Senate Bill sb0146

    Florida Senate - 2002                                   SB 146

    By Senator Dyer





    14-8-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to prevention and control of

  3         communicable diseases; amending s. 381.003,

  4         F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to

  5         adopt certain standards applicable to all

  6         public-sector employers; requiring the

  7         compilation and maintenance of certain

  8         information by the department for use by

  9         employers; providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (3) is added to section 381.003,

14  Florida Statutes, to read:

15         381.003  Communicable disease and AIDS prevention and

16  control.--

17         (3)  The department shall by rule adopt the

18  blood-borne-pathogen standard set forth in subpart Z of 29

19  C.F.R. part 1910, as amended by Pub. L. No. 106-430, which

20  shall apply to all public-sector employers. The department

21  shall compile and maintain a list of existing needleless

22  systems and sharps with engineered sharps-injury protection

23  which shall be available to assist employers, including the

24  department and the Department of Corrections, in complying

25  with the applicable requirements of the blood-borne-pathogen

26  standard. The list may be developed from existing sources of

27  information, including, without limitation, the United States

28  Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control

29  and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health

30  Administration, and the United States Department of Veterans

31  Affairs.

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                   SB 146
    14-8-02




  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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  4                          SENATE SUMMARY

  5    Requires that the Department of Health adopt by rule a
      blood-borne-pathogen standard for public-sector
  6    employers. Requires the department to compile and
      maintain a list of needleless systems and sharps with
  7    engineered sharps-injury protection for use by employers,
      the department, and the Department of Corrections.
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