Department of Law Enforcement

CS for SB 524

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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Department of Law Enforcement;
3 amending s. 112.195, F.S.; authorizing the Department
4 of Law Enforcement to adopt rules relating to the
5 Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart
6 Medal; amending s. 406.02, F.S.; specifying the
7 circumstances under which an appointment or
8 reappointment to the Medical Examiners Commission is
9 considered in force; requiring the commission to
10 approve the appointment of district medical examiners
11 by a majority vote to fill vacancies; amending s.
12 406.06, F.S.; requiring the commission, rather than
13 the Governor, to appoint district medical examiners
14 for each medical examiner district; specifying that
15 upon approval by the commission, rather than by the
16 Governor, a physician member of the commission is
17 eligible to serve as a district medical examiner;
18 amending s. 624.34, F.S.; defining terms; requiring
19 the Department of Law Enforcement to accept and
20 process fingerprints taken of natural persons who are
21 control persons of a licensee or are applicants for
22 licensure; deleting provisions authorizing the
23 department to accept fingerprints of specified persons
24 or entities; requiring that a full set of fingerprints
25 of a certain natural person be submitted to the
26 Department of Financial Services or specified
27 authorized vendors, entities, or agencies; requiring
28 the forwarding of the fingerprints to specified
29 entities; authorizing the Department of Law
30 Enforcement to exchange criminal history records with
31 the Department of Financial Services for a specified
32 purpose; requiring that the full set of fingerprints
33 be submitted in accordance with rules adopted by the
34 Department of Financial Services; providing duties and
35 responsibilities regarding the fingerprints and
36 fingerprinting; requiring the Department of Financial
37 Services to use certain criminal history records for
38 specified purposes; creating s. 624.341, F.S.;
39 defining terms; requiring the Department of Law
40 Enforcement to accept and process fingerprints taken
41 of natural persons who are control persons of a
42 licensee or are applicants for licensure; requiring
43 that a full set of fingerprints of a certain natural
44 person be submitted to the Office of Insurance
45 Regulation of the Financial Services Commission or
46 specified authorized vendors, entities, or agencies;
47 requiring the forwarding of the fingerprints to
48 specified entities; authorizing the department to
49 exchange criminal history records with the office for
50 a specified purpose; requiring that the full set of
51 fingerprints be submitted in accordance with rules
52 adopted by the Financial Services Commission;
53 providing duties and responsibilities regarding the
54 fingerprints and fingerprinting; requiring the office
55 to use certain criminal history records for specified
56 purposes; creating s. 943.0417, F.S.; requiring the
57 Florida Deputy Sheriffs Association, Inc., to continue
58 the statewide law enforcement grant program certified
59 by the Department of Education for certain purposes;
60 creating s. 943.0536, F.S.; defining the terms
61 “immigration detainer” and “law enforcement agency”;
62 requiring the Department of Law Enforcement’s Criminal
63 Justice Information Program to collect, process,
64 store, maintain, and disseminate immigration detainer
65 information; requiring each law enforcement agency to
66 capture and electronically submit to the department
67 the fingerprints of certain qualifying offenders;
68 requiring the department to create certain records;
69 amending s. 943.0581, F.S.; authorizing the department
70 to adopt rules; requiring law enforcement agencies to
71 apply to the department for the administrative
72 expunction of specified nonjudicial records containing
73 immigration detainer information of minors and adults
74 made contrary to law or by mistake; authorizing
75 individuals to apply to the department for the
76 administrative expunction of such records; specifying
77 application requirements; amending s. 943.11, F.S.;
78 requiring the Criminal Justice Professionalism Program
79 to provide staff support to the Criminal Justice
80 Standards and Training Commission; requiring the
81 commission to act independently of any criminal
82 justice agency; amending s. 943.1395, F.S.; requiring
83 commission staff to provide service by certified mail
84 to certain certified officer’s or instructor’s last
85 known address of record and, if possible, by e-mail;
86 requiring commission staff to take specified action if
87 the person providing service does not provide
88 commission staff with proof of service; amending ss.
89 943.1726, 943.17261, 943.1727, and 943.17299, F.S.;
90 requiring the commission, rather than the Department
91 of Law Enforcement, to establish or develop specified
92 training components or courses; providing effective
93 dates.
94
95 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
96
97 Section 1. Effective upon becoming a law, subsection (4) is
98 added to section 112.195, Florida Statutes, to read:
99 112.195 Florida Medal of Valor and Florida Blue/Red Heart
100 Medal.—
101
(4)

The Department of Law Enforcement may adopt rules to

102
implement this section.

