| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to health care practitioners and 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | massage therapy; amending s. 456.026, F.S.; requiring 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | the Department of Health to report specified data; 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | amending s. 456.074, F.S.; authorizing the department 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | to immediately suspend the license of certain he alth 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | care practitioners and massage establishments in 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | certain circumstances; amending s. 480.033, F.S.; 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | revising and providing definitions; amending s. 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 480.035, F.S.; revising quorum requirements for the 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Board of Massage Therapy; amending s. 480.043, F.S.; 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | revising certain rules the board is required to adopt; 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | revising the timeframe in which establishment owners 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | must report specified information to the department; 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | prohibiting sexual activity and certain devices in 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | massage establishments; specifying prohibit ed conduct 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | by establishment owners and employees; providing 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | requirements for outside windows and signs in massage 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | establishments; providing exceptions; providing 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | employee dress code requirements; requiring 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | establishments to maintain certain employment reco rds 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | in English or Spanish; requiring that specified 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | information be recorded before an employee may provide 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | services or treatment; requiring massage 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | establishments to conspicuously display a photo and 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | specified information for each employee; requiring 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | that such photos and information be displayed before 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | an employee may provide services or treatment; 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | providing for such requirements in massage 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | establishments within public lodging establishments; 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | requiring massage establishments to maintain customer 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | and patient records for services and treatment 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | provided in the massage establishment in English or 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Spanish; providing that medical records satisfy 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | certain requirements; requiring massage establishments 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | to maintain such records for a specified timeframe; 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | requiring massage establishments to collect and record 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | specified information; requiring massage 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | establishments to confirm the identification of a 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | customer or patient before providing services or 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | treatment; amending s. 480.0465, F.S.; revising 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | advertising requirements f or massage therapists and 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | massage establishments; amending s. 480.0475, F.S.; 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | prohibiting establishments from sheltering or 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | harboring, or being used as sleeping quarters for, any 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | person; amending s. 480.0535, F.S.; requiring 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Department of Health investigat ors to request valid 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | government identification from all employees while in 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | a massage establishment; specifying additional 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | documents a person operating a massage establishment 50 |
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| 88 | 88 | | must immediately present, upon request, to department 51 |
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| 89 | 89 | | investigators and law enfor cement officers; requiring 52 |
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| 90 | 90 | | the department to notify a federal immigration office 53 |
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| 91 | 91 | | if specified persons fail to provide valid government 54 |
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| 92 | 92 | | identification; amending s. 823.05, F.S.; conforming a 55 |
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| 93 | 93 | | cross-reference; providing an appropriation; providing 56 |
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| 94 | 94 | | an effective date. 57 |
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| 95 | 95 | | 58 |
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| 96 | 96 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 59 |
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| 97 | 97 | | 60 |
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| 98 | 98 | | Section 1. Section 456.026, Florida Statutes, is amended 61 |
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| 99 | 99 | | to read: 62 |
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| 100 | 100 | | 456.026 Annual report concerning finances, administrative 63 |
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| 101 | 101 | | complaints, disciplinary actions, and recommendations. — 64 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (1) The department is directed to prepare and submit a 65 |
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| 103 | 103 | | report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 66 |
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| 104 | 104 | | House of Representatives by November 1 of each year. In addition 67 |
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| 105 | 105 | | to finances and any other information the Legislature may 68 |
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| 106 | 106 | | require, the report shall include statistics and relevant 69 |
