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                1 | A bill to be entitled | 
                | 2 | An act relating to talent agencies; repealing pt. VII of | 
              
                | 3 | ch. 468, F.S., to terminate the regulation of talent | 
              
                | 4 | agencies by the Department of Business and Professional | 
              
                | 5 | Regulation; providing for the use and transfer of | 
              
                | 6 | remaining funds; providing for the continuation of legal | 
              
                | 7 | proceedings; amending ss. 20.165, 20.43, 110.203, 110.205, | 
              
                | 8 | 400.275, 400.464, 408.07, 443.101, 455.2286, 456.001, | 
              
                | 9 | 456.033, 456.034, 456.0375, 456.057, 471.045, 472.003, | 
              
                | 10 | 481.222, 489.109, 489.519, 553.415, 553.77, 553.791, | 
              
                | 11 | 553.80, 553.841, 627.192, 721.13, 1012.46, and 1013.38, | 
              
                | 12 | F.S.; revising references, to conform; providing an | 
              
                | 13 | effective date. | 
              
                | 14 |  | 
              
                | 15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | 
              
                | 16 |  | 
              
                | 17 | Section 1.  Sections 468.401, 468.402, 468.403, 468.404, | 
              
                | 18 | 468.405, 468.406, 468.407, 468.408, 468.409, 468.410, 468.411, | 
              
                | 19 | 468.412, 468.413, 468.414, and 468.415, Florida Statutes, are | 
              
                | 20 | repealed. | 
              
                | 21 | Section 2.  The regulation of talent agencies is abolished. | 
              
                | 22 | Any funds and balances associated with the regulation of talent | 
              
                | 23 | agencies remaining in the Professional Regulation Trust Fund | 
              
                | 24 | after the effective date of this act shall be used to pay any | 
              
                | 25 | remaining expenses associated with such regulation. Any funds or | 
              
                | 26 | balances remaining after January 1, 2004, shall be transferred | 
              
                | 27 | to the General Revenue Fund. | 
              
                | 28 | Section 3.  The Department of Business and Professional | 
              
                | 29 | Regulation may continue to prosecute any existing legal | 
              
                | 30 | proceedings and related administrative cases relating to the | 
              
                | 31 | regulation of talent agencies which are in existence on the | 
              
                | 32 | effective date of this act. | 
              
                | 33 | Section 4.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section | 
              
                | 34 | 20.165, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 35 | 20.165  Department of Business and Professional | 
              
                | 36 | Regulation.--There is created a Department of Business and | 
              
                | 37 | Professional Regulation. | 
              
                | 38 | (4)(a)  The following boards are established within the | 
              
                | 39 | Division of Professions: | 
              
                | 40 | 1.  Board of Architecture and Interior Design, created | 
              
                | 41 | under part I of chapter 481. | 
              
                | 42 | 2.  Florida Board of Auctioneers, created under part VI of | 
              
                | 43 | chapter 468. | 
              
                | 44 | 3.  Barbers' Board, created under chapter 476. | 
              
                | 45 | 4.  Florida Building Code Administrators and Inspectors | 
              
                | 46 | Board, created under part XI XIIof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 47 | 5.  Construction Industry Licensing Board, created under | 
              
                | 48 | part I of chapter 489. | 
              
                | 49 | 6.  Board of Cosmetology, created under chapter 477. | 
              
                | 50 | 7.  Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board, created under | 
              
                | 51 | part II of chapter 489. | 
              
                | 52 | 8.  Board of Employee Leasing Companies, created under part | 
              
                | 53 | X XIof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 54 | 9.  Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, created under | 
              
                | 55 | chapter 470. | 
              
                | 56 | 10.  Board of Landscape Architecture, created under part II | 
              
                | 57 | of chapter 481. | 
              
                | 58 | 11.  Board of Pilot Commissioners, created under chapter | 
              
                | 59 | 310. | 
              
                | 60 | 12.  Board of Professional Engineers, created under chapter | 
              
                | 61 | 471. | 
              
                | 62 | 13.  Board of Professional Geologists, created under | 
              
                | 63 | chapter 492. | 
              
                | 64 | 14.  Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers, created | 
              
                | 65 | under chapter 472. | 
              
                | 66 | 15.  Board of Veterinary Medicine, created under chapter | 
              
                | 67 | 474. | 
              
                | 68 | Section 5.  Paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of section | 
              
                | 69 | 20.43, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 70 | 20.43  Department of Health.--There is created a Department | 
              