103 Section 2. Subsections (2) and (4) of section 406.02,
104 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
105 406.02 Medical Examiners Commission; membership; terms;
106 duties; staff.—
107 (2) The term of office of the physicians appointed to the
108 commission shall be 4 years. The term of office of the state
109 attorney, public defender, sheriff, and county commissioner each
110 shall be 4 years unless she or he leaves that office sooner, in
111 which case her or his appointment will terminate. The term of
112 office of the funeral director shall be 4 years. Upon the
113 expiration of the present terms of office, the Governor shall
114 appoint two members for terms of 4 years, two members for terms
115 of 3 years, two members for terms of 2 years, and one member for
116 a term of 1 year. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for
117 the unexpired portion of the term.
An appointment or

118
reappointment is considered in force until the appointee

119
resigns, the appointee is no longer qualified for the position,

120
or the Governor appoints a new member.

121 (4) The Medical Examiners Commission shall:
122 (a) Initiate cooperative policies with any agency of the
123 state or political subdivision thereof.
124 (b)
Approve the appointment of district medical examiners

125
by a majority vote to fill vacancies.

126
(c)
Remove or suspend district medical examiners pursuant
127 to this act and have the authority to investigate violations of
128 this act.
129
(d)
(c)
Oversee the distribution of state funds for the
130 medical examiner districts and may make such agreements and
131 contracts, subject to approval of the executive director of the
132 Department of Law Enforcement, as may be necessary to effect the
133 provisions of this chapter.
134 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 406.06, Florida
135 Statutes, is amended to read:
136 406.06 District medical examiners; associates; suspension
137 of medical examiners.—
138 (1)(a)
A district medical examiner shall be appointed by

139 The
Medical Examiners Commission
shall appoint a district

140
medical examiner, who must be a practicing physician in

141
pathology,

Governor
for each medical examiner district
from

142
nominees who are practicing physicians in pathology, whose

143
nominations are submitted to the Governor by the Medical

144
Examiners Commissio
n
. The term of office of each district
145 medical examiner shall be 3 years. An appointment to fill a
146 vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of the term.
147 (b) A physician member of the Medical Examiners Commission
148
is

shall be
eligible to serve as a district medical examiner
149 upon approval by the
Medical Examiners Commission

Governor
.
150 Section 4. Effective upon becoming a law, section 624.34,
151 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
152 624.34 Authority of Department of Law Enforcement to accept
153 fingerprints of, and exchange criminal history records with
154 respect to, certain persons.—
155 (1)
As used in this section
, the term
:

156
(a)

“Adjuster” means a public adjuster as defined in s.

157
626.854 or an all-lines adjuster as defined in s. 626.8548.

158
(b)

“Agent” means a general lines agent as defined in s.

159
626.015, a life agent as defined in s. 626.015, a health agent

160
as defined in s. 626.015, a surplus lines agent as defined in s.

161
626.914, a professional bail bond agent as defined in s. 648.25,

162
a limited surety agent as defined in s. 648.25, a limited lines

163
agent, a legal expense insurance sales representative who must

164
meet the requirements of s. 642.034, or a title insurance agent

165
as defined in s. 626.841. The term includes a producer but does

166
not include a customer representative, limited customer

167
representative, or service representative.

168
(c)

“Applicant for licensure” means a person who has

169
applied to the department for a license.

170
(d)

“Control person,” with respect to a licensee or an

171
applicant for licensure, means any of the following:

172
1.