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| 107 | 107 | | information, profession by profession, detailing: 70 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (a)(1) The revenues, expenditures, and cash balances for 71 |
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| 109 | 109 | | the prior year, and a review of the adequacy of existing fees. 72 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (b)(2) The number of complaints recei ved and investigated. 73 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (c)(3) The number of findings of probable cause made. 74 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (d)(4) The number of findings of no probable cause made. 75 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (e)(5) The number of administrative complaints filed. 76 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (f)(6) The disposition of all administrative complaints. 77 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (g)(7) A description of disciplinary actions taken. 78 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (h)(8) A description of any effort by the department to 79 |
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| 129 | 129 | | reduce or otherwise close any investigation or disciplinary 80 |
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| 130 | 130 | | proceeding not before the Division of Administrative Hearings 81 |
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| 131 | 131 | | under chapter 120 or other wise not completed within 1 year after 82 |
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| 132 | 132 | | the initial filing of a complaint under this chapter. 83 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (i)(9) The status of the development and implementation of 84 |
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| 134 | 134 | | rules providing for disciplinary guidelines pursuant to s. 85 |
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| 135 | 135 | | 456.079. 86 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (j)(10) Such recommendations for administrative and 87 |
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| 137 | 137 | | statutory changes necessary to facilitate efficient and cost -88 |
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| 138 | 138 | | effective operation of the department and the various boards. 89 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (2) The report shall separately categorize all complaints, 90 |
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| 140 | 140 | | investigations, probable c ause, and disciplinary actions against 91 |
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| 141 | 141 | | a massage therapist or massage establishment licensed under 92 |
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| 142 | 142 | | chapter 480 related to a violation of: 93 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (a) Section 480.043(12). 94 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (b) Section 480.043(13). 95 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (c) Section 480.043(14)(a) -(f). 96 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (d) Section 480.0465. 97 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (e) Section 480.0475. 98 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (f) Section 480.0485. 99 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (g) Section 480.0535. 100 |
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| 162 | 162 | | Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 456.074, Florida 101 |
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| 163 | 163 | | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (7) is added to that 102 |
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| 164 | 164 | | section, to read: 103 |
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| 165 | 165 | | 456.074 Certain health care practitioners; immediate 104 |
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| 166 | 166 | | suspension of license. — 105 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (4) The department shall issue an emergency order 106 |
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| 168 | 168 | | suspending the license of a massage therapist and or 107 |
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| 169 | 169 | | establishment as those terms are defined in chapter 480 upon 108 |
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| 170 | 170 | | receipt of information that the massage therapist ;, the 109 |
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| 171 | 171 | | designated establishment manager as defined in chapter 480; an 110 |
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| 172 | 172 | | employee of the establishment; a person with an ownership 111 |
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| 173 | 173 | | interest in the establishment ;, or, for a corporation that has 112 |
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| 174 | 174 | | more than $250,000 of business assets in this state, the owner, 113 |
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| 175 | 175 | | officer, or individual directly involved in the management of 114 |
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| 176 | 176 | | the establishment has been arrested for committing or 115 |
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| 177 | 177 | | attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit, or convicted or 116 |
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| 178 | 178 | | found guilty of, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo 117 |
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| 179 | 179 | | contendere to, regardless of adjudica tion, a violation of s. 118 |
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| 180 | 180 | | 796.07 s. 796.07(2)(a) which is reclassified under s. 796.07(7) 119 |
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| 181 | 181 | | or a felony offense under any of the following provisions of 120 |
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| 182 | 182 | | state law or a similar provision in another jurisdiction: 121 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (a) Section 787.01, relating to kidnapping. 122 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (b) Section 787.02, relating to false imprisonment. 123 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (c) Section 787.025, relating to luring or enticing a 124 |
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| 186 | 186 | | child. 125 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (d) Section 787.06, relating to human trafficking. 126 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (e) Section 787.07, relating to human smuggling. 127 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (f) Section 794.011, relating to sex ual battery. 128 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (g) Section 794.08, relating to female genital mutilation. 129 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (h) Former s. 796.03, relating to procuring a person under 130 |
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| 204 | 204 | | the age of 18 for prostitution. 131 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (i) Former s. 796.035, relating to the selling or buying 132 |
