Florida Senate - 2009 SB 1910 By Senator Gardiner 9-01520-09 20091910__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to public swimming and bathing 3 facilities; amending s. 514.025, F.S.; directing the 4 Department of Health to assign specific functions 5 relating to the regulation of such facilities to 6 certain special districts that have qualified 7 engineering personnel; providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Section 514.025, Florida Statutes, is amended to 12 read: 13 514.025 Assignment of authority to county health 14 departments or special districts.— 15 (1) The department shall assign to county health 16 departments or multipurpose special districts established by the 17 Legislature, whichthatare staffed with qualified engineering 18 personnel, the functions of reviewing applications and plans for 19 the construction, development, or modification of public 20 swimming pools or bathing places; of conducting inspections for 21 and issuance of initial operating permits; and of issuing all 22 permits. If the county health department or multipurpose special 23 district is not assigned the functions of application and plan 24 review and the issuance of initial operating permits, the 25 department shall be responsible for such functions. The 26 department shall make the determination concerning the 27 qualifications of county health department or special district 28 personnel to perform these functions and may make and enforce 29 such rules pertaining thereto as it shall deem proper. 30 (2) After the initial operating permit is issued, the 31 county health departments or special districts shall assume full 32 responsibility for routine surveillance of all public swimming 33 pools and bathing places, including responsibility for a minimum 34 of two routine inspections annually, complaint investigations, 35 enforcement procedures, reissuance of operating permits, and 36 renewal of operating permits. 37 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.