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    Florida Senate - 2002                                   SB 942

    By Senator Smith





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Retirement

  3         System; amending s. 121.091, F.S.; providing

  4         eligibility of certain medical and emergency

  5         personnel providing services at county

  6         detention facilities for membership in the

  7         Special Risk Class; providing an effective

  8         date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 121.091, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         121.0515  Special risk membership.--

15         (2)  CRITERIA.--A member, to be designated as a special

16  risk member, must meet the following criteria:

17         (a)  The member must be employed as a law enforcement

18  officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in

19  compliance with s. 943.1395; however, sheriffs and elected

20  police chiefs shall be excluded from meeting the certification

21  requirements of this paragraph.  In addition, the member's

22  duties and responsibilities must include the pursuit,

23  apprehension, and arrest of law violators or suspected law

24  violators; or the member must be an active member of a bomb

25  disposal unit whose primary responsibility is the location,

26  handling, and disposal of explosive devices; or the member

27  must be the supervisor or command officer of a member or

28  members who have such responsibilities; provided, however,

29  administrative support personnel, including, but not limited

30  to, those whose primary duties and responsibilities are in

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  1  accounting, purchasing, legal, and personnel, shall not be

  2  included;

  3         (b)  The member must be employed as a firefighter and

  4  be certified, or required to be certified, in compliance with

  5  s. 633.35 and be employed solely within the fire department of

  6  a local government employer or an agency of state government

  7  with firefighting responsibilities. In addition, the member's

  8  duties and responsibilities must include on-the-scene fighting

  9  of fires, fire prevention, or firefighter training; direct

10  supervision of firefighting units, fire prevention, or

11  firefighter training; or aerial firefighting surveillance

12  performed by fixed-wing aircraft pilots employed by the

13  Division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and

14  Consumer Services; or the member must be the supervisor or

15  command officer of a member or members who have such

16  responsibilities; provided, however, administrative support

17  personnel, including, but not limited to, those whose primary

18  duties and responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing,

19  legal, and personnel, shall not be included;

20         (c)  The member must be employed as a correctional

21  officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in

22  compliance with s. 943.1395.  In addition, the member's

23  primary duties and responsibilities must be the custody, and

24  physical restraint when necessary, of prisoners or inmates

25  within a prison, jail, or other criminal detention facility,

26  or while on work detail outside the facility, or while being

27  transported; or the member must be the supervisor or command

28  officer of a member or members who have such responsibilities;

29  provided, however, administrative support personnel,

30  including, but not limited to, those whose primary duties and

31  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and

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  1  personnel, shall not be included; however, wardens and

  2  assistant wardens, as defined by rule, shall participate in

  3  the Special Risk Class;

  4         (d)  The member must be employed by a licensed Advance

  5  Life Support (ALS) or Basic Life Support (BLS) employer as an

  6  emergency medical technician or a paramedic and be certified

  7  in compliance with s. 401.27.  In addition, the member's

  8  primary duties and responsibilities must include on-the-scene

  9  emergency medical care or direct supervision of emergency

10  medical technicians or paramedics, or the member must be the

11  supervisor or command officer of one or more members who have

12  such responsibility.  However, administrative support

13  personnel, including, but not limited to, those whose primary

14  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and

15  personnel, shall not be included;

16         (e)  The member must be employed as a community-based

17  correctional probation officer and be certified, or required

18  to be certified, in compliance with s. 943.1395.  In addition,

19  the member's primary duties and responsibilities must be the

20  supervised custody, surveillance, control, investigation, and

21  counseling of assigned inmates, probationers, parolees, or

22  community controllees within the community; or the member must

23  be the supervisor of a member or members who have such

24  responsibilities. Administrative support personnel, including,

25  but not limited to, those whose primary duties and

26  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal

27  services, and personnel management, shall not be included;

28  however, probation and parole circuit and deputy circuit

29  administrators shall participate in the Special Risk Class; or

30         (f)  The member must be employed in one of the

31  following classes and must spend at least 75 percent of his or

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  1  her time performing duties which involve contact with patients

  2  or inmates in a correctional or forensic facility or

  3  institution:

  4         1.  Dietitian (class codes 5203 and 5204);.

  5         2.  Public health nutrition consultant (class code

  6  5224);.

  7         3.  Psychological specialist (class codes 5230 and

  8  5231);.

  9         4.  Psychologist (class code 5234);.

10         5.  Senior psychologist (class codes 5237 and 5238);.

11         6.  Regional mental health consultant (class code

12  5240);.

13         7.  Psychological Services Director--DCF (class code

14  5242);.

15         8.  Pharmacist (class codes 5245 and 5246);.

16         9.  Senior pharmacist (class codes 5248 and 5249);.

17         10.  Dentist (class code 5266);.

18         11.  Senior dentist (class code 5269);.

19         12.  Registered nurse (class codes 5290 and 5291);.

20         13.  Senior registered nurse (class codes 5292 and

21  5293);.

22         14.  Registered nurse specialist (class codes 5294 and

23  5295);.

24         15.  Clinical associate (class codes 5298 and 5299);.

25         16.  Advanced registered nurse practitioner (class

26  codes 5297 and 5300);.

27         17.  Advanced registered nurse practitioner specialist

28  (class codes 5304 and 5305);.

29         18.  Registered nurse supervisor (class codes 5306 and

30  5307);.

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  1         19.  Senior registered nurse supervisor (class codes

  2  5308 and 5309);.

  3         20.  Registered nursing consultant (class codes 5312

  4  and 5313);.

  5         21.  Quality management program supervisor (class code

  6  5314);.

  7         22.  Executive nursing director (class codes 5320 and

  8  5321);.

  9         23.  Speech and hearing therapist (class code 5406); or

10         24.  Pharmacy manager (class code 5251);.

11         (g)  The member must be employed as a youth custody

12  officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in

13  compliance with s. 943.1395. In addition, the member's primary

14  duties and responsibilities must be the supervised custody,

15  surveillance, control, investigation, apprehension, arrest,

16  and counseling of assigned juveniles within the community; or.

17         (h)  The member must be a provider of medical or

18  emergency services in a county detention facility, as defined

19  in s. 951.23.

20         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2002.

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23                          SENATE SUMMARY

24    Makes employees who provide medical or emergency services
      in a county detention facility eligible for membership in
25    the Special Risk Class of the Florida Retirement System.

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