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11 The Committee on Criminal Justice (Haridopolos) recommended
12 the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 943.13, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 943.13 Officers' minimum qualifications for employment
21 or appointment.--On or after October 1, 1984, any person
22 employed or appointed as a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary
23 law enforcement officer or correctional officer; on or after
24 October 1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time,
25 part-time, or auxiliary correctional probation officer; and on
26 or after October 1, 1986, any person employed as a full-time,
27 part-time, or auxiliary correctional officer by a private
28 entity under contract to the Department of Corrections, to a
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31 (6)(a) Have passed a physical examination by a
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1 licensed physician, physician assistant, or certified advanced
2 registered nurse practitioner, based on specifications
3 established by the commission.
4 (b) In order to be eligible for the presumption set
5 forth in s. 112.18 while employed with an employing agency, a
6 law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or correctional
7 probation officer shall have successfully passed the physical
8 examination required by paragraph (a) upon entering into
9 service as a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or
10 correctional probation officer with the employing agency,
11 which examination failed to reveal any evidence of
12 tuberculosis, heart disease, or hypertension. In no event may
13 a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or
14 correctional probation officer use a physical examination from
15 a former employing agency for purposes of claiming the
16 presumption set forth in s. 112.18 against the current
17 employing agency.
18 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 943.137, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 943.137 Establishment of qualifications and standards
21 above the minimum.--
22 (1) Nothing herein may be construed to preclude an
23 employing agency from establishing qualifications and
24 standards for employment, appointment, training, or promotion
25 of officers that exceed the minimum requirements set by ss.
26 943.13 and 943.17, including establishing tobacco-use
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28 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2006.
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
3 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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6 A bill to be entitled
7 An act relating to employment requirements for
8 law enforcement personnel; amending s. 943.13,
9 F.S.; revising the presumption of disability
10 for certain law enforcement, correctional, and
11 correctional probation officers; amending s.
12 943.137, F.S.; authorizing the establishment of
13 tobacco-use standards; providing an effective
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