                | 71 | of Health. | 
              
                | 72 | (3)  The following divisions of the Department of Health | 
              
                | 73 | are established: | 
              
                | 74 | (g)  Division of Medical Quality Assurance, which is | 
              
                | 75 | responsible for the following boards and professions established | 
              
                | 76 | within the division: | 
              
                | 77 | 1.  The Board of Acupuncture, created under chapter 457. | 
              
                | 78 | 2.  The Board of Medicine, created under chapter 458. | 
              
                | 79 | 3.  The Board of Osteopathic Medicine, created under | 
              
                | 80 | chapter 459. | 
              
                | 81 | 4.  The Board of Chiropractic Medicine, created under | 
              
                | 82 | chapter 460. | 
              
                | 83 | 5.  The Board of Podiatric Medicine, created under chapter | 
              
                | 84 | 461. | 
              
                | 85 | 6.  Naturopathy, as provided under chapter 462. | 
              
                | 86 | 7.  The Board of Optometry, created under chapter 463. | 
              
                | 87 | 8.  The Board of Nursing, created under part I of chapter | 
              
                | 88 | 464. | 
              
                | 89 | 9.  Nursing assistants, as provided under part II of | 
              
                | 90 | chapter 464. | 
              
                | 91 | 10.  The Board of Pharmacy, created under chapter 465. | 
              
                | 92 | 11.  The Board of Dentistry, created under chapter 466. | 
              
                | 93 | 12.  Midwifery, as provided under chapter 467. | 
              
                | 94 | 13.  The Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, | 
              
                | 95 | created under part I of chapter 468. | 
              
                | 96 | 14.  The Board of Nursing Home Administrators, created | 
              
                | 97 | under part II of chapter 468. | 
              
                | 98 | 15.  The Board of Occupational Therapy, created under part | 
              
                | 99 | III of chapter 468. | 
              
                | 100 | 16.  Respiratory therapy, as provided under part V of | 
              
                | 101 | chapter 468. | 
              
                | 102 | 17.  Dietetics and nutrition practice, as provided under | 
              
                | 103 | part IX Xof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 104 | 18.  The Board of Athletic Training, created under part XII | 
              
                | 105 | XIIIof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 106 | 19.  The Board of Orthotists and Prosthetists, created | 
              
                | 107 | under part XIII XIVof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 108 | 20.  Electrolysis, as provided under chapter 478. | 
              
                | 109 | 21.  The Board of Massage Therapy, created under chapter | 
              
                | 110 | 480. | 
              
                | 111 | 22.  The Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, created | 
              
                | 112 | under part III of chapter 483. | 
              
                | 113 | 23.  Medical physicists, as provided under part IV of | 
              
                | 114 | chapter 483. | 
              
                | 115 | 24.  The Board of Opticianry, created under part I of | 
              
                | 116 | chapter 484. | 
              
                | 117 | 25.  The Board of Hearing Aid Specialists, created under | 
              
                | 118 | part II of chapter 484. | 
              
                | 119 | 26.  The Board of Physical Therapy Practice, created under | 
              
                | 120 | chapter 486. | 
              
                | 121 | 27.  The Board of Psychology, created under chapter 490. | 
              
                | 122 | 28.  School psychologists, as provided under chapter 490. | 
              
                | 123 | 29.  The Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family | 
              
                | 124 | Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling, created under chapter | 
              
                | 125 | 491. | 
              
                | 126 | Section 6.  Subsection (30) of section 110.203, Florida | 
              
                | 127 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 128 | 110.203  Definitions.--For the purpose of this part and the | 
              
                | 129 | personnel affairs of the state: | 
              
                | 130 | (30)  "Professional health care provider" means registered | 
              
                | 131 | nurses licensed under chapter 464, dentists licensed under | 
              
                | 132 | chapter 466, psychologists licensed under chapter 490 or chapter | 
              
                | 133 | 491, nutritionists or dietitians licensed under part IX Xof | 
              
                | 134 | chapter 468, pharmacists licensed under chapter 465, | 
              
                | 135 | psychological specialists licensed under chapter 491, physical | 
              
                | 136 | therapists licensed under chapter 486, and speech therapists | 
              
                | 137 | licensed under part I of chapter 468. | 
              
                | 138 | Section 7.  Paragraph (x) of subsection (2) of section | 
              
                | 139 | 110.205, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 140 | 110.205  Career service; exemptions.-- | 
              
                | 141 | (2)  EXEMPT POSITIONS.--The exempt positions that are not | 
              
                | 142 | covered by this part include the following: | 
              
                | 143 | (x)  Managerial employees, as defined in s. 447.203(4), | 
              
                | 144 | confidential employees, as defined in s. 447.203(5), and | 
              
                | 145 | supervisory employees who spend the majority of their time | 
              
                | 146 | communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating | 
              
                | 147 | employees, and planning and directing employees' work, and who | 
              
                | 148 | have the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, | 
              
                | 149 | promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate | 
              
                | 150 | employees or effectively recommend such action, including all | 
              
                | 151 | employees serving as supervisors, administrators, and directors. | 
              
                | 152 | Excluded are employees also designated as special risk or | 
              
                | 153 | special risk administrative support and attorneys who serve as | 
              
                | 154 | administrative law judges pursuant to s. 120.65 or for hearings | 
              
                | 155 | conducted pursuant to s. 120.57(1)(a). Additionally, registered | 
              
                | 156 | nurses licensed under chapter 464, dentists licensed under | 
              
                | 157 | chapter 466, psychologists licensed under chapter 490 or chapter | 
              
                | 158 | 491, nutritionists or dietitians licensed under part IX Xof | 
              
                | 159 | chapter 468, pharmacists licensed under chapter 465, | 
              
                | 160 | psychological specialists licensed under chapter 491, physical | 
              
                | 161 | therapists licensed under chapter 486, and speech therapists | 
              
                | 162 | licensed under part I of chapter 468 are excluded, unless | 
              
                | 163 | otherwise collectively bargained. | 
              
                | 164 | Section 8.  Subsection (3) of section 400.275, Florida | 
              
                | 165 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 166 | 400.275  Agency duties.-- | 
              
