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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1378

    By Senator Fasano





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Retirement

  3         System; amending s. 121.0515, F.S.; providing

  4         membership in the Special Risk Class for

  5         persons employed as nurses in county

  6         correctional facilities; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 121.0515, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         121.0515  Special risk membership.--

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

15  risk member, must meet the following criteria:

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

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

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

19  police chiefs shall be excluded from meeting the certification

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

21  duties and responsibilities must include the pursuit,

22  apprehension, and arrest of law violators or suspected law

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

24  disposal unit whose primary responsibility is the location,

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

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

27  members who have such responsibilities; provided, however,

28  administrative support personnel, including, but not limited

29  to, those whose primary duties and responsibilities are in

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

31  included;

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

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

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

 4  a local government employer or an agency of state government

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

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

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

 8  supervision of firefighting units, fire prevention, or

 9  firefighter training; or aerial firefighting surveillance

10  performed by fixed-wing aircraft pilots employed by the

11  Division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and

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

13  command officer of a member or members who have such

14  responsibilities; provided, however, administrative support

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

16  duties and responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing,

17  legal, and personnel, shall not be included and further

18  provided that all periods of creditable service in fire

19  prevention or firefighter training, or as the supervisor or

20  command officer of a member or members who have such

21  responsibilities, and for which the employer paid the special

22  risk contribution rate, shall be included;

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

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

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

26  primary duties and responsibilities must be the custody, and

27  physical restraint when necessary, of prisoners or inmates

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

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

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

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

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 1  provided, however, administrative support personnel,

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

 3  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and

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

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

 6  the Special Risk Class;

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

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

 9  emergency medical technician or a paramedic and be certified

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

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

12  emergency medical care or direct supervision of emergency

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

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

15  such responsibility.  However, administrative support

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

17  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and

18  personnel, shall not be included;

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

20  correctional probation officer and be certified, or required

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

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

23  supervised custody, surveillance, control, investigation, and

24  counseling of assigned inmates, probationers, parolees, or

25  community controllees within the community; or the member must

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

27  responsibilities. Administrative support personnel, including,

28  but not limited to, those whose primary duties and

29  responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal

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

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 1  however, probation and parole circuit and deputy circuit

 2  administrators shall participate in the Special Risk Class;

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

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

 5  her time performing duties which involve contact with patients

 6  or inmates in a correctional or forensic facility or

 7  institution:

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

 9         2.  Public health nutrition consultant (class code

10  5224);

11         3.  Psychological specialist (class codes 5230 and

12  5231);

13         4.  Psychologist (class code 5234);

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

15         6.  Regional mental health consultant (class code

16  5240);

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

18  5242);

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

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

21         10.  Dentist (class code 5266);

22         11.  Senior dentist (class code 5269);

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

24         13.  Senior registered nurse (class codes 5292 and

25  5293);

26         14.  Registered nurse specialist (class codes 5294 and

27  5295);

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

29         16.  Advanced registered nurse practitioner (class

30  codes 5297 and 5300);

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 1         17.  Advanced registered nurse practitioner specialist

 2  (class codes 5304 and 5305);

 3         18.  Registered nurse supervisor (class codes 5306 and

 4  5307);

 5         19.  Senior registered nurse supervisor (class codes

 6  5308 and 5309);

 7         20.  Registered nursing consultant (class codes 5312

 8  and 5313);

 9         21.  Quality management program supervisor (class code

10  5314);

11         22.  Executive nursing director (class codes 5320 and

12  5321);

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

14         24.  Pharmacy manager (class code 5251);

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

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

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

18  duties and responsibilities must be the supervised custody,

19  surveillance, control, investigation, apprehension, arrest,

20  and counseling of assigned juveniles within the community; or

21         (h)  The member must be employed by a law enforcement

22  agency or medical examiner's office in a forensic discipline

23  recognized by the International Association for Identification

24  and must qualify for active membership in the International

25  Association for Identification. The member's primary duties

26  and responsibilities must include the collection, examination,

27  preservation, documentation, preparation, or analysis of

28  physical evidence or testimony, or both, or the member must be

29  the direct supervisor, quality management supervisor, or

30  command officer of one or more individuals with such

31  responsibility. Administrative support personnel, including,

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 1  but not limited to, those whose primary responsibilities are

 2  clerical or in accounting, purchasing, legal, and personnel,

 3  shall not be included; or.

 4         (i)  The member must be employed as a nurse whose

 5  duties involve contact with inmates in a county correctional

 6  facility.

 7         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2006.

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10                          SENATE SUMMARY

11    Extends membership in the Special Risk Class of the
      Florida Retirement System to nurses who are employed in
12    county correctional facilities in the same manner as is
      provided for nurses employed in state correctional
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