20444222, 33-103.005 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 20444222

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Chapter:

INMATE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE

Overview

RULE:

33-103.005	Informal Grievance
33-103.006	Formal Grievance - Institution or Facility Level
33-103.007	Appeals and Direct Grievances to the Office of the Secretary
33-103.008	Grievances of Medical Nature
33-103.011	Time Frames for Inmate Grievances
33-103.014	Reasons for Return of Grievance or Appeal Without Processing
33-103.016	Follow Through on Approved Grievances

PURPOSE:

To update the above-referenced rules to comply with what courts refer to as the “mailbox rule;” To clarify how grievances and grievance appeals are collected, dated, and processed; To state timeframes in which inmate grievances must be submitted in order to be considered timely; To establish proper follow-up on approved grievances.

SUBJECT:

Grievances and Grievance Appeals.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

944.09, F.S.

LAW:

944.09, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

5/22/2018 Vol. 44/100

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

944.09, F.S., 944.09, F.S.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=33-103.005&PDate=5/22/2018&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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