                | 167 | (3)  Each member of a nursing home survey team who is a | 
              
                | 168 | health professional licensed under part I of chapter 464, part | 
              
                | 169 | IX Xof chapter 468, or chapter 491 shall earn not less than 50 | 
              
                | 170 | percent of required continuing education credits in geriatric | 
              
                | 171 | care. Each member of a nursing home survey team who is a health | 
              
                | 172 | professional licensed under chapter 465 shall earn not less than | 
              
                | 173 | 30 percent of required continuing education credits in geriatric | 
              
                | 174 | care. | 
              
                | 175 | Section 9.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of section | 
              
                | 176 | 400.464, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 177 | 400.464  Home health agencies to be licensed; expiration of | 
              
                | 178 | license; exemptions; unlawful acts; penalties.-- | 
              
                | 179 | (5)  The following are exempt from the licensure | 
              
                | 180 | requirements of this part: | 
              
                | 181 | (c)  A health care professional, whether or not | 
              
                | 182 | incorporated, who is licensed under chapter 457; chapter 458; | 
              
                | 183 | chapter 459; part I of chapter 464; chapter 467; part I, part | 
              
                | 184 | III, part V, or part IX Xof chapter 468; chapter 480; chapter | 
              
                | 185 | 486; chapter 490; or chapter 491; and who is acting alone within | 
              
                | 186 | the scope of his or her professional license to provide care to | 
              
                | 187 | patients in their homes. | 
              
                | 188 | Section 10.  Subsection (24) of section 408.07, Florida | 
              
                | 189 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 190 | 408.07  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, with the | 
              
                | 191 | exception of ss. 408.031-408.045, the term: | 
              
                | 192 | (24)  "Health care provider" means a health care | 
              
                | 193 | professional licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter | 
              
                | 194 | 460, chapter 461, chapter 463, chapter 464, chapter 465, chapter | 
              
                | 195 | 466, part I, part III, part IV, part V, or part IX Xof chapter | 
              
                | 196 | 468, chapter 483, chapter 484, chapter 486, chapter 490, or | 
              
                | 197 | chapter 491. | 
              
                | 198 | Section 11.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section | 
              
                | 199 | 443.101, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 200 | 443.101  Disqualification for benefits.--An individual | 
              
                | 201 | shall be disqualified for benefits: | 
              
                | 202 | (10)  Subject to the requirements of this subsection if the | 
              
                | 203 | claim is made on the basis of loss of employment as a leased | 
              
                | 204 | employee for an employee leasing company or as a temporary | 
              
                | 205 | employee for a temporary help firm. | 
              
                | 206 | (a)  As used in this subsection, the term: | 
              
                | 207 | 1.  "Temporary help firm" means a firm that hires its own | 
              
                | 208 | employees and assigns them to clients to support or supplement | 
              
                | 209 | the client's workforce in work situations such as employee | 
              
                | 210 | absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads, and | 
              
                | 211 | special assignments and projects. The term also includes a firm | 
              
                | 212 | created by an entity licensed under s. 125.012(6), which hires | 
              
                | 213 | employees assigned by a union for the purpose of supplementing | 
              
                | 214 | or supporting the workforce of the temporary help firm's | 
              
                | 215 | clients. The term does not include employee leasing companies | 
              
                | 216 | regulated under part X XIof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 217 | 2.  "Temporary employee" means an employee assigned to work | 
              
                | 218 | for the clients of a temporary help firm. | 
              
                | 219 | 3.  "Leased employee" means an employee assigned to work | 
              
                | 220 | for the clients of an employee leasing company regulated under | 
              
                | 221 | part X XIof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 222 | Section 12.  Section 455.2286, Florida Statutes, is amended | 
              
                | 223 | to read: | 
              
                | 224 | 455.2286  Automated information system.--By November 1, | 
              
                | 225 | 2001, the department shall implement an automated information | 
              
                | 226 | system for all certificateholders and registrants under part XI | 
              
                | 227 | XIIof chapter 468, chapter 471, chapter 481, or chapter 489. | 
              
                | 228 | The system shall provide instant notification to local building | 
              
                | 229 | departments and other interested parties regarding the status of | 
              
                | 230 | the certification or registration. The provision of such | 
              
                | 231 | information shall consist, at a minimum, of an indication of | 
              
                | 232 | whether the certification or registration is active, of any | 
              
                | 233 | current failure to meet the terms of any final action by a | 
              
                | 234 | licensing authority, of any ongoing disciplinary cases that are | 
              
                | 235 | subject to public disclosure, whether there are any outstanding | 
              
                | 236 | fines, and of the reporting of any material violations pursuant | 
              
                | 237 | to s. 553.781. The system shall also retain information | 
              
                | 238 | developed by the department and local governments on individuals | 
              
                | 239 | found to be practicing or contracting without holding the | 
              
                | 240 | applicable license, certification, or registration required by | 
              
                | 241 | law. The system may be Internet-based. | 
              
                | 242 | Section 13.  Subsection (4) of section 456.001, Florida | 
              
                | 243 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 244 | 456.001  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the term: | 
              