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| 206 | 206 | | of minors into prostitution. 133 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (j) Section 796.04, relating to forcing, compelling, or 134 |
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| 208 | 208 | | coercing another to become a prostitute. 135 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (k) Section 796.05, relating to deriving support from the 136 |
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| 210 | 210 | | proceeds of prostitution. 137 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (l) Section 796.07(4)(a)3., relating to a felony of the 138 |
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| 212 | 212 | | third degree for a third or subsequent violation of s. 796.07, 139 |
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| 213 | 213 | | relating to prohibiting prostitution and related acts. 140 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (m) Section 800.04, relating to lewd or lascivious 141 |
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| 215 | 215 | | offenses committed upon or in the presence of persons less than 142 |
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| 216 | 216 | | 16 years of age. 143 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (n) Section 825.1025(2)(b), relating to lewd or lascivious 144 |
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| 218 | 218 | | offenses committed upon or in the presence of an elderly or 145 |
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| 219 | 219 | | disabled person. 146 |
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| 220 | 220 | | (o) Section 827.071, relating to sexual performance by a 147 |
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| 221 | 221 | | child. 148 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (p) Section 847.0133, relating to the protection of 149 |
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| 223 | 223 | | minors. 150 |
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| 236 | 236 | | (q) Section 847.0135, relating to computer pornography. 151 |
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| 237 | 237 | | (r) Section 847.0138, relating to the transmission of 152 |
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| 238 | 238 | | material harmful to minors to a minor by electronic device or 153 |
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| 239 | 239 | | equipment. 154 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (s) Section 847.0145, relating to the selling or buying of 155 |
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| 241 | 241 | | minors. 156 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (7) The department shall issue an emergency order 157 |
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| 243 | 243 | | suspending the license of any licensee upon a finding of the 158 |
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| 244 | 244 | | State Surgeon General that probable cause exists to believe that 159 |
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| 245 | 245 | | the licensee has committed sexual misconduct as defined and 160 |
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| 246 | 246 | | prohibited in s. 456.063 (1), or the applicable practice act, and 161 |
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| 247 | 247 | | that such violation constitutes an immediate danger to the 162 |
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| 248 | 248 | | public. 163 |
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| 249 | 249 | | Section 3. Subsections (1) through (6) of section 480.033, 164 |
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| 250 | 250 | | Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (2) through (7), 165 |
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| 251 | 251 | | respectively, subsec tions (7) through (12), are renumbered as 166 |
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| 252 | 252 | | subsections (9) through (14), respectively, present subsection 167 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (6) is amended, and new subsections (1), (8), and (15) are added 168 |
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| 254 | 254 | | to that section, to read: 169 |
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| 255 | 255 | | 480.033 Definitions. —As used in this act: 170 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (1) "Advertising medium" means any newspaper; airwave or 171 |
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| 257 | 257 | | computer transmission; telephone directory listing, other than 172 |
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| 258 | 258 | | an in-column listing consisting only of a name, physical 173 |
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| 259 | 259 | | address, and telephone number; business card; handbill; flyer; 174 |
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| 260 | 260 | | sign, other than a building di rectory listing all building 175 |
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| 273 | 273 | | tenants and their room or suite numbers; or any other form of 176 |
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| 274 | 274 | | written or electronic advertisement. 177 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (7)(6) "Designated establishment manager" means a massage 178 |
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| 276 | 276 | | therapist who holds a clear and active license without 179 |
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| 277 | 277 | | restriction; a health care practitioner licensed under chapter 180 |
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| 278 | 278 | | 457; or a physician licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, or 181 |
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| 279 | 279 | | chapter 460, who is responsible for the operation of a massage 182 |
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| 280 | 280 | | establishment in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, 183 |
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| 281 | 281 | | and who is designated the manager by the rules or practices at 184 |
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| 282 | 282 | | the establishment. 185 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (8) "Employee" means any person, including, but not 186 |
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| 284 | 284 | | limited to, independent contractors or lessees of a massage 187 |
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| 285 | 285 | | establishment, whose duties involve any aspect or capacity of 188 |
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| 286 | 286 | | the massage establishment, including, but not limited to, 189 |
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| 287 | 287 | | preparing meals and cleaning regardless of whether such person 190 |
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| 288 | 288 | | is compensated for the performance of such duties. The term does 191 |
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| 289 | 289 | | not include a person who is exclusively engaged in the repair or 192 |
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| 290 | 290 | | maintenance of the massage establishment or the delivery of 193 |
