Senate Bill sb0828c1

    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 828

    By the Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; and
    Senator Dyer




    317-1590-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to prevention and control of

  3         communicable diseases; amending s. 381.003,

  4         F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to

  5         adopt certain standards applicable to all

  6         public-sector employers; requiring the

  7         compilation and maintenance of certain

  8         information by the department for use by

  9         employers; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (3) is added to section 381.003,

14  Florida Statutes, to read:

15         381.003  Communicable disease and AIDS prevention and

16  control.--

17         (3)  The department shall by rule adopt the

18  blood-borne-pathogen standard set forth in subpart Z of 29

19  C.F.R. part 1910, as amended by Pub. L. No. 106-430, which

20  shall be applicable to all public-sector employers. The

21  department shall compile and maintain a list of existing

22  needleless systems and sharps with engineered sharps-injury

23  protection that shall be available to assist employers,

24  including the department and the Department of Corrections, in

25  complying with the applicable requirements of the

26  blood-borne-pathogen standard. The list may be developed from

27  existing sources of information, including, but not limited

28  to, the United States Food and Drug Administration, the

29  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational

30  Safety and Health Administration, and the United States

31  Department of Veterans Affairs.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 828
    317-1590-01




  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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  3          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  4                         Senate Bill 828

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  6  The Committee Substitute requires the Department of Health to
    adopt, by rule the blood-borne-pathogen standard set forth in
  7  the federal law, which shall become applicable to all public
    sector employers. The Department of Health must compile and
  8  maintain a list of existing needleless systems and sharps with
    engineered sharps injury protection that must be available to
  9  assist employers, including the Department of Health and the
    Department of Corrections, in complying with the applicable
10  requirements of the blood-borne pathogen standard. The list
    may be developed from existing sources of information.
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