                | 245 | (4)  "Health care practitioner" means any person licensed | 
              
                | 246 | under chapter 457; chapter 458; chapter 459; chapter 460; | 
              
                | 247 | chapter 461; chapter 462; chapter 463; chapter 464; chapter 465; | 
              
                | 248 | chapter 466; chapter 467; part I, part II, part III, part V, | 
              
                | 249 | part IX X, part XIIXIII, or part XIIIXIVof chapter 468; | 
              
                | 250 | chapter 478; chapter 480; part III or part IV of chapter 483; | 
              
                | 251 | chapter 484; chapter 486; chapter 490; or chapter 491. | 
              
                | 252 | Section 14.  Subsection (1) of section 456.033, Florida | 
              
                | 253 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 254 | 456.033  Requirement for instruction for certain licensees | 
              
                | 255 | on HIV and AIDS.-- | 
              
                | 256 | (1)  The appropriate board shall require each person | 
              
                | 257 | licensed or certified under chapter 457; chapter 458; chapter | 
              
                | 258 | 459; chapter 460; chapter 461; chapter 463; part I of chapter | 
              
                | 259 | 464; chapter 465; chapter 466; part II, part III, part V, or | 
              
                | 260 | part IX Xof chapter 468; or chapter 486 to complete a | 
              
                | 261 | continuing educational course, approved by the board, on human | 
              
                | 262 | immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome | 
              
                | 263 | as part of biennial relicensure or recertification. The course | 
              
                | 264 | shall consist of education on the modes of transmission, | 
              
                | 265 | infection control procedures, clinical management, and | 
              
                | 266 | prevention of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune | 
              
                | 267 | deficiency syndrome. Such course shall include information on | 
              
                | 268 | current Florida law on acquired immune deficiency syndrome and | 
              
                | 269 | its impact on testing, confidentiality of test results, | 
              
                | 270 | treatment of patients, and any protocols and procedures | 
              
                | 271 | applicable to human immunodeficiency virus counseling and | 
              
                | 272 | testing, reporting, the offering of HIV testing to pregnant | 
              
                | 273 | women, and partner notification issues pursuant to ss. 381.004 | 
              
                | 274 | and 384.25. | 
              
                | 275 | Section 15.  Subsection (1) of section 456.034, Florida | 
              
                | 276 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 277 | 456.034  Athletic trainers and massage therapists; | 
              
                | 278 | requirement for instruction on HIV and AIDS.-- | 
              
                | 279 | (1)  The board, or the department where there is no board, | 
              
                | 280 | shall require each person licensed or certified under part XII | 
              
                | 281 | XIIIof chapter 468 or chapter 480 to complete a continuing | 
              
                | 282 | educational course approved by the board, or the department | 
              
                | 283 | where there is no board, on human immunodeficiency virus and | 
              
                | 284 | acquired immune deficiency syndrome as part of biennial | 
              
                | 285 | relicensure or recertification. The course shall consist of | 
              
                | 286 | education on modes of transmission, infection control | 
              
                | 287 | procedures, clinical management, and prevention of human | 
              
                | 288 | immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome, | 
              
                | 289 | with an emphasis on appropriate behavior and attitude change. | 
              
                | 290 | Section 16.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and paragraph | 
              
                | 291 | (a) of subsection (3) of section 456.0375, Florida Statutes, are | 
              
                | 292 | amended to read: | 
              
                | 293 | 456.0375  Registration of certain clinics; requirements; | 
              
                | 294 | discipline; exemptions.-- | 
              
                | 295 | (1) | 
              
                | 296 | (b)  For purposes of this section, the term "clinic" does | 
              
                | 297 | not include and the registration requirements herein do not | 
              
                | 298 | apply to: | 
              
                | 299 | 1.  Entities licensed or registered by the state pursuant | 
              
                | 300 | to chapter 390, chapter 394, chapter 395, chapter 397, chapter | 
              
                | 301 | 400, chapter 463, chapter 465, chapter 466, chapter 478, chapter | 
              
                | 302 | 480, or chapter 484. | 
              
                | 303 | 2.  Entities exempt from federal taxation under 26 U.S.C. | 
              
                | 304 | s. 501(c)(3). | 
              
                | 305 | 3.  Sole proprietorships, group practices, partnerships, or | 
              
                | 306 | corporations that provide health care services by licensed | 
              
                | 307 | health care practitioners pursuant to chapters 457, 458, 459, | 
              
                | 308 | 460, 461, 462, 463, 466, 467, 484, 486, 490, 491, or part I, | 
              
                | 309 | part III, part IX X, part XIIXIII, or part XIIIXIVof chapter | 
              
                | 310 | 468, or s. 464.012, which are wholly owned by licensed health | 
              
                | 311 | care practitioners or the licensed health care practitioner and | 
              
                | 312 | the spouse, parent, or child of a licensed health care | 
              
                | 313 | practitioner, so long as one of the owners who is a licensed | 
              
                | 314 | health care practitioner is supervising the services performed | 
              
                | 315 | therein and is legally responsible for the entity's compliance | 
              
                | 316 | with all federal and state laws. However, no health care | 
              
                | 317 | practitioner may supervise services beyond the scope of the | 
              
                | 318 | practitioner's license. | 
              
                | 319 | (3)(a)  Each clinic must employ or contract with a | 
              
                | 320 | physician maintaining a full and unencumbered physician license | 
              
                | 321 | in accordance with chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, or | 
              
