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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 73-C

        By Representative Rubio






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to training requirements for

  3         emergency medical technicians, paramedics,

  4         firefighters, law enforcement officers,

  5         correctional officers, and correctional

  6         probation officers; amending ss. 401.2715,

  7         633.35, and 943.13, F.S.; authorizing the

  8         substitution of a specified number of hours of

  9         qualifying terrorism response training for a

10         like number of hours of training required for

11         certification; providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Subsection (4) is added to section

16  401.2715, Florida Statutes, to read:

17         401.2715  Recertification training of emergency medical

18  technicians and paramedics.--

19         (4)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law or

20  rule, 12 hours of qualifying terrorism response training may

21  be substituted for a like number of hours of training in other

22  areas.

23         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 633.35, Florida

24  Statutes, is amended to read:

25         633.35  Firefighter training and certification.--

26         (1)  The division shall establish a firefighter

27  training program of not less than 360 hours, administered by

28  such agencies and institutions as it approves for the purpose

29  of providing basic employment training for firefighters.

30  Twelve hours of qualifying terrorism response training may be

31  substituted for a like number of hours of training related to

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 73-C

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  1  hazardous materials. Nothing herein shall require a public

  2  employer to pay the cost of such training.

  3         Section 3.  Subsection (9) of section 943.13, Florida

  4  Statutes, is amended to read:

  5         943.13  Officers' minimum qualifications for employment

  6  or appointment.--On or after October 1, 1984, any person

  7  employed or appointed as a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary

  8  law enforcement officer or correctional officer; on or after

  9  October 1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time,

10  part-time, or auxiliary correctional probation officer; and on

11  or after October 1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time,

12  part-time, or auxiliary correctional officer by a private

13  entity under contract to the Department of Corrections, to a

14  county commission, or to the Correctional Privatization

15  Commission shall:

16         (9)  Complete a commission-approved basic recruit

17  training program for the applicable criminal justice

18  discipline, unless exempt under this subsection. An applicant

19  who has:

20         (a)  Completed a comparable basic recruit training

21  program for the applicable criminal justice discipline in

22  another state or for the Federal Government; and

23         (b)  Served as a full-time sworn officer in another

24  state or for the Federal Government for at least one year

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26  is exempt in accordance with s. 943.131(2) from completing the

27  commission-approved basic recruit training program.

28         (c)  Twelve hours of qualifying terrorism response

29  training may be substituted for a like number of hours of

30  basic recruit training required under this subsection.

31         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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      Authorizes the substitution of 12 hours of qualifying
  4    terrorism response training for a like number of hours of
      training required for certification of emergency medical
  5    technicians, paramedics, firefighters, law enforcement
      officers, correctional officers, correctional probation
  6    officers, and correctional officers employed by a private
      entity under contract to the Department of Corrections,
  7    to a county commission, or to the Correctional
      Privatization Commission.
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