Sanitation and Safety Requirements

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Division of Hotels and Restaurants

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

61C-3.001Sanitation and Safety Requirements

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 49 No. 8, January 12, 2023 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

The changes are based on comments received and the Department has made the following revisions to form DBPR HR 7033- Proof of Compliance with Miya’s Law Background Screenings, to be incorporated by reference in rule 61C-3.001(6)(d):

         Above section 1, instructions were added detailing form completion and maintenance requirements as described in rule 61C-3.001(6), F.A.C.

         At instructions for Section 2-Compliance Information, added: “Background screenings are only required for employees hired on or after January 1, 2023.”; and citation of rule 61C-3.0003, F.A.C.

         Section 2- Compliance Information, options A&B:

o    Added text at top of section: “Select ONLY one option below.”

o    Added checkbox before the statutory statement at option A and edited the sentence following the checkbox to “The background screening performed met all of the following criteria as stated in s. 83.515, F.S.”

o    Changed checkboxes to bullet points for the criteria listed in option A.

o    At bulleted criteria in option A: edited the comma to a semi-colon and added “AND” at the end of the first two criteria; and edited “includes” to “included” to match the tense established in the first bullet.       

o    Removed line separating options A and B and added “OR” between the options.

o    Option B description: edited instruction statement to “Please complete this section if all current employees were hired prior to January 1, 2023 and were not required to undergo this screening.”

         At Section 4:

o    Added statement at section header: (Required for all employees including those hired before January 1, 2023)

o    Added 1 employee name and date of hire field to increase the total available lines to 30.