                | 322 | chapter 461 to serve as the medical director. However, if the | 
              
                | 323 | clinic is limited to providing health care services pursuant to | 
              
                | 324 | chapter 457, chapter 484, chapter 486, chapter 490, or chapter | 
              
                | 325 | 491 or part I, part III, part IX X, part XIIXIII, or part XIII | 
              
                | 326 | XIVof chapter 468, the clinic may appoint a health care | 
              
                | 327 | practitioner licensed under that chapter to serve as a clinical | 
              
                | 328 | director who is responsible for the clinic's activities. A | 
              
                | 329 | health care practitioner may not serve as the clinical director | 
              
                | 330 | if the services provided at the clinic are beyond the scope of | 
              
                | 331 | that practitioner's license. | 
              
                | 332 | Section 17.  Paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section | 
              
                | 333 | 456.057, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 334 | 456.057  Ownership and control of patient records; report | 
              
                | 335 | or copies of records to be furnished.-- | 
              
                | 336 | (2)  As used in this section, the terms "records owner," | 
              
                | 337 | "health care practitioner," and "health care practitioner's | 
              
                | 338 | employer" do not include any of the following persons or | 
              
                | 339 | entities; furthermore, the following persons or entities are not | 
              
                | 340 | authorized to acquire or own medical records, but are authorized | 
              
                | 341 | under the confidentiality and disclosure requirements of this | 
              
                | 342 | section to maintain those documents required by the part or | 
              
                | 343 | chapter under which they are licensed or regulated: | 
              
                | 344 | (f)  Athletic trainers licensed under part XII XIIIof | 
              
                | 345 | chapter 468. | 
              
                | 346 | Section 18.  Section 471.045, Florida Statutes, is amended | 
              
                | 347 | to read: | 
              
                | 348 | 471.045  Professional engineers performing building code | 
              
                | 349 | inspector duties.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a | 
              
                | 350 | person who is currently licensed under this chapter to practice | 
              
                | 351 | as a professional engineer may provide building code inspection | 
              
                | 352 | services described in s. 468.603(6) and (7) to a local | 
              
                | 353 | government or state agency upon its request, without being | 
              
                | 354 | certified by the Florida Building Code Administrators and | 
              
                | 355 | Inspectors Board under part XI XIIof chapter 468. When | 
              
                | 356 | performing these building code inspection services, the | 
              
                | 357 | professional engineer is subject to the disciplinary guidelines | 
              
                | 358 | of this chapter and s. 468.621(1)(c)-(h). Any complaint | 
              
                | 359 | processing, investigation, and discipline that arise out of a | 
              
                | 360 | professional engineer's performing building code inspection | 
              
                | 361 | services shall be conducted by the Board of Professional | 
              
                | 362 | Engineers rather than the Florida Building Code Administrators | 
              
                | 363 | and Inspectors Board. A professional engineer may not perform | 
              
                | 364 | plans review as an employee of a local government upon any job | 
              
                | 365 | that the professional engineer or the professional engineer's | 
              
                | 366 | company designed. | 
              
                | 367 | Section 19.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section | 
              
                | 368 | 472.003, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 369 | 472.003  Persons not affected by ss. 472.001- | 
              
                | 370 | 472.037.--Sections 472.001-472.037 do not apply to: | 
              
                | 371 | (5) | 
              
                | 372 | (b)  Persons who are employees of any employee leasing | 
              
                | 373 | company licensed pursuant to part X XIof chapter 468 and who | 
              
                | 374 | work as subordinates of a person in responsible charge | 
              
                | 375 | registered under this chapter. | 
              
                | 376 | Section 20.  Section 481.222, Florida Statutes, is amended | 
              
                | 377 | to read: | 
              
                | 378 | 481.222  Architects performing building code inspection | 
              
                | 379 | services.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person | 
              
                | 380 | who is currently licensed to practice as an architect under this | 
              
                | 381 | part may provide building code inspection services described in | 
              
                | 382 | s. 468.603(6) and (7) to a local government or state agency upon | 
              
                | 383 | its request, without being certified by the Florida Building | 
              
                | 384 | Code Administrators and Inspectors Board under part XI XIIof | 
              
                | 385 | chapter 468. With respect to the performance of such building | 
              
                | 386 | code inspection services, the architect is subject to the | 
              
                | 387 | disciplinary guidelines of this part and s. 468.621(1)(c)-(h). | 
              
                | 388 | Any complaint processing, investigation, and discipline that | 
              
                | 389 | arise out of an architect's performance of building code | 
              
                | 390 | inspection services shall be conducted by the Board of | 
              
                | 391 | Architecture and Interior Design rather than the Florida | 
              
                | 392 | Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board. An architect | 
              