A person who holds the title of owner, partner,

173
director, president, senior vice president, treasurer, or

174
limited liability company member.

175
2.

A person who holds any of the officer, general partner,

176
manager, or managing member positions named in the governing

177
documents. As used in this subparagraph, the term “governing

178
documents” includes bylaws, articles of incorporation or

179
organization, partnership agreements, shareholder agreements,

180
and management or operating agreements.

181
3.

A director on the board of directors.

182
4.

A shareholder in whose name shares are registered in the

183
records of a corporation for profit, whether incorporated under

184
the laws of this state or organized under the laws of any other

185
jurisdiction and existing in that legal form, who directly or

186
indirectly has the power to vote 10 percent or more of a class

187
of voting securities, or to sell or direct the sale of 10

188
percent or more of a class of voting securities. As used in this

189
subparagraph, the term “shareholder” means a person who owns at

190
least one share of a corporation and whose ownership is

191
reflected in the records of the corporation.

192
(e)

“License” means a license issued by the Department of

193
Financial Services to an agent, an insurance agency as defined

194
in s. 626.015, a title insurance agency as defined in s.

195
626.841, an adjuster, an adjusting firm as defined in s.

196
626.8695, a customer representative as defined in s. 626.015, a

197
service representative as defined in s. 626.015, or a navigator

198
as defined in s. 626.9951.

199
(f)

“Licensee” means a person who has a license.

200
(g) “Limited lines agent” means an agent whose license is

201
issued pursuant to s. 626.321.

202
(h) “Person” has the same meaning as in s. 1.01.

203
(
i
)

“Producer” means a person required to be licensed under

204
the laws of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance.

205
(2)
The Department of Law Enforcement
shall

may
accept
and

206
process
fingerprints
taken
of
an individual who is a licensee,

207
an applicant for licensure, or a control person of a licensee or

208
an applicant for licensure

organizers, incorporators,

209
subscribers, officers, stockholders, directors,
or

any other

210
persons involved, directly or indirectly, in the organization,

211
operation, or management of:

212
(a) Any insurer or proposed insurer transacting or

213
proposing to transact insurance in this state.

214
(b) Any other entity which is examined or investigated or

215
which is eligible to be examined or investigated under the

216
provisions of the Florida Insurance Cod
e.

217
(2) The Department of Law Enforcement may accept

218
fingerprints of individuals who apply for a license as an agent,

219
customer representative, adjuster, service representative, or

220
navigator or the fingerprints of the majority owner, sole

221
proprietor, partners, officers, and directors of a corporation

222
or other legal entity that applies for licensure with the

223
department or office under the Florida Insurance Code
.
224
(3)

A full set of fingerprints of
an individual
described

225
in subsection (
2
) must be submitted to the
Department of

226
Financial Services
or to a vendor, an entity, or an agency

227
authorized under s. 943.053(13). The
Department of Financial

228
Services
, vendor, entity, or agency shall forward the

229
fingerprints to the Department of Law Enforcement for state

230
processing, and the Department of Law Enforcement shall forward

231
the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for

232
national processing pursuant to s. 624.34(5). Fees for state and

233
federal fingerprint processing must be borne by the person

234
submitting them. The state cost for fingerprint processing is as

235
provided in s. 943.053(3)(e).

236
(4)
(3)
The Department of Law Enforcement may, to the extent
237
authorized

provided for
by federal law, exchange state,
national

238
multistate
, and federal criminal history records with the
239
Department of Financial Services

department or office
for the
240 purpose of the issuance, denial, suspension, or revocation of a
241
certificate of authority, certification, or
license to operate
242 in this state.
243
(
5
)

The full set of f
ingerprints for each
individual

244
described in subsection (
2
) must be submitted in accordance with

245
rules adopted by the
Department of Financial Services
.

246
(a)

Fingerprints may be submitted through a third-party

247
vendor authorized by the Department of Law Enforcement.

