Florida
Pesticide Reporting Requirements
Region
Florida
Required to Report
Yes
What to Report
Any Pesticide-Related Exposure
State Office
Department of Health, Pesticide Exposure Surveillance Program
Phone 1
800-606-5810
Timeframe to Report Injury or Exposure
Next Business Day
Reporting Notes
Florida Department of Health | Chemicals Webpage Important notice: Arsenic poisoning, carbon monoxide poisoning, mercury poisoning, pesticide-related illness and injury, and ricin toxin poisoning are listed as notifiable diseases in the State of Florida. All practitioners, hospitals, and laboratories in Florida are required to notify the Florida Department of Health (DOH) of diseases or conditions of public health significance under Section 381.0031, Florida Statutes and Chapter 64D-3, Florida Administrative Code (FAC).
Mandated to report
PhysiciansHospitalsLaboratoriesOther health professionals
SENSOR partnership with NIOSH
Pesticide Exposure Surveillance Program (technical support from NIOSH): http://www.floridahealth.gov/%5C/environmental-health/pesticide-poisoning/index.html
Workers' Compensation
Coverage for Farmworkers
Required (with limitations)
Limitations
Agricultural employers do not have to provide workers' comp if they have 5 or fewer regular employees and fewer than 12 other employees at one time for seasonal agricultural labor that is completed in less than 30 days, provided such seasonal employment does not exceed 45 days in the same calendar year.
Statute
Fla. Stat. Ann. § 440.02(c)(2) (2009)
Coverage for Undocumented Workers
Yes
Case Law
Fla. Stat. Ann. § 440.02(15)(a) (2009) (defining employee as including aliens "whether lawfully or unlawfully employed")
Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers
An undocumented worker may receive compensation for medical treatment performed outside the United States. AMS Staff Leasing, Inc. v. Arreola, 976 So. 2d 612, 614-615 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008). To be eligible for wage-loss benefits, an undocumented worker must demonstrate proof of a connection between the injury and the wage loss: he cannot do this by showing a good faith work search (since he isn't entitled to work), but may do so where his injuries are serve enough to excuse a work search. Cenvill Dev. Corp. v. Candelo, 478 So. 2d 1168, 1170 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985).
State Workers’ Compensation Website
Additional Information
Undocumented workers are entitled to workers' compensation coverage. Cenvill Dev. Corp. v. Candelo, 478 So. 2d 1168, 1170 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985); Safeharbor Employer Servs. I, Inc. v. Cinto Velazquez, 860 So. 2d 984, 986 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003) (holding that Hoffman Plastics does not preempt state workers' compensation law providing benefits to undocumented workers).
Undocumented workers are entitled to workers' compensation coverage. Cenvill Dev. Corp. v. Candelo, 478 So. 2d 1168, 1170 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985); Safeharbor Employer Servs. I, Inc. v. Cinto Velazquez, 860 So. 2d 984, 986 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003) (holding that Hoffman Plastics does not preempt state workers' compensation law providing benefits to undocumented workers).
Undocumented workers are entitled to workers' compensation coverage. Cenvill Dev. Corp. v. Candelo, 478 So. 2d 1168, 1170 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985); Safeharbor Employer Servs. I, Inc. v. Cinto Velazquez, 860 So. 2d 984, 986 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003) (holding that Hoffman Plastics does not preempt state workers' compensation law providing benefits to undocumented workers).