| 1 | The Committee on Health Care recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to prevention and control of communicable |
| 7 | diseases; amending s. 381.003, F.S.; requiring the |
| 8 | Department of Health to adopt certain standards applicable |
| 9 | to public sector employers; providing an exception; |
| 10 | requiring the compilation and maintenance of certain |
| 11 | information by the department for use by employers; |
| 12 | providing an effective date. |
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 16 | Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 381.003, |
| 17 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 18 | 381.003 Communicable disease and AIDS prevention and |
| 19 | control.-- |
| 20 | (3) The department shall by rule adopt the blood-borne- |
| 21 | pathogen standard set forth in subpart Z of 29 C.F.R. part 1910, |
| 22 | as amended by Pub. L. No. 106-430, which shall apply to all |
| 23 | public sector employers, except public sector employers whose |
| 24 | compliance with the standard is required and regulated by |
| 25 | federal law. The department shall compile and maintain a list of |
| 26 | existing needleless systems and sharps with engineered sharps- |
| 27 | injury protection which shall be available to assist employers, |
| 28 | including the department and the Department of Corrections, in |
| 29 | complying with the applicable requirements of the blood-borne- |
| 30 | pathogen standard. The list may be developed from existing |
| 31 | sources of information, including, without limitation, the |
| 32 | United States Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for |
| 33 | Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and |
| 34 | Health Administration, and the United States Department of |
| 35 | Veterans Affairs. |
| 36 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004. |