                | 393 | may not perform plans review as an employee of a local | 
              
                | 394 | government upon any job that the architect or the architect's | 
              
                | 395 | company designed. | 
              
                | 396 | Section 21.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section | 
              
                | 397 | 489.109, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 398 | 489.109  Fees.-- | 
              
                | 399 | (1)  The board, by rule, shall establish reasonable fees to | 
              
                | 400 | be paid for applications, certification and renewal, | 
              
                | 401 | registration and renewal, and recordmaking and recordkeeping. | 
              
                | 402 | The fees shall be established as follows: | 
              
                | 403 | (e)  The board, by rule, shall impose a renewal fee for an | 
              
                | 404 | inactive status certificate or registration, not to exceed the | 
              
                | 405 | renewal fee for an active status certificate or registration. | 
              
                | 406 | Neither the inactive certification fee nor the inactive | 
              
                | 407 | registration fee may exceed $50. The board, by rule, may provide | 
              
                | 408 | for a different fee for inactive status where such status is | 
              
                | 409 | sought by a building code administrator, plans examiner, or | 
              
                | 410 | inspector certified pursuant to part XI XIIof chapter 468 who | 
              
                | 411 | is employed by a local government and is not allowed by the | 
              
                | 412 | terms of such employment to maintain a certificate on active | 
              
                | 413 | status issued pursuant to this part. | 
              
                | 414 | Section 22.  Subsection (3) of section 489.519, Florida | 
              
                | 415 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 416 | 489.519  Inactive status.-- | 
              
                | 417 | (3)  The board shall impose, by rule, continuing education | 
              
                | 418 | requirements for inactive certificateholders, when inactive | 
              
                | 419 | status is sought by certificateholders who are also building | 
              
                | 420 | code administrators, plans examiners, or inspectors certified | 
              
                | 421 | pursuant to part XI XIIof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 422 | Section 23.  Subsection (6) of section 553.415, Florida | 
              
                | 423 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 424 | 553.415  Factory-built school buildings.-- | 
              
                | 425 | (6)  The department may delegate its plans review authority | 
              
                | 426 | to a state agency or public or private entity; however, the | 
              
                | 427 | department shall ensure that any person conducting plans reviews | 
              
                | 428 | is a certified plans examiner, pursuant to part XI XIIof | 
              
                | 429 | chapter 468. | 
              
                | 430 | Section 24.  Subsection (7) of section 553.77, Florida | 
              
                | 431 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 432 | 553.77  Specific powers of the commission.-- | 
              
                | 433 | (7)  The commission shall by rule establish an informal | 
              
                | 434 | process of rendering nonbinding interpretations of the Florida | 
              
                | 435 | Building Code. The commission is specifically authorized to | 
              
                | 436 | refer interpretive issues to organizations that represent those | 
              
                | 437 | engaged in the construction industry. The commission is directed | 
              
                | 438 | to immediately implement the process prior to the completion of | 
              
                | 439 | formal rulemaking. It is the intent of the Legislature that the | 
              
                | 440 | commission create a process to refer questions to a small, | 
              
                | 441 | rotating group of individuals licensed under part XI XIIof | 
              
                | 442 | chapter 468, to which a party can pose questions regarding the | 
              
                | 443 | interpretation of code provisions. It is the intent of the | 
              
                | 444 | Legislature that the process provide for the expeditious | 
              
                | 445 | resolution of the issues presented and publication of the | 
              
                | 446 | resulting interpretation on the Building Code Information | 
              
                | 447 | System. Such interpretations are to be advisory only and | 
              
                | 448 | nonbinding on the parties or the commission. | 
              
                | 449 | Section 25.  Paragraphs (d) and (g) of subsection (1) of | 
              
                | 450 | section 553.791, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: | 
              
                | 451 | 553.791  Alternative plans review and inspection.-- | 
              
                | 452 | (1)  As used in this section, the term: | 
              
                | 453 | (d)  "Duly authorized representative" means an agent of the | 
              
                | 454 | private provider identified in the permit application who | 
              
                | 455 | reviews plans or performs inspections as provided by this | 
              
                | 456 | section and who is licensed as an engineer under chapter 471 or | 
              
                | 457 | as an architect under chapter 481 or who holds a standard | 
              
                | 458 | certificate under part XI XIIof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 459 | (g)  "Private provider" means a person licensed as an | 
              
                | 460 | engineer under chapter 471 or as an architect under chapter 481. | 
              
                | 461 | For purposes of performing inspections under this section for | 
              
                | 462 | additions and alterations that are limited to 1,000 square feet | 
              
                | 463 | or less to residential buildings, the term "private provider" | 
              
                | 464 | also includes a person who holds a standard certificate under | 
              
                | 465 | part XI XIIof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 466 | Section 26.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section | 
              
                | 467 | 553.80, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 468 | 553.80  Enforcement.-- | 
              
