Substance Abuse Clinical Files, 33-401.701
  • Refusal of Health Care Services, 33-401.105

  INMATE GRIEVANCES, Chapter 33-103

  • Appeals and Direct Grievances to the Office of the Secretary, 33-103.007
  • Classification of Grievances, 33-103.013
  • Evaluation of the Grievance Procedure, 33-103.018
  • Follow Through on Approved Grievances, 33-103.016
  • Formal Grievance, Institution or Facility Level, 33-103.006
  • Grievances of a Medical Nature, 33-103.008
  • Grievance Records, 33-103.012
  • Grievances Regarding Lost Personal Property, 33-103.010
  • Grievances Relating to Admissible Reading Material, 33-103.009
  • Informal Grievance, 33-103.005
  • Inmate Grievances - Forms, 33-103.019
  • Inmate Grievances - General Policy, 33-103.001
  • Inmate Grievances - Miscellaneous Provisions, 33-103.015
  • Inmate Grievances - Reprisal, 33-103.017
  • Inmate Grievances - Staff and Inmate Participation, 33-103.004
  • Inmate Grievances - Terminology and Definitions, 33-103.002
  • Inmate Grievances - Time Frames, 33-103.011
  • Inmate Grievances - Training Requirements, 33-103.003
  • Reasons for Return of Grievance or Appeal without Processing, 33-103.014

  INTERNAL AFFAIRS, INVESTIGATIONS, Chapter 33-108

  • Inmate Substance Abuse Testing, 33-108.101

  LEGAL SERVICES, Chapter 33-102

  • Authority and Purpose, 33-102.301
  • Final Orders Indexed, 33-102.303
  • Maintenance of Records, 33-102.306
  • Notice of Proceedings and Proposed Rules, 33-102.201
  • Numbering of Final Orders, 33-102.304
  • Plan, 33-102.307
  • Public Information and Inspection of Records, 33-102.101
  • Public Inspection and Duplication, 33-102.302
  • Qualified Representatives, 33-102.202
  • System for Indexing Final Orders, 33-102.305

  MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, Chapter 33-404

  • Admission to Isolation Management, Transitional Care, or Crisis Stabilization, 33-404.106
  • Consent to Mental Health Evaluation and Treatment, 33-404.105
  • Continued Placement in Mental Health Treatment Facilities, 33-404.2098
  • Corrections Mental Health Treatment Facilities - Consent to Treatment, 33-404.210
  • Discharge From Mental Health Treatment Facilities, 33-404.2097
  • Discipline and Confinement of Mentally Disordered Inmates, 33-404.108
  • Emergency Placement in Mental Health Treatment Facilities, 33-404.2096
  • Mental Health Risk Assessment in an Inpatient Setting, 33-404.112
  • Mental Health Services - Classification System, 33-404.104
  • Mental Health Services - Definitions, 33-404.103
  • Mental Health Services - Program Purpose and Scope, 33-404.101
  • Mental Health Treatment Facilities - Administrative Confinement, 33-404.206
  • Mental Health Treatment Facilities - Admissible Reading Material, 33-404.208
  • Mental Health Treatment Facilities - Care of Inmates, 33-404.203
  • Mental Health Treatment Facilities - Definitions, 33-404.202
  • Mental Health Treatment Facilities - Forms, 33-404.209
  • Mental Health Treatment Facilities - Inmate Discipline, 33-404.205
  • Mental Health Treatment Facilities - Restrictions of Inmate Privileges, 33-404.207
  • Mental Health Treatment Facilities - Use of Force, 33-404.204
  • Operation, Administration, and Designation of Mental Health Treatment Facilities, 33-404.201
  • Placement in Mental Health Treatment Facilities, 33-404.2095
  • Provision of Mental Health Services, 33-404.102
  • Use of Force with Mentally Disordered Inmates, 33-404.107

  PERSONNEL, Chapter 33-208

  • Criteria for Assignment to Staff Housing, Transfered to 33-602.803
  • Employment Gender Policy for Security Positions, Transfered to 33-602.603
  • Employment of Relatives, 33-208.004
  • Employee Grooming, Uniform and Clothing Requirements, 33-208.101
  • Personnel--General, 33-208.001
  • Professional License, Certification and Registration Requirements, 33-208.402
  • Random Drug Testing of Employees, 33-208.403
  • Range of Disciplinary Actions, 33-208.003
  • Relief Factor for Staffing Security Posts, Transfered to 33-602.602
  • Responsibilities of Staff Housing Occupants, Transfered to 33-602.806
  • Rules of Conduct, 33-208.002
  • Staff Housing – Administrative Responsibilities, Transfered to 33-602.802
  • Staff Housing Agreement Form, Transfered to 33-602.805
  • Staff Housing - Definitions,Transfered to 33-602.800
  • Staff Housing Inspections,Transfered to 33-602.807
  • Staff Housing - Intent, Transfered to 33-602.801
  • Staff Housing - Rent and Utilities, Transfered to 33-602.804
  • Staff Housing - Repairs and Replacements, Transfered to 33-602.808
  • Termination of Staff Housing Assignment,Transfered to 33-602.809

