HB 0507 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Florida Retirement System; amending
3	s. 121.0515, F.S.; providing membership in the Special
4	Risk Class for persons employed as nurses in county
5	correctional facilities; providing an effective date.
6
7	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 121.0515, Florida
10	Statutes, is amended to read:
11	121.0515 Special risk membership.--
12	(2) CRITERIA.--A member, to be designated as a special
13	risk member, must meet the following criteria:
14	(a) The member must be employed as a law enforcement
15	officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in
16	compliance with s. 943.1395; however, sheriffs and elected
17	police chiefs shall be excluded from meeting the certification
18	requirements of this paragraph. In addition, the member's
19	duties and responsibilities must include the pursuit,
20	apprehension, and arrest of law violators or suspected law
21	violators; or the member must be an active member of a bomb
22	disposal unit whose primary responsibility is the location,
23	handling, and disposal of explosive devices; or the member must
24	be the supervisor or command officer of a member or members who
25	have such responsibilities; provided, however, administrative
26	support personnel, including, but not limited to, those whose
27	primary duties and responsibilities are in accounting,
28	purchasing, legal, and personnel, shall not be included;
29	(b) The member must be employed as a firefighter and be
30	certified, or required to be certified, in compliance with s.
31	633.35 and be employed solely within the fire department of a
32	local government employer or an agency of state government with
33	firefighting responsibilities. In addition, the member's duties
34	and responsibilities must include on-the-scene fighting of
35	fires, fire prevention, or firefighter training; direct
36	supervision of firefighting units, fire prevention, or
37	firefighter training; or aerial firefighting surveillance
38	performed by fixed-wing aircraft pilots employed by the Division
39	of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
40	Services; or the member must be the supervisor or command
41	officer of a member or members who have such responsibilities;
42	provided, however, administrative support personnel, including,
43	but not limited to, those whose primary duties and
44	responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and
45	personnel, shall not be included and further provided that all
46	periods of creditable service in fire prevention or firefighter
47	training, or as the supervisor or command officer of a member or
48	members who have such responsibilities, and for which the
49	employer paid the special risk contribution rate, shall be
50	included;
51	(c) The member must be employed as a correctional officer
52	and be certified, or required to be certified, in compliance
53	with s. 943.1395. In addition, the member's primary duties and
54	responsibilities must be the custody, and physical restraint
55	when necessary, of prisoners or inmates within a prison, jail,
56	or other criminal detention facility, or while on work detail
57	outside the facility, or while being transported; or the member
58	must be the supervisor or command officer of a member or members
59	who have such responsibilities; provided, however,
60	administrative support personnel, including, but not limited to,
61	those whose primary duties and responsibilities are in
62	accounting, purchasing, legal, and personnel, shall not be
63	included; however, wardens and assistant wardens, as defined by
64	rule, shall participate in the Special Risk Class;
65	(d) The member must be employed by a licensed Advance Life
66	Support (ALS) or Basic Life Support (BLS) employer as an
67	emergency medical technician or a paramedic and be certified in
68	compliance with s. 401.27. In addition, the member's primary
69	duties and responsibilities must include on-the-scene emergency
70	medical care or direct supervision of emergency medical
71	technicians or paramedics, or the member must be the supervisor
72	or command officer of one or more members who have such
73	responsibility. However, administrative support personnel,
74	including, but not limited to, those whose primary
75	responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and
76	personnel, shall not be included;
77	(e) The member must be employed as a community-based
78	correctional probation officer and be certified, or required to
79	be certified, in compliance with s. 943.1395. In addition, the
80	member's primary duties and responsibilities must be the
81	supervised custody, surveillance, control, investigation, and
82	counseling of assigned inmates, probationers, parolees, or
83	community controllees within the community; or the member must
84	be the supervisor of a member or members who have such
85	responsibilities. Administrative support personnel, including,
86	but not limited to, those whose primary duties and
87	responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal services,
88	and personnel management, shall not be included; however,
89	probation and parole circuit and deputy circuit administrators
90	shall participate in the Special Risk Class; or
91	(f) The member must be employed in one of the following
92	classes and must spend at least 75 percent of his or her time
93	performing duties which involve contact with patients or inmates
94	in a correctional or forensic facility or institution:
95	1. Dietitian (class codes 5203 and 5204).
96	2. Public health nutrition consultant (class code 5224).
97	3. Psychological specialist (class codes 5230 and 5231).
98	4. Psychologist (class code 5234).
99	5. Senior psychologist (class codes 5237 and 5238).
100	6. Regional mental health consultant (class code 5240).
101	7. Psychological Services Director--DCF (class code 5242).
102	8. Pharmacist (class codes 5245 and 5246).
103	9. Senior pharmacist (class codes 5248 and 5249).
104	10. Dentist (class code 5266).
105	11. Senior dentist (class code 5269).
106	12. Registered nurse (class codes 5290 and 5291).
107	13. Senior registered nurse (class codes 5292 and 5293).
108	14. Registered nurse specialist (class codes 5294 and
109	5295).
110	15. Clinical associate (class codes 5298 and 5299).
111	16. Advanced registered nurse practitioner (class codes
112	5297 and 5300).
113	17. Advanced registered nurse practitioner specialist
114	(class codes 5304 and 5305).
115	18. Registered nurse supervisor (class codes 5306 and
116	5307).
117	19. Senior registered nurse supervisor (class codes 5308
118	and 5309).
119	20. Registered nursing consultant (class codes 5312 and
120	5313).
121	21. Quality management program supervisor (class code
122	5314).
123	22. Executive nursing director (class codes 5320 and
124	5321).
125	23. Speech and hearing therapist (class code 5406).; or
126	24. Pharmacy manager (class code 5251);.
127	(g) The member must be employed as a youth custody officer
128	and be certified, or required to be certified, in compliance
129	with s. 943.1395. In addition, the member's primary duties and
130	responsibilities must be the supervised custody, surveillance,
131	control, investigation, apprehension, arrest, and counseling of
132	assigned juveniles within the community; or.
133	(h) The member must be employed as a nurse whose duties
134	involve contact with inmates in a county correctional facility.
135	Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2004.