248
(b)

The Department of Law Enforcement shall conduct
a
state

249
criminal history background check
,
and a federal criminal

250
history background check
must
be conducted through the Federal

251
Bureau of Investigation.

252
(
c
)

The
Department of Financial Services
shall review the

253
results of the state and federal criminal history background

254
checks and determine whether the applicant
for licensure or

255
licensee
meets the requirements for a license to operate in this

256
state.

257
(4) The Department of Law Enforcement may accept

258
fingerprints of any other person required by statute or rule to

259
submit fingerprints to the department or office or any applicant

260
or licensee regulated by the department or office who is

261
required to demonstrate that he or she has not been convicted of

262
or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or a misdemeanor.

263
(5) The Department of Law Enforcement shall, upon receipt

264
of fingerprints from the department or office, submit the

265
fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to check

266
federal criminal history records.

267 (6)
The Department of Financial Services shall use the

268 statewide criminal records obtained through the Department of
269 Law Enforcement,
the
federal criminal records obtained through
270 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and
the
local criminal
271 records obtained through local law enforcement agencies
shall be

272
used by the department and office
for the purpose of issuance,
273 denial, suspension, or revocation of
certificates of authority,

274
certifications, or
licenses issued to operate in this state.
275 Section 5. Effective upon becoming a law, section 624.341,
276 Florida Statutes, is created to read:
277
624.341

Authority of Department of Law Enforcement to

278
accept fingerprints of, and exchange criminal history records

279
with respect to, certain persons applying to the Office of

280
Insurance Regulation.—

281
(1)

As used in this section
, the term
:

282
(a)

“Applicant for licensure” means a person who has

283
applied to the office for a license.

284
(b)

“Control person
,
”
with respect to a licensee or an

285
applicant for licensure,
means
key managerial personnel with

286
authority over the financial and operational decisions of the

287
entities licensed, certified, registered, or holding a

288
certificate of authority under the Florida Insurance Code, and

289
includes any of the following

as required by the office:

290
1.

Incorporators, stockholders, officers, directors, and

291
attorneys in fact captured under s. 624.404(3)(c), s.

292
628.071(1)(c), s. 629.091(2), s. 632.638(3), or s. 641.22(6)(c).

293
2. Trustees, officers, directors, and individuals

294
responsible for the management of and conduct of the management

295
of a multiple-employer welfare arrangement under s. 624.439(2).

296
3.

Individuals employed or retained by an administrator who

297
are responsible for the conduct of the affairs of an

298
administrator, including a
ll members of the board of directors,

299
board of trustees, executive committee, or other governing board

300
or committee, and the principal officers in the case of a

301
corporation or the partners or members in the case of a

302
partnership or
an
association of
an
administrator
under s.

303
626.8805.

304
4. Individuals responsible for the affairs of a viatical

305
settlement provider, members of the board of directors, board of

306
trustees, executive committee, or other governing board or

307
committee, and any person or entity owning or having the right

308
to acquire 10 percent or more of the voting securities of a

309
viatical settlement provider under s. 626.9912.

310
5.

Management of a premium finance company under ss.

311
627.829(1) and 627.832(1)(g) and (j).

312
6.

Directors, officers, trustees, and other individuals

313
performing duties similar to those of a director, an officer or

314
a trustee of a corporation, an association, or a trust under s.

315
628.461(3)(a).

316
7.

Directors, officers, and trustees if a corporation, and

317
partners, owners, managers, joint venturers, and others

318
performing functions similar to those of a director, an officer,

319
or a trustee, if not a corporation, of a specialty insurer under

320
s. 628.4615(5)(a)7.

321
8. Managers of a motor vehicle service agreement company

322
under s. 634.041(2), a home warranty association under s.

323
634.304(2), or a service warranty association under s.

324
634.404(2).

325
9. M
embers of the board of directors, board of trustees,

326
executive committee, or other governing board or committee, the

327
officers, contracted management company personnel, and any

328
person or entity owning or having the right to acquire 10

329
percent or more of the voting securities of
a prepaid limit

330
health service organization under s. 636.008 or a discount plan

331
organization under s. 636.204(2)(c).

