Florida Statute 435.02 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 435
EMPLOYMENT SCREENING

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F.S. 435.02

435.02 Definitions.—For the purposes of this chapter, the term:

(1) “Affiliation” means the status of a person employed or serving as a volunteer or contractor, or seeking to be employed or to serve as a volunteer or contractor, with a qualified entity in a position for which screening is not required by law but is authorized under the National Child Protection Act.

(2) “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.

(3) “Employee” means any person required by law to be screened pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, persons who are contractors, licensees, or volunteers.

(4) “Employer” means any person or entity required by law to conduct screening of employees pursuant to this chapter.

(5) “Employment” means any activity or service sought to be performed by an employee or a person with an affiliation which requires the employee, or for which a person with an affiliation is authorized, to be screened pursuant to this chapter.

(6) “Qualified entity” has the same meaning as in s. 943.0542(1).

(7) “Specified agency” means the Department of Health, the Department of Children and Families, the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Department of Elderly Affairs, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Education, each district unit under s. 1001.30, special district units under s. 1011.24, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind under s. 1002.36, the Florida Virtual School under s. 1002.37, virtual instruction programs under s. 1002.45, charter schools under s. 1002.33, hope operators under s. 1002.333, private schools participating in an educational scholarship program established pursuant to chapter 1002, alternative schools under s. 1008.341, regional workforce boards providing services as defined in s. 445.002(3), and local licensing agencies approved pursuant to s. 402.307, 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.

(8) “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. 99-8; s. 36, ch. 2010-114; s. 9, ch. 2012-73; s. 257, ch. 2014-19; s. 10, ch. 2015-79; s. 7, ch. 2021-25; s. 1, ch. 2022-154; s. 1, ch. 2023-220.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 435.02

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 435.02.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 435.02

Total Results: 20

PAUL DEMUS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-10-10

Snippet: County Sheriff’s Office contrary to FS 943.0435(2) and 943.0435(9)(a). Count II of the information

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2017-12.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-07-12

Citation: 249 So. 3d 554

Snippet: or Provide Registration Items) § 943.0435(2) (a) (c) , Fla. Stat. To

David Lee Brown v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-06-01

Citation: 221 So. 3d 731, 2017 WL 2373263, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 7885

Snippet: 0435, Florida Statutes (2014). Section 943.0435(2)(b) requires the offender to register in the county

Vega v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-11-09

Citation: 208 So. 3d 215, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 16675

Snippet: whether to expose their children to him. § 943.0435(2)(a)2, Fla. Stat. (2016) (requiring sexual offenders

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASE-REPORT NO. 2015-05

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-04-07

Citation: 195 So. 3d 1088, 2016 WL 1375712

Snippet: upon which the paragraph is based— section 943.0435(2)(c), Florida Statutes (2015) — is unconstitutional

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases – Report No. 2013-06

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-11-26

Snippet: Registration Items) § 943.0435(2)(a)-(b), Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES— REPORT NO. 2013-06

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-08-28

Citation: 148 So. 3d 1204, 2014 WL 4636358

Snippet: Report, or Provide Registration Items) § 94S.0435(2)(a)-(b), Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of

In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Report No. 2012-02

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-05-09

Citation: 113 So. 3d 754, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 1938, 2013 WL 1908384

Snippet: AS A SEXUAL OFFENDER (Initially Register) § 94S.0435(2)(a)-(b), Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Failure

In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases—Report 2011-04

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-03-29

Citation: 85 So. 3d 1090, 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 244, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 624, 2012 WL 1033484

Snippet: AS A SEXUAL OFFENDER (Initially Register) § 943.0435(2)(a)-(b), Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Failure

Tyler v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-08-03

Citation: 69 So. 3d 961, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 12148, 2011 WL 3300165

Snippet: of information specified in the statute. § 943.0435(2). Then, within forty-eight hours after reporting

Bostic v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-05-02

Citation: 60 So. 3d 535, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 6319, 2011 WL 1634236

Snippet: upon release from incarceration under section 943.0435(2) and on the month of his birth and every six months

Olson v. Crowell Plumbing & Heating Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-11-19

Citation: 48 So. 3d 139, 31 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1005, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 17703, 2010 WL 4721150

Snippet: about the harm." Restatement (Second) of Torts § 435(2) (1965). Graham, 864 So.2d at 477-78. The crux of

J.A.B. v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-01-07

Citation: 25 So. 3d 554, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 5, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 5

Snippet: 231(l)(a)(l), Fla. Stat. (2005);4 see also § 985.435(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2009). The court may order the

JAB v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-01-07

Citation: 25 So. 3d 554, 2010 WL 26540

Snippet: 231(1)(a)(1), Fla. Stat. (2005);[4]see also § 985.435(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2009). The court may order the

J.W.J. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-11-17

Citation: 994 So. 2d 1223, 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 17639

Snippet: affirmed because they are authorized by section 985.435(2)-(3), Florida Statutes (2007), and did not have

JWJ v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-11-17

Citation: 994 So. 2d 1223, 2008 WL 4899179

Snippet: affirmed because they are authorized by section 985.435(2)-(3), Florida Statutes (2007), and did not have

Moore v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-10-03

Citation: 992 So. 2d 862, 2008 WL 4442466

Snippet: designation, subjected to registration...." § 943.0435(2) Fla. Stat. (2006). Third, a defendant is a sexual

Bolware v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-09-18

Citation: 995 So. 2d 268

Snippet: changing a temporary or permanent residence. See § 943.0435(2), Fla. Stat. (2007). With each change of temporary

In Re Standard Jury Inst. in Crim. Cases No. 2007-4

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2008-05-22

Citation: 983 So. 2d 531, 2008 WL 2130235

Snippet: to satisfy the reporting requirements. See § 943.0435(2)-(4), (7)-(8), (14), Fla. Stat. Common to instructions

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 2007-10-16

Snippet: domestic violence as defined in s. 741.30." Section 435.02(3), Florida Statutes, defines "Licensing agency"