Senate Bill 2080

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2080

    By Senator Jones





    40-1220-99                                          See HB 437

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to emergency medical services;

  3         creating s. 401.275, F.S.; providing that

  4         emergency medical services licensees shall

  5         require persons employed or applying for

  6         employment as certified emergency medical

  7         technicians or paramedics to undergo employment

  8         screening as provided by law; authorizing

  9         exemptions from disqualification from such

10         employment as provided by law; providing an

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Section 401.275, Florida Statutes, is

16  created to read:

17         401.275  Employment screening of certified emergency

18  medical technicians and paramedics.--A licensee shall require

19  each person employed or applying for employment as a certified

20  emergency medical technician or paramedic to undergo personnel

21  screening and security background investigations as provided

22  in chapter 435, using the level 2 standards for screening set

23  forth in that chapter, as a condition of employment or

24  continued employment. A licensee may grant exemptions from

25  disqualification from employment as a certified emergency

26  medical technician or paramedic as provided in s. 435.07.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1999.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2080
    40-1220-99                                          See HB 437




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      Provides that emergency medical services licensees shall
  4    require persons employed or applying for employment as
      certified emergency medical technicians or paramedics to
  5    undergo employment screening as provided by ch. 435,
      F.S., and authorizes exemptions from disqualification
  6    from such employment as provided by s. 435.07, F.S.

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