Bill Text: FL S1600 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Certification of Swimming Instructors [SPSC]

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Health Regulation [S1600 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1600-Introduced.html

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       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: 
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   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.