HB 901

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Florida Retirement System; amending
3	ss. 121.021 and 121.0515, F.S.; providing membership in
4	the Special Risk Class of the system for persons employed
5	full time as ocean water rescue lifeguards who meet other
6	specified qualifications; providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1.  Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (15) of
11	section 121.021, Florida Statutes, to read:
12	121.021  Definitions.--The following words and phrases as
13	used in this chapter have the respective meanings set forth
14	unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
15	(15)
16	(f)  Effective October 1, 2006, the term "special risk
17	member" includes any person who works full time as an ocean
18	water rescue lifeguard and who works directly under the
19	supervision of a fire rescue department, is supervised by a
20	medical director, and is certified in compliance with s. 401.27
21	as an emergency medical technician or paramedic.
22	Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 121.0515, Florida
23	Statutes, is amended to read:
24	121.0515  Special risk membership.--
25	(2)  CRITERIA.--A member, to be designated as a special
26	risk member, must meet the following criteria:
27	(a)  The member must be employed as a law enforcement
28	officer and be certified, or required to be certified, in
29	compliance with s. 943.1395; however, sheriffs and elected
30	police chiefs shall be excluded from meeting the certification
31	requirements of this paragraph. In addition, the member's duties
32	and responsibilities must include the pursuit, apprehension, and
33	arrest of law violators or suspected law violators; or the
34	member must be an active member of a bomb disposal unit whose
35	primary responsibility is the location, handling, and disposal
36	of explosive devices; or the member must be the supervisor or
37	command officer of a member or members who have such
38	responsibilities; provided, however, administrative support
39	personnel, including, but not limited to, those whose primary
40	duties and responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing,
41	legal, and personnel, shall not be included;
42	(b)  The member must be employed as a firefighter and be
43	certified, or required to be certified, in compliance with s.
44	633.35 and be employed solely within the fire department of a
45	local government employer or an agency of state government with
46	firefighting responsibilities. In addition, the member's duties
47	and responsibilities must include on-the-scene fighting of
48	fires, fire prevention, or firefighter training; direct
49	supervision of firefighting units, fire prevention, or
50	firefighter training; or aerial firefighting surveillance
51	performed by fixed-wing aircraft pilots employed by the Division
52	of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
53	Services; or the member must be the supervisor or command
54	officer of a member or members who have such responsibilities;
55	provided, however, administrative support personnel, including,
56	but not limited to, those whose primary duties and
57	responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and
58	personnel, shall not be included and further provided that all
59	periods of creditable service in fire prevention or firefighter
60	training, or as the supervisor or command officer of a member or
61	members who have such responsibilities, and for which the
62	employer paid the special risk contribution rate, shall be
63	included;
64	(c)  The member must be employed as a correctional officer
65	and be certified, or required to be certified, in compliance
66	with s. 943.1395. In addition, the member's primary duties and
67	responsibilities must be the custody, and physical restraint
68	when necessary, of prisoners or inmates within a prison, jail,
69	or other criminal detention facility, or while on work detail
70	outside the facility, or while being transported; or the member
71	must be the supervisor or command officer of a member or members
72	who have such responsibilities; provided, however,
73	administrative support personnel, including, but not limited to,
74	those whose primary duties and responsibilities are in
75	accounting, purchasing, legal, and personnel, shall not be
76	included; however, wardens and assistant wardens, as defined by
77	rule, shall participate in the Special Risk Class;
78	(d)1.a.  The member must be employed by a licensed Advance
79	Life Support (ALS) or Basic Life Support (BLS) employer as an
80	emergency medical technician or a paramedic and be certified in
81	compliance with s. 401.27. In addition, the member's primary
82	duties and responsibilities must include on-the-scene emergency
83	medical care or direct supervision of emergency medical
84	technicians or paramedics, or the member must be the supervisor
85	or command officer of one or more members who have such
86	responsibility.
87	b.  The member must work directly under the supervision of
88	a fire rescue department, be supervised by a medical director,
89	be certified in compliance with s. 401.27 as an emergency
90	medical technician or paramedic, and work full time as an ocean
91	water rescue lifeguard.
92	2.  However, administrative support personnel, including,
93	but not limited to, those whose primary responsibilities are in
94	accounting, purchasing, legal, and personnel, shall not be
95	included;
96	(e)  The member must be employed as a community-based
97	correctional probation officer and be certified, or required to
98	be certified, in compliance with s. 943.1395. In addition, the
99	member's primary duties and responsibilities must be the
100	supervised custody, surveillance, control, investigation, and
101	counseling of assigned inmates, probationers, parolees, or
102	community controllees within the community; or the member must
103	be the supervisor of a member or members who have such
104	responsibilities. Administrative support personnel, including,
105	but not limited to, those whose primary duties and
106	responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal services,
107	and personnel management, shall not be included; however,
108	probation and parole circuit and deputy circuit administrators
109	shall participate in the Special Risk Class;
110	(f)  The member must be employed in one of the following
111	classes and must spend at least 75 percent of his or her time
112	performing duties which involve contact with patients or inmates
113	in a correctional or forensic facility or institution:
114	1.  Dietitian (class codes 5203 and 5204);
115	2.  Public health nutrition consultant (class code 5224);
116	3.  Psychological specialist (class codes 5230 and 5231);
117	4.  Psychologist (class code 5234);
118	5.  Senior psychologist (class codes 5237 and 5238);
119	6.  Regional mental health consultant (class code 5240);
120	7.  Psychological Services Director--DCF (class code 5242);
121	8.  Pharmacist (class codes 5245 and 5246);
122	9.  Senior pharmacist (class codes 5248 and 5249);
123	10.  Dentist (class code 5266);
124	11.  Senior dentist (class code 5269);
125	12.  Registered nurse (class codes 5290 and 5291);
126	13.  Senior registered nurse (class codes 5292 and 5293);
127	14.  Registered nurse specialist (class codes 5294 and
128	5295);
129	15.  Clinical associate (class codes 5298 and 5299);
130	16.  Advanced registered nurse practitioner (class codes
131	5297 and 5300);
132	17.  Advanced registered nurse practitioner specialist
133	(class codes 5304 and 5305);
134	18.  Registered nurse supervisor (class codes 5306 and
135	5307);
136	19.  Senior registered nurse supervisor (class codes 5308
137	and 5309);
138	20.  Registered nursing consultant (class codes 5312 and
139	5313);
140	21.  Quality management program supervisor (class code
141	5314);
142	22.  Executive nursing director (class codes 5320 and
143	5321);
144	23.  Speech and hearing therapist (class code 5406); or
145	24.  Pharmacy manager (class code 5251);
146	(g)  The member must be employed as a youth custody officer
147	and be certified, or required to be certified, in compliance
148	with s. 943.1395. In addition, the member's primary duties and
149	responsibilities must be the supervised custody, surveillance,
150	control, investigation, apprehension, arrest, and counseling of
151	assigned juveniles within the community; or
152	(h)  The member must be employed by a law enforcement
153	agency or medical examiner's office in a forensic discipline
154	recognized by the International Association for Identification
155	and must qualify for active membership in the International
156	Association for Identification. The member's primary duties and
157	responsibilities must include the collection, examination,
158	preservation, documentation, preparation, or analysis of
159	physical evidence or testimony, or both, or the member must be
160	the direct supervisor, quality management supervisor, or command
161	officer of one or more individuals with such responsibility.
162	Administrative support personnel, including, but not limited to,
163	those whose primary responsibilities are clerical or in
164	accounting, purchasing, legal, and personnel, shall not be
165	included.
166	Section 3.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2006.

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