The Florida Senate

468.829  Certified nursing assistant registry.--

(1)  By October 1, 1999, and by October 1 of every year thereafter, each employer of certified nursing assistants shall submit to the Department of Health a list of the names and social security numbers of each person employed by the employer as a certified nursing assistant in a nursing-related occupation for a minimum of 8 hours for monetary compensation during the preceding 24 months. Employers may submit such information electronically through the department's Internet site.

(2)  The department shall update the certified nursing assistant registry upon receipt of the lists of certified nursing assistants, and shall complete the first of such updates by December 31, 1999.

(3)  Each certified nursing assistant whose name is not reported to the department under subsection (1) on October 1, 1999, shall be assigned an inactive certification on January 1, 2000. A certified nursing assistant may remove such an inactive certification by submitting documentation to the department that he or she was employed for a minimum of 8 hours for monetary compensation as a certified nursing assistant in a nursing-related occupation during the preceding 24 months.

(4)  This section is repealed October 2, 2001.

History.--s. 205, ch. 99-397.