                | 469 | (6)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, state | 
              
                | 470 | universities, community colleges, and public school districts | 
              
                | 471 | shall be subject to enforcement of the Florida Building Code | 
              
                | 472 | pursuant to this part. | 
              
                | 473 | (a)  State universities, state community colleges, or | 
              
                | 474 | public school districts shall conduct plan review and | 
              
                | 475 | construction inspections to enforce building code compliance for | 
              
                | 476 | their building projects that are subject to the Florida Building | 
              
                | 477 | Code. Such entities shall use personnel or contract providers | 
              
                | 478 | appropriately certified under part XI XIIof chapter 468 to | 
              
                | 479 | perform the plan reviews and inspections required by the code. | 
              
                | 480 | Under such arrangements, such entities shall not be subject to | 
              
                | 481 | local government permitting requirements, plans review, and | 
              
                | 482 | inspection fees. State universities, state community colleges, | 
              
                | 483 | and public school districts shall be liable and responsible for | 
              
                | 484 | all of their buildings, structures, and facilities. Nothing in | 
              
                | 485 | this paragraph shall be construed to limit the authority of the | 
              
                | 486 | county, municipality, or code enforcement district to ensure | 
              
                | 487 | that buildings, structures, and facilities owned by such | 
              
                | 488 | entities comply with the Florida Building Code or to limit the | 
              
                | 489 | authority and responsibility of the fire official to conduct | 
              
                | 490 | firesafety inspections pursuant to chapter 633. | 
              
                | 491 |  | 
              
                | 492 | Nothing in this part shall be construed to authorize counties, | 
              
                | 493 | municipalities, or code enforcement districts to conduct any | 
              
                | 494 | permitting, plans review, or inspections not covered by the | 
              
                | 495 | Florida Building Code. Any actions by counties or municipalities | 
              
                | 496 | not in compliance with this part may be appealed to the Florida | 
              
                | 497 | Building Commission. The commission, upon a determination that | 
              
                | 498 | actions not in compliance with this part have delayed permitting | 
              
                | 499 | or construction, may suspend the authority of a county, | 
              
                | 500 | municipality, or code enforcement district to enforce the | 
              
                | 501 | Florida Building Code on the buildings, structures, or | 
              
                | 502 | facilities of a state university, state community college, or | 
              
                | 503 | public school district and provide for code enforcement at the | 
              
                | 504 | expense of the state university, state community college, or | 
              
                | 505 | public school district. | 
              
                | 506 | Section 27.  Subsections (7) and (10) of section 553.841, | 
              
                | 507 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: | 
              
                | 508 | 553.841  Building code training program; participant | 
              
                | 509 | competency requirements.-- | 
              
                | 510 | (7)  The core curriculum shall cover the information | 
              
                | 511 | required to have all categories of participants appropriately | 
              
                | 512 | informed as to their technical and administrative | 
              
                | 513 | responsibilities in the effective execution of the code process | 
              
                | 514 | by all individuals currently licensed under part XI XIIof | 
              
                | 515 | chapter 468, chapter 471, chapter 481, or chapter 489, except as | 
              
                | 516 | otherwise provided in s. 471.017. The core curriculum shall be | 
              
                | 517 | prerequisite to the advanced module coursework for all licensees | 
              
                | 518 | and shall be completed by individuals licensed in all categories | 
              
                | 519 | under part XI XIIof chapter 468, chapter 471, chapter 481, or | 
              
                | 520 | chapter 489 within the first 2-year period after establishment | 
              
                | 521 | of the program. Core course hours taken by licensees to complete | 
              
                | 522 | this requirement shall count toward fulfillment of required | 
              
                | 523 | continuing education units under part XI XIIof chapter 468, | 
              
                | 524 | chapter 471, chapter 481, or chapter 489. | 
              
                | 525 | (10)  The respective state boards under part XI XIIof | 
              
                | 526 | chapter 468, chapters 471, 481, and 489, and the State Fire | 
              
                | 527 | Marshal under chapter 633, shall require specialized or advanced | 
              
                | 528 | course modules as part of their regular continuing education | 
              
                | 529 | requirements. | 
              
                | 530 | Section 28.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section | 
              
                | 531 | 627.192, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 532 | 627.192  Workers' compensation insurance; employee leasing | 
              
                | 533 | arrangements.-- | 
              
                | 534 | (2)  For purposes of the Florida Insurance Code: | 
              
                | 535 | (e)  "Lessor" means an employee leasing company, as set | 
              
                | 536 | forth in part X XIof chapter 468, engaged in the business of or | 
              
                | 537 | holding itself out as being in the business of employee leasing. | 
              
                | 538 | A lessor may also be referred to as an employee leasing company. | 
              
                | 539 | Section 29.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and | 
              
                | 540 | subsections (4) and (9) of section 721.13, Florida Statutes, are | 
              
                | 541 | amended to read: | 
              
                | 542 | 721.13  Management.-- | 
              
                | 543 | (1) | 
              
                | 544 | (e)  Any managing entity performing community association | 
              
                | 545 | management must comply with part VII VIIIof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 546 | (4)  The managing entity shall maintain among its records | 
              