  PROBATION AND PAROLE FIELD SERVICES, Chapter 33-302

  • Community Control, 33-302.116
  • Correctional Probation Officers: Appointment and Responsibility, 33-302.1031
  • Correctional Probation Officer Badges, 33-302.115
  • Correctional Probation Officers Carrying Firearms, 33-302.104
  • Early Termination of Supervision, 33-302.111
  • Employer Notification of Supervision Status, 33-302.102
  • Intrastate Travel and Transfer of Supervision, 33-302.106
  • Monitoring Sex Offender Conditions of Supervision, 33-302.108
  • Offender Grievance Procedures, 33-302.101
  • Offender Orientation, 33-302.109
  • Probation and Parole - Use of Force, 33-302.105
  • Reporting Requirements, 33-302.110

  PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Chapter 33-104

  • Evidence of Entitlement to Access, 33-104.204
  • News Media Access to Inmates under Sentence of Death, 33-104.203
  • News Media Visitors, 33-104.101
  • Procedures to be applied to News Media Representatives attending Executions, 33-104.202
  • Representation of News Media at Executions, 33-104.201

  SECURITY OPERATIONS, Chapter 33-602

  • Administrative Confinement, 33-602.220
  • Care of Inmates, 33-602.101
  • Conducting a Business While Incarcerated, 33-602.207
  • Contractors, Vendors and Volunteer Visitors, 33-602.232
  • Control of Contraband, 33-602.203
  • Correctional Officer Uniform Requirement, 33-602.601
  • Criteria for Assignment to Staff Housing, 33-602.803
  • Disciplinary Confinement, 33-602.222
  • Employment Gender Policy for Security Positions, 33-602.603
  • Emergency Management, 33-602.206
  • Escort Chair, 33-602.212
  • Holding Cells, 33-602.224
  • Inmate Death Notification Process, 33-602.112
  • Inmate Property, 33-602.201
  • Inmate Substance Abuse Testing, 33-602.2035
  • Inmate Telephone Use, 33-602.205
  • Institutional Visits and Tours and Inmate or Probationer Presentations and Programs for the Public, 33-602.230
  • Kiosk and Tablets, 33-602.900
  • Protective Management, 33-602.221
  • Relief Factor for Staffing Security Posts, 33-602.602
  • Responsibilities of Staff Housing Occupants, 33-602.806
  • Restraint of Pregnant Inmates, 33-602.211
  • Reward for Capture of Escapees, 33-602.110
  • Routine Mail, 33-602.401 (Renumbered to 33-210.101)
  • Searches of Inmates, 33-602.204
  • Social Networks, 33-602.208
  • Special Management Meal, 33-602.223
  • Staff Housing – Administrative Responsibilities, 33-602.802
  • Staff Housing Agreement Form, 33-602.805  
  • Staff Housing - Definitions, 33-602.800
  • Staff Housing Inspections, 33-602.807 
  • Staff Housing - Intent, 33-602.801
  • Staff Housing - Rent and Utilities, 33-602.804
  • Staff Housing - Repairs and Replacements, 33-602.808
  • Termination of Staff Housing Assignment, 33-602.809
  • Use of Blue Lights and Sirens, 33-602.701
  • Use of Cameras by Visitors, 33-602.231
  • Use of Force, 33-602.210
  • Visting Schedule, 33-602.722
  • Video Visitation, 33-602.901

  SENTENCE STRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION, Chapter 33-603

  • Actual Release Date, 33-603.412
  • Basic Gain Time, 33-603.402
  • Cancellation of Administrative Gain Time and Provisional Credits,  33-603.409
  • Credit for Time Served Following Apprehension in another Jurisdiction, 33-603.410
  • Gain Time - Definitions, 33-603.401
  • Transfer of Inmates, 33-603.201
  • Use of Committed Name, 33-603.101
  • Warrants for Retaking Offenders, 33-603.411

  SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM SERVICES, Chapter 33-507
  

  • Confidentiality of Substance Program Services Records, 33-507.401
  • Operation of Substance Abuse Programs, 33-507.002
  • Substance Abuse Services - Determination of Need, 33-507.201
  • Substance Abuse Program Services - General Policy, 33-507.001
  • Substance Abuse Program Services - Inmate Procedures, 33-507.202