Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1600
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-01727-10                                           20101600__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the certification of swimming
    3         instructors; amending s. 514.072, F.S.; providing that
    4         the American Red Cross may certify persons as swimming
    5         instructors for people who have developmental
    6         disabilities; deleting an obsolete provision;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Section 514.072, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   12  read:
   13         514.072 Certification of swimming instructors for people
   14  who have developmental disabilities required.—Any person working
   15  at a swimming pool who holds himself or herself out as a
   16  swimming instructor specializing in training people who have
   17  developmental disabilities, as defined in s. 393.063(10), must
   18  may be certified by the Dan Marino Foundation, Inc., or the
   19  American Red Cross as a swimming instructor for people who have
   20  developmental disabilities, in addition to being certified under
   21  s. 514.071. The Dan Marino Foundation, Inc., must develop
   22  certification requirements and a training curriculum for
   23  swimming instructors for people who have developmental
   24  disabilities and must submit the certification requirements to
   25  the Department of Health for review by January 1, 2007. A person
   26  certified under s. 514.071 before July 1, 2007, must meet the
   27  additional certification requirements of this section before
   28  January 1, 2008. A person certified under s. 514.071 on or after
   29  July 1, 2007, must meet the additional certification
   30  requirements of this section within 6 months after receiving
   31  certification under s. 514.071. A person certified under this
   32  section by the American Red Cross must meet the certification
   33  requirements and training curriculum established by the Dan
   34  Marino Foundation, Inc., and approved by the department.
   35         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.