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| 291 | 291 | | goods to the establishment. 194 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (15) "Sexual activity" means any direct or indirect 195 |
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| 293 | 293 | | contact by any employee or person, or between any employees or 196 |
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| 294 | 294 | | persons, with the intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, 197 |
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| 295 | 295 | | or arouse, or gratify the sexual desire of, any employee or 198 |
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| 296 | 296 | | person, or which is likely to cause such abuse, humiliation, 199 |
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| 297 | 297 | | harassment, degradation, or arousal, or sexual gratification: 200 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (a) With or without the consent of the employee or person. 201 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (b) With or without verbal or nonverbal communication that 202 |
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| 312 | 312 | | the sexual activity is undesired. 203 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (c) With or without the use of any device or object. 204 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (d) With or without the occurrence of penetration, orgasm, 205 |
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| 315 | 315 | | or ejaculation. 206 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (e) Including, but not limited to, intent ional contact 207 |
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| 317 | 317 | | with the genitalia, groin, femoral triangle, anus, buttocks, 208 |
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| 318 | 318 | | gluteal cleft, breast or nipples, mouth, or tongue. 209 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (f) Including, but not limited to, the intentional removal 210 |
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| 320 | 320 | | of any drape without specific written informed consent of the 211 |
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| 321 | 321 | | patient. 212 |
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| 322 | 322 | | Section 4. Subsection (5) of section 480.035, Florida 213 |
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| 323 | 323 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 214 |
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| 324 | 324 | | 480.035 Board of Massage Therapy. — 215 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (5) The board shall hold such meetings during the year as 216 |
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| 326 | 326 | | it may determine to be necessary, one of which shall be the 217 |
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| 327 | 327 | | annual meeting. The chair of the board shall have the authority 218 |
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| 328 | 328 | | to call other meetings at her or his discretion. A quorum of the 219 |
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| 329 | 329 | | board shall consist of not less than a majority of the current 220 |
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| 330 | 330 | | membership of the board four members. 221 |
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| 331 | 331 | | Section 5. Subsection (14) of section 480.043, Florida 222 |
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| 332 | 332 | | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (15), subsection (3) and 223 |
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| 333 | 333 | | present subsection (14) are amended, and a new subsection (14) 224 |
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| 334 | 334 | | is added to that section, to read: 225 |
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| 347 | 347 | | 480.043 Massage establishments; requisites; licensure; 226 |
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| 348 | 348 | | inspection; human trafficking awareness training and policies. — 227 |
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| 349 | 349 | | (3) The board shall adopt rules governing the operation of 228 |
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| 350 | 350 | | massage establishments and their facilities, employees 229 |
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| 351 | 351 | | personnel, safety and sanitary requirements, financial 230 |
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| 352 | 352 | | responsibility, insurance coverage , and the license application 231 |
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| 353 | 353 | | and granting process. 232 |
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| 354 | 354 | | (14) In order to provide the department and law 233 |
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| 355 | 355 | | enforcement agencies the means to more effectively identify 234 |
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| 356 | 356 | | persons engaging in human trafficking at massage establishments, 235 |
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| 357 | 357 | | the following apply: 236 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (a) Sexual activity in a massage establishment is 237 |
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| 359 | 359 | | prohibited. An establishment owner or employee may not engage in 238 |
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| 360 | 360 | | or allow any person to engage in sexual activity in the 239 |
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| 361 | 361 | | establishment or use the establishment to make arrangements to 240 |
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| 362 | 362 | | engage in sexual activity in another location. Used or unused 241 |
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| 363 | 363 | | condoms are prohibited in a massage establishment. 242 |
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| 364 | 364 | | (b) If there is an outside window or windows into the 243 |
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| 365 | 365 | | massage establishment's reception area, the outside window or 244 |
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| 366 | 366 | | windows must allow for at least 35 percent light pene tration and 245 |
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| 367 | 367 | | no more than 50 percent of the outside window or windows may be 246 |
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| 368 | 368 | | obstructed with signage, blinds, curtains, or other 247 |
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| 369 | 369 | | obstructions, allowing the public to see the establishment's 248 |
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| 370 | 370 | | reception area. A sign must be posted on the front window of the 249 |
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| 371 | 371 | | establishment that includes the name and license number of the 250 |
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| 384 | 384 | | massage establishment and the telephone number that has been 251 |
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| 385 | 385 | | provided to the department as part of licensure of the 252 |
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| 386 | 386 | | establishment. This paragraph does not apply to: 253 |
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| 387 | 387 | | 1. A massage establishment w ithin a public lodging 254 |
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| 388 | 388 | | establishment as defined in s. 509.013(4). 255 |
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| 389 | 389 | | 2. A massage establishment located within a county or 256 |
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| 390 | 390 | | municipality that has an ordinance that prescribes requirements 257 |
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| 391 | 391 | | related to business window light penetration or signage 258 |
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| 392 | 392 | | limitations if compliance with this paragraph would result in 259 |
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| 393 | 393 | | noncompliance with such ordinance. 260 |
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| 394 | 394 | | (c) All employees within the massage establishment must be 261 |
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| 395 | 395 | | fully clothed and such clothing must be fully opaque and made of 262 |
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| 396 | 396 | | nontransparent material that does not expose th e employee's 263 |
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| 397 | 397 | | genitalia. This requirement does not apply to an employee, 264 |
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| 398 | 398 | | excluding a massage therapist, of a public lodging 265 |
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| 399 | 399 | | establishment, as defined in s. 509.013(4), that is licensed as 266 |
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| 400 | 400 | | a clothing-optional establishment and chartered with the 267 |
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| 401 | 401 | | American Association for Nude Recreation. 268 |
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| 402 | 402 | | (d) A massage establishment must maintain a complete set 269 |
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| 403 | 403 | | of legible records in English or Spanish, which must include 270 |
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| 404 | 404 | | each employee's start date of employment, full legal name, date 271 |
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| 405 | 405 | | of birth, home address, telephone number, and employment 272 |
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| 406 | 406 | | position and a copy of the employee's government identification 273 |
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| 407 | 407 | | required under s. 480.0535. All information required under this 274 |
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| 408 | 408 | | paragraph must be recorded before the employee may provide any 275 |
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| 421 | 421 | | service or treatment to a client or patient. 276 |
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| 422 | 422 | | (e) A massage establishment must conspicuously display a 2 277 |
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| 423 | 423 | | inch by 2 inch photo for each employee, which, for massage 278 |
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| 424 | 424 | | therapists, must be attached to the massage therapist's license. 279 |
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| 425 | 425 | | Such display must also include the employee's full legal name 280 |
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| 426 | 426 | | and employment position. All information required under this 281 |
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| 427 | 427 | | paragraph must be displayed before the employee may provide any 282 |
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| 428 | 428 | | service or treatment to a client or patient. A massage 283 |
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| 429 | 429 | | establishment within a public lodging establishment as defined 284 |
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| 430 | 430 | | in s. 509.013(4) may satisf y this requirement by displaying the 285 |
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| 431 | 431 | | photos and required information in an employee break room or 286 |
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| 432 | 432 | | other room that is used by employees, but is not used by clients 287 |
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| 433 | 433 | | or patients. 288 |
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| 434 | 434 | | (f) A massage establishment must maintain a complete set 289 |
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| 435 | 435 | | of legible records in English or Spanish, which must include the 290 |
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| 436 | 436 | | date, time, and type of service or treatment provided; the full 291 |
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| 437 | 437 | | legal name of the employee who provided the service or 292 |
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| 438 | 438 | | treatment; and the full legal name, home address, and telephone 293 |
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| 439 | 439 | | number of the client or patient. Medical records may satisfy 294 |
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| 440 | 440 | | this requirement if the records include the specified 295 |
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| 441 | 441 | | information. A copy of the client's or patient's photo 296 |
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| 442 | 442 | | identification may be used to provid e the full legal name and 297 |
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| 443 | 443 | | home address of the client or patient. Records required under 298 |
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| 444 | 444 | | this paragraph must be maintained for at least 1 year after a 299 |
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| 445 | 445 | | service or treatment is provided. All information required under 300 |
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| 458 | 458 | | this paragraph must be collected and reco rded before any service 301 |
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| 459 | 459 | | or treatment is provided to a client or patient. The 302 |
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| 460 | 460 | | establishment must confirm the identification of the client or 303 |
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| 461 | 461 | | patient before any service or treatment is provided to the 304 |
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| 462 | 462 | | client or patient. 305 |
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| 463 | 463 | | (15)(14) Except for the requirements of subsection (13), 306 |
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| 464 | 464 | | this section does not apply to a practitioner physician licensed 307 |
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| 465 | 465 | | under chapter 457 or a physician licensed under , chapter 458, 308 |
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| 466 | 466 | | chapter 459, or chapter 460 who employs a licensed massage 309 |
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| 467 | 467 | | therapist to perform massage therapy on the practitioner's or 310 |
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| 468 | 468 | | physician's patients at her or his the physician's place of 311 |
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| 469 | 469 | | practice. This subsection does not restrict investigations by 312 |
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| 470 | 470 | | the department for violations of chapter 456 or this chapter. 313 |
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| 471 | 471 | | Section 6. Section 480.0465, Florida Statutes, is amend ed 314 |
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| 472 | 472 | | to read: 315 |
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| 473 | 473 | | 480.0465 Advertisement ; prohibitions.— 316 |
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| 474 | 474 | | (1) Each massage therapist or massage establishment 317 |
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| 475 | 475 | | licensed under this act shall include the number of the license 318 |
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| 476 | 476 | | in any advertisement of massage therapy services appearing in 319 |
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| 477 | 477 | | any advertising medium, including, but not limited to, a 320 |
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| 478 | 478 | | newspaper, airwave transmission, telephone directory, Internet, 321 |
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| 479 | 479 | | or other advertising medium. The advertisement must also include 322 |
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| 480 | 480 | | the physical address of the massage establishment and the 323 |
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| 481 | 481 | | telephone number that has been prov ided to the department as 324 |
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| 482 | 482 | | part of the licensing of the establishment. However, the 325 |
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| 495 | 495 | | inclusion of the physical address and telephone number is not 326 |
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| 496 | 496 | | required for an advertisement by a massage establishment whose 327 |
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| 497 | 497 | | establishment owner operates more than five loca tions in this 328 |
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| 498 | 498 | | state. 329 |
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| 499 | 499 | | (2) A massage therapist, an establishment owner, an 330 |
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| 500 | 500 | | employee, or any third party directed by the establishment owner 331 |
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| 501 | 501 | | or employee, may not place, publish, or distribute, or cause to 332 |
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| 502 | 502 | | be placed, published, or distributed, any advertisem ent in any 333 |
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| 503 | 503 | | advertising medium which states prostitution services, escort 334 |
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| 504 | 504 | | services, or sexual services are available. 335 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (3) A massage therapist, an establishment owner, an 336 |
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| 506 | 506 | | employee, or any third party directed by the massage therapist, 337 |
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| 507 | 507 | | establishment owner, or employee may not place, publish, or 338 |
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| 508 | 508 | | distribute, or cause to be placed, published, or distributed, 339 |
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| 509 | 509 | | any online advertisement on any website known for advertising 340 |
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| 510 | 510 | | prostitution services, escort services, or sexual services. 341 |
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| 511 | 511 | | Pending licensure of a new massag e establishment under s. 342 |
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| 512 | 512 | | 480.043(7), the license number of a licensed massage therapist 343 |
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| 513 | 513 | | who is an owner or principal officer of the establishment may be 344 |
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| 514 | 514 | | used in lieu of the license number for the establishment. 345 |
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| 515 | 515 | | Section 7. Subsection (2) of section 480. 0475, Florida 346 |
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| 516 | 516 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 347 |
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| 517 | 517 | | 480.0475 Massage establishments; prohibited practices. — 348 |
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| 518 | 518 | | (2) A person operating a massage establishment may not use 349 |
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| 519 | 519 | | or permit the establishment to be used as a principal or 350 |
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| 532 | 532 | | temporary domicile for, to shelter or harbor, or as sleeping or 351 |
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| 533 | 533 | | napping quarters for any person unless the establishment is 352 |
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| 534 | 534 | | zoned for residential use under a local ordinance. 353 |
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| 535 | 535 | | Section 8. Section 480.0535, Florida Statutes, is amended 354 |
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| 536 | 536 | | to read: 355 |
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| 537 | 537 | | 480.0535 Documents required while working in a massage 356 |
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| 538 | 538 | | establishment; penalties; reporting .— 357 |
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| 539 | 539 | | (1) In order to provide the department and law enforcement 358 |
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| 540 | 540 | | agencies the means to more effectively identify, investigate, 359 |
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| 541 | 541 | | and arrest persons engaging in human trafficking, an employee a 360 |
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| 542 | 542 | | person employed by a massage establishment and any person 361 |
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| 543 | 543 | | performing massage therapy in a massage establishment therein 362 |
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| 544 | 544 | | must immediately present, upon the request of an investigator of 363 |
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| 545 | 545 | | the department or a law enforcement officer, valid government 364 |
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| 546 | 546 | | identification while in the e stablishment. An investigator of 365 |