                | 547 | and provide to the division upon request a complete list of the | 
              
                | 548 | names and addresses of all purchasers and owners of timeshare | 
              
                | 549 | units in the timeshare plan. The managing entity shall update | 
              
                | 550 | this list no less frequently than quarterly. Pursuant to | 
              
                | 551 | paragraph (3)(d), the managing entity may not publish this | 
              
                | 552 | owner's list or provide a copy of it to any purchaser or to any | 
              
                | 553 | third party other than the division. However, the managing | 
              
                | 554 | entity shall to those persons listed on the owner's list | 
              
                | 555 | materials provided by any purchaser, upon the written request of | 
              
                | 556 | that purchaser, if the purpose of the mailing is to advance | 
              
                | 557 | legitimate association business, such as a proxy solicitation | 
              
                | 558 | for any purpose, including the recall of one or more board | 
              
                | 559 | members elected by the owners or the discharge of the manager or | 
              
                | 560 | management firm. The use of any proxies solicited in this manner | 
              
                | 561 | must comply with the provisions of the timeshare instrument and | 
              
                | 562 | this chapter. A mailing requested for the purpose of advancing | 
              
                | 563 | legitimate association business shall occur within 30 days after | 
              
                | 564 | receipt of a request from a purchaser. The board of | 
              
                | 565 | administration of the association shall be responsible for | 
              
                | 566 | determining the appropriateness of any mailing requested | 
              
                | 567 | pursuant to this subsection. The purchaser who requests the | 
              
                | 568 | mailing must reimburse the association in advance for the | 
              
                | 569 | association's actual costs in performing the mailing. It shall | 
              
                | 570 | be a violation of this chapter and, if applicable, of part VII | 
              
                | 571 | VIIIof chapter 468, for the board of administration or the | 
              
                | 572 | manager or management firm to refuse to mail any material | 
              
                | 573 | requested by the purchaser to be mailed, provided the sole | 
              
                | 574 | purpose of the materials is to advance legitimate association | 
              
                | 575 | business. If the purpose of the mailing is a proxy solicitation | 
              
                | 576 | to recall one or more board members elected by the owners or to | 
              
                | 577 | discharge the manager or management firm and the managing entity | 
              
                | 578 | does not mail the materials within 30 days after receipt of a | 
              
                | 579 | request from a purchaser, the circuit court in the county where | 
              
                | 580 | the timeshare plan is located may, upon application from the | 
              
                | 581 | requesting purchaser, summarily order the mailing of the | 
              
                | 582 | materials solely related to the recall of one or more board | 
              
                | 583 | members elected by the owners or the discharge of the manager or | 
              
                | 584 | management firm. The court shall dispose of an application on an | 
              
                | 585 | expedited basis. In the event of such an order, the court may | 
              
                | 586 | order the managing entity to pay the purchaser's costs, | 
              
                | 587 | including attorney's fees reasonably incurred to enforce the | 
              
                | 588 | purchaser's rights, unless the managing entity can prove it | 
              
                | 589 | refused the mailing in good faith because of a reasonable basis | 
              
                | 590 | for doubt about the legitimacy of the mailing. | 
              
                | 591 | (9)  Any failure of the managing entity to faithfully | 
              
                | 592 | discharge the fiduciary duty to purchasers imposed by this | 
              
                | 593 | section or to otherwise comply with the provisions of this | 
              
                | 594 | section shall be a violation of this chapter and of part VII | 
              
                | 595 | VIIIof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 596 | Section 30.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section | 
              
                | 597 | 1012.46, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
                | 598 | 1012.46  Athletic trainers.-- | 
              
                | 599 | (2)  To the extent practicable, a school district program | 
              
                | 600 | should include the following employment classification and | 
              
                | 601 | advancement scheme: | 
              
                | 602 | (b)  Teacher athletic trainer.--To qualify as a teacher | 
              
                | 603 | athletic trainer, a person must possess a professional, | 
              
                | 604 | temporary, part-time, adjunct, or substitute certificate | 
              
                | 605 | pursuant to s. 1012.35, s. 1012.56 or s. 1012.57, and be | 
              
                | 606 | licensed as required by part XII XIIIof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 607 | Section 31.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) of | 
              
                | 608 | section 1013.38, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: | 
              
                | 609 | 1013.38  Boards to ensure that facilities comply with | 
              
                | 610 | building codes and life safety codes.-- | 
              
                | 611 | (2)  Boards may provide compliance as follows: | 
              
                | 612 | (a)  Boards or consortia may individually or cooperatively | 
              
                | 613 | provide review services under the insurance risk management | 
              
                | 614 | oversight through the use of board employees or consortia | 
              
                | 615 | employees, registered pursuant to chapter 471, chapter 481, or | 
              
                | 616 | part XI XIIof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 617 | (b)  Boards may elect to review construction documents | 
              
                | 618 | using their own employees registered pursuant to chapter 471, | 
              
                | 619 | chapter 481, or part XI XIIof chapter 468. | 
              
                | 620 | Section 32.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a | 
              
                | 621 | law. |