332
10.

Persons responsible for the conduct of the affairs of a

333
prepaid health clinic under s. 641.405(2)(c), including all

334
members of the governing body, the officers and directors in the

335
case of a corporation, and the partners or associates in the

336
case of a partnership or an association.

337
11.

Individuals who are directors and officers, and each

338
shareholder who owns or controls 10 percent or more of the

339
shares of the corporation, of a legal expense insurance business

340
under ss. 642.021 and 642.032.

341
12.

Members, shareholders, and persons in charge of

342
providing care under a certificate of authority subject to s.

343
651.022(2)(c).

344
(
c
)

“License” means a certificate of authority,

345
certification, registration, or license issued by the office.

346
(d)

“Licensee” means a person who has a license.

347
(e) “Person” has the same meaning as in s. 1.01.

348
(2)

The Department of Law Enforcement shall accept and

349
process fingerprints taken of
an individual who is a licensee,

350
an applicant for licensure, or a control person of a licensee or

351
an applicant for licensure.

352
(
3
)

A full set of fingerprints of
an individual
described

353
in subsection (
2
) must be submitted to the office or to a

354
vendor, an entity, or an agency authorized under s. 943.053(13).

355
The office, vendor, entity, or agency shall forward the

356
fingerprints to the Department of Law Enforcement for state

357
processing, and the Department of Law Enforcement shall forward

358
the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for

359
national processing pursuant to s. 624.34(5). Fees for state and

360
federal fingerprint processing must be borne by the person

361
submitting them. The state cost for fingerprint processing is as

362
provided in s. 943.053(3)(e).

363
(
4
)

The Department of Law Enforcement may, to the extent

364
authorized by federal law, exchange state,
national
, and federal

365
criminal history records with the office for the purpose of the

366
issuance, denial, suspension, or revocation of a certificate of

367
authority, certification, registration, or license to operate in

368
this state.

369
(
5
)

The full set of f
ingerprints for each
individual

370
described in subsection (
2
) must be submitted in accordance with

371
rules adopted by the commission.

372
(a)

Fingerprints may be submitted through a third-party

373
vendor authorized by the Department of Law Enforcement.

374
(b)

The Department of Law Enforcement shall conduct
a
state

375
criminal history background check
,
and a federal criminal

376
history background check
shall
be conducted through the Federal

377
Bureau of Investigation.

378
(
c
)

The office shall review the results of the state and

379
federal criminal history background checks and determine whether

380
the applicant
for licensure or licensee
meets the requirements

381
for a
license to operate in this state.

382
(
6
)

The office shall use the s
tatewide criminal records

383
obtained through the Department of Law Enforcement,
the
federal

384
criminal records obtained through the Federal Bureau of

385
Investigation, and
the
local criminal records obtained through

386
local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of issuance,

387
denial, suspension, or revocation of certificates of authority,

388
certifications, registrations, or licenses required to operate

389
in this state.

390 Section 6. Section 943.0417, Florida Statutes, is created
391 to read:
392
943.0417

Statewide law enforcement apprenticeship program.

393
The Florida Deputy Sheriffs Association, Inc., shall continue

394
the statewide law enforcement grant program certified by the

395
Department of Education to recruit, select, train, certify, and

396
retain deputy sheriff candidates who lack the funds to attend a

397
certified law enforcement academy within th
is
state. The grants

398
must
be awarded to local law enforcement agencies
,
with priority

399
given
for fiscally constrained counties. The association may

400
coordinate with the department to implement the program.

401 Section 7. Section 943.0536, Florida Statutes, is created
402 to read:
403
943.0536

Immigration detainer information; collection and

404
storage; fingerprinting.—

405
(1)

As used in this section, the terms “immigration

406
detainer” and “law enforcement agency” have the same meaning as

407
in s. 908.102.

408
(2)

The department’s Criminal Justice Information Program,

409
acting as this state’s central criminal justice information

410
repository, shall collect, process, store, maintain, and

411
disseminate immigration detainer information.

412
(3)(a)

Each law enforcement agency shall capture and

413
electronically submit to the department, in the manner

414
prescribed by rule, the fingerprints of a qualifying offender as

415
defined in s. 943.325 who is in its custody and subject to an

416
immigration detainer.

417
(b)

Upon receipt of the fingerprints required to be

418
submitted pursuant to paragraph (a), the department shall create

419
a record containing the qualifying offender’s immigration

420
detainer information.

421 Section 8. Section 943.0581, Florida Statutes, is amended
422 to read:
423 943.0581 Administrative expunction for arrests
or

424
immigration detainer records
made contrary to law or by
425 mistake.—
426 (1) Notwithstanding any law dealing generally with the
427 preservation and destruction of public records, the department
428 may adopt a rule pursuant to chapter 120 for the administrative
429 expunction of any nonjudicial record of an arrest
or record

430
containing immigration detainer information described in s.

431
943.0536
of a minor or an adult made contrary to law or by
432 mistake.
433 (2) A law enforcement agency shall apply to the department
434 in the manner prescribed by rule for the administrative
435 expunction of any nonjudicial record of any arrest
or record

436
containing immigration detainer information described in s.

437
943.0536
of a minor or an adult who is subsequently determined
438 by the agency, at its discretion, or by the final order of a
439 court of competent jurisdiction, to have been arrested
or

440
detained
contrary to law or by mistake.
441 (3) An adult or, in the case of a minor child, the parent
442 or legal guardian of the minor child, may apply to the
443 department in the manner prescribed by rule for the
444 administrative expunction of any nonjudicial record of an arrest
445
or record containing immigration detainer information described

446
in s. 943.0536
alleged to have been made contrary to law or by
447 mistake, provided that the application is supported by the
448 endorsement of the head of the arresting
or detaining
agency or
449 his or her designee or the state attorney of the judicial
450 circuit in which the arrest
or detainment
occurred or his or her
451 designee.
452 (4) An application for administrative expunction shall
453 include the date and time of the arrest, the name of the person
454 arrested, the offender-based tracking system (OBTS) number, and
455 the crime or crimes charged. The application shall be on the
456 submitting agency’s letterhead and shall be signed by the head
457 of the submitting agency or his or her designee.
458 (5) If the person was arrested on a warrant, capias, or
459 pickup order, a request for an administrative expunction may be
460 made by the sheriff of the county in which the warrant, capias,
461 or pickup order was issued or his or her designee or by the
462 state attorney of the judicial circuit in which the warrant,
463 capias, or pickup order was issued or his or her designee.
464 (6)
An application for an administrative expunction of a

465
record containing immigration detainer information as described

466
in s. 943.0536 must include the date and time the person was

467
detained, the person’s name, the OBTS number, and information

468
relating to the immigration detainer. The application must be on

469
the submitting agency’s letterhead and must be signed by the

470
head of the submitting agency or his or her designee.

471
(7)
An application or endorsement under this section is not
472 admissible as evidence in any judicial or administrative
473 proceeding and may not be construed in any way as an admission
474 of liability in connection with an arrest
or detention
.
475 Section 9. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
476 943.11, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
477 943.11 Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission;
478 membership; meetings; compensation.—
479 (1)(a) There is created a Criminal Justice Standards and
480 Training Commission within the Department of Law Enforcement.
481
The Criminal Justice Professionalism Program shall provide staff