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| 547 | 547 | | the department must request valid government identification from 366 |
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| 548 | 548 | | all employees while in the establishment. A valid government 367 |
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| 549 | 549 | | identification for the purposes of this section is: 368 |
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| 550 | 550 | | (a) A valid, unexpired driver license issue d by any state, 369 |
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| 551 | 551 | | territory, or district of the United States; 370 |
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| 552 | 552 | | (b) A valid, unexpired identification card issued by any 371 |
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| 553 | 553 | | state, territory, or district of the United States; 372 |
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| 554 | 554 | | (c) A valid, unexpired United States passport; 373 |
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| 555 | 555 | | (d) A naturalization certificate issued by the United 374 |
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| 556 | 556 | | States Department of Homeland Security; 375 |
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| 569 | 569 | | (e) A valid, unexpired alien registration receipt card 376 |
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| 570 | 570 | | (green card); or 377 |
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| 571 | 571 | | (f) A valid, unexpired employment authorization card 378 |
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| 572 | 572 | | issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security. 379 |
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| 573 | 573 | | (2) A person operating a massage establishment must: 380 |
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| 574 | 574 | | (a) Immediately present, upon the request of an 381 |
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| 575 | 575 | | investigator of the department or a law enforcement officer: 382 |
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| 576 | 576 | | 1. Valid government identification while in the 383 |
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| 577 | 577 | | establishment. 384 |
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| 578 | 578 | | 2. A copy of the documentati on specified in paragraph 385 |
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| 579 | 579 | | (1)(a) for each employee and any person performing massage 386 |
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| 580 | 580 | | therapy in the establishment. 387 |
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| 581 | 581 | | 3. A copy of the documents required under s. 388 |
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| 582 | 582 | | 480.043(14)(d) and (f). 389 |
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| 583 | 583 | | (b) Ensure that each employee and any person performing 390 |
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| 584 | 584 | | massage therapy in the massage establishment is able to 391 |
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| 585 | 585 | | immediately present, upon the request of an investigator of the 392 |
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| 586 | 586 | | department or a law enforcement officer, valid government 393 |
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| 587 | 587 | | identification while in the establishment. 394 |
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| 588 | 588 | | (3) A person who violates any provision of this section 395 |
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| 589 | 589 | | commits: 396 |
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| 590 | 590 | | (a) For a first violation, a misdemeanor of the second 397 |
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| 591 | 591 | | degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 398 |
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| 592 | 592 | | (b) For a second violation, a misdemeanor of the first 399 |
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| 593 | 593 | | degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 400 |
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| 606 | 606 | | (c) For a third or subsequent violation, a felony of the 401 |
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| 607 | 607 | | third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, 402 |
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| 608 | 608 | | or s. 775.084. 403 |
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| 609 | 609 | | (4) The department shall notify a federal immigration 404 |
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| 610 | 610 | | office if a person operating a massage establishment, an 405 |
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| 611 | 611 | | employee, or any person performing massage therapy in a massage 406 |
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| 612 | 612 | | establishment fails to provide valid government identification 407 |
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| 613 | 613 | | as required under this section. 408 |
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| 614 | 614 | | Section 9. Subsection (3) of section 823.05, Florida 409 |
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| 615 | 615 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 410 |
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| 616 | 616 | | 823.05 Places and groups engaged in certain activities 411 |
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| 617 | 617 | | declared a nuisance; abatement and enjoinment. — 412 |
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| 618 | 618 | | (3) A massage establishment as defined in s. 480.033 which 413 |
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| 619 | 619 | | operates in violation of s. 480.043(14)(a) or (f), s. 480.0475, 414 |
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| 620 | 620 | | or s. 480.0535(2) is declared a nuis ance and may be abated or 415 |
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| 621 | 621 | | enjoined as provided in ss. 60.05 and 60.06. 416 |
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| 622 | 622 | | Section 10. For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, eight full -time 417 |
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| 623 | 623 | | equivalent positions, with associated salary rate of 593,954, 418 |
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| 624 | 624 | | are authorized and the sums of $925,080 in recurring and 419 |
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| 625 | 625 | | $108,952 in nonrecurring funds from the Medical Quality 420 |
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| 626 | 626 | | Assurance Trust Fund are appropriated to the Department of 421 |
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| 627 | 627 | | Health for the purpose of implementing this act. 422 |
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| 628 | 628 | | Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 423 |
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