| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to certification of swimming instructors; |
| 3 | creating s. 514.072, F.S.; requiring additional |
| 4 | certification of swimming instructors for people who have |
| 5 | developmental disabilities; providing a remedy for |
| 6 | certification violations; providing an appropriation; |
| 7 | providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Section 514.072, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 12 | to read: |
| 13 | 514.072 Certification of swimming instructors for people |
| 14 | who have developmental disabilities required.-- |
| 15 | (1) Any person working at a public swimming pool as a |
| 16 | swimming instructor for people who have developmental |
| 17 | disabilities, as defined in s. 393.063(10), must be certified by |
| 18 | the Dan Marino Foundation, Inc., in addition to being certified |
| 19 | under s. 514.071. A person certified under s. 514.071 before |
| 20 | July 1, 2006, must meet the additional certification |
| 21 | requirements of this section by January 1, 2007. A person |
| 22 | certified under s. 514.071 on or after July 1, 2006, must meet |
| 23 | the additional certification requirements of this section within |
| 24 | 6 months after receiving certification under s. 514.071. |
| 25 | (2) In addition to any other remedies available to the |
| 26 | department, the department may sue to enjoin the operation of |
| 27 | any public swimming pool that uses any swimming instructor in |
| 28 | violation of subsection (1). |
| 29 | Section 2. The sum of $535,000 is appropriated from the |
| 30 | General Revenue Fund to the Department of Health for the 2006- |
| 31 | 2007 fiscal year for the purpose of implementing this act, to be |
| 32 | distributed as follows: $185,000 in recurring revenue to the Dan |
| 33 | Marino Foundation, Inc., for swimming certification; $150,000 in |
| 34 | nonrecurring revenue to Broward County Parks and Recreation for |
| 35 | the SWIM Central Special Needs Certification, and $200,000 in |
| 36 | nonrecurring revenue to the Weston YMCA for special needs |
| 37 | modifications and enhancement for the developmentally disabled. |
| 38 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |