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Title XXX1 Chapter 435 !View Entire Chapter
LABOR EMPLOYMENT SCREENING
435002 Definitions. —For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) "Agency" means any state, county, or municipal agency that grants licenses or registration
permitting the operation of an employer or is itself an employer or that otherwise facilitates the
screening of employees pursuant to this chapter. if there is no state agency or the municipal or county
agency chooses not to conduct employment screening, "agency" means the Department of Children and
Families.
(2) "Employee" means any person required by law oto be screened pursuant to this chapter,
including, but not limited to, persons who are contractors, licensees, or volunteers.
(3) "Employer" means any person or entity required by laud to conduct screening of employees
pursuant to this chapter.
(4) "Employment" means any activity or service sought to be performed by an employee which
requires the employee to be screened pursuant to this chapter.
(5) "Specified agency" ,means the Department of Health, the Department of Children and Families,
the Division of vocational Rehabilitation within the Department of Education, the Agency for Health
Care Administration, the Department of Elderly Affairs, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the
Agency for Persons with Disabilities when these agencies are conducting state and national criminal
history background screening on persons who work with children or persons who are elderly or disabled.
(6) "Vulnerable person" means a minor as defined in s. 1.01 or a vulnerable adult as defined in s.
415.102.
History. —s. 47, ch. 95.228; s. 207, ch. 9M; s. 36, ch. 2410.114; s. 9, ch. 2012 -73; s. 257, ch. 201419.
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