482
support to the commission as authorized in s. 943.09; however,

483
the commission must act independently of any criminal justice

484
agency.
The commission shall be composed of 19 members,
485 consisting of the Secretary of Corrections or a designated
486 assistant; the Attorney General or a designee; the Director of
487 the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol; and 16 members
488 appointed by the Governor, consisting of 3 sheriffs; 3 chiefs of
489 police; 5 law enforcement officers who are of the rank of
490 sergeant or below within the employing agency; 2 correctional
491 officers, 1 of whom is an administrator of a state correctional
492 institution and 1 of whom is of the rank of sergeant or below
493 within the employing agency; 1 training center director; 1
494 person who is in charge of a county correctional institution;
495 and 1 resident of the state who falls into none of the foregoing
496 classifications. Prior to the appointment, the sheriff, chief of
497 police, law enforcement officer, and correctional officer
498 members must have had at least 4 years’ experience as law
499 enforcement officers or correctional officers.
500 Section 10. Present subsection (10) of section 943.1395,
501 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (11), and a new
502 subsection (10) is added to that section, to read:
503 943.1395 Certification for employment or appointment;
504 concurrent certification; reemployment or reappointment;
505 inactive status; revocation; suspension; investigation.—
506
(1
0
)
Notwithstanding s. 120.60(5), when an administrative

507
complaint is served on a certified law enforcement officer, a

508
correctional officer, a correctional probation officer, or an

509
instructor, commission staff shall provide service by certified

510
mail to the certified officer’s or instructor’s last known

511
address of record and, if possible, by e-mail. If the person

512
providing service does not provide commission staff with proof

513
of service, commission staff must call the last known telephone

514
number of record and cause a short, plain notice to the

515
certified officer or instructor to be posted on the front page

516
of the commission’s website.

517 Section 11. Section 943.1726, Florida Statutes, is amended
518 to read:
519 943.1726 Continued employment training relating to diabetic
520 emergencies.—The
commission

department
shall establish an online
521 continued employment training component relating to diabetic
522 emergencies. The training component shall include, but need not
523 be limited to, instruction on the recognition of symptoms of
524 such an emergency, distinguishing such an emergency from alcohol
525 intoxication or drug overdose, and appropriate first aid for
526 such an emergency. Completion of the training component may
527 count toward the 40 hours of instruction for continued
528 employment or appointment as a law enforcement officer required
529 under s. 943.135.
530 Section 12. Section 943.17261, Florida Statutes, is amended
531 to read:
532 943.17261
Department of Law Enforcement;
Training related
533 to medical use of marijuana.—The
commission

Department of Law

534
Enforcement
shall develop a 4-hour online initial training
535 course, and a 2-hour online continuing education course, which
536 shall be made available for use by all law enforcement agencies
537 in this state. Such training shall cover the legal parameters of
538 marijuana-related activities governed by ss. 381.986 and 381.988
539 relating to criminal laws governing marijuana.
540 Section 13. Section 943.1727, Florida Statutes, is amended
541 to read:
542 943.1727 Continued employment training relating to autism
543 spectrum disorder.—The
commission

department
shall establish a
544 continued employment training component relating to autism
545 spectrum disorder as defined in s. 627.6686. The training
546 component shall include, but need not be limited to, instruction
547 on the recognition of the symptoms and characteristics of an
548 individual on the autism disorder spectrum and appropriate
549 responses to an individual exhibiting such symptoms and
550 characteristics. Completion of the training component may count
551 toward the 40 hours of instruction for continued employment or
552 appointment as a law enforcement officer required under s.
553 943.135.
554 Section 14. Section 943.17299, Florida Statutes, is amended
555 to read:
556 943.17299 Continued employment training relating to
557 Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.—The
558
commission

department
shall establish an online, continued
559 employment training component relating to Alzheimer’s disease
560 and related forms of dementia. The training component must be
561 developed in consultation with the Department of Elder Affairs
562 and must include, but need not be limited to, instruction on
563 interacting with persons with Alzheimer’s disease or a related
564 form of dementia, including instruction on techniques for
565 recognizing behavioral symptoms and characteristics, effective
566 communication, employing the use of alternatives to physical
567 restraints, and identifying signs of abuse, neglect, or
568 exploitation. Completion of the training component may count
569 toward the 40 hours of instruction for continued employment or
570 appointment as a law enforcement officer, correctional officer,
571 or correctional probation officer required under s. 943.135.
572 Section 15. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
573 act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
574 this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
575 2026.