296.09 – Health record and general register to be maintained.
296.09 Health record and general register to be maintained.— (1) A health record for each resident must be maintained and must contain an identification sheet, a medical history, a report of initial physical examination, and subsequent records of treatment and progress, including medications, diets, and consultations. An annual reevaluation of the resident’s health status must be conducted […]
295.186 – Removal of Certain Forms From Official Records.
295.186 Removal of certain forms from official records.—Any veteran of the United States Armed Forces or his or her widow or widower, attorney, personal representative, executor, or court appointed guardian has the right to request that a county recorder remove from the official records any of the following forms recorded before, on, or after the effective […]
295.187 – Florida Veteran Business Enterprise Opportunity Act.
295.187 Florida Veteran Business Enterprise Opportunity Act.— (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Florida Veteran Business Enterprise Opportunity Act.” (2) INTENT.—It is the intent of the Legislature to rectify the economic disadvantage of service-disabled veterans, who are statistically the least likely to be self-employed when compared to the veteran population as a whole and who […]
295.188 – Preference in Hiring Veterans for Private Employers.
295.188 Preference in hiring veterans for private employers.— (1) The Legislature intends to establish a permissive preference in private employment for certain veterans. (2) A private employer may adopt an employment policy that gives preference in hiring to an honorably discharged veteran, as defined in s. 1.01(14); the spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability, as described […]
295.21 – Florida Is for Veterans, Inc.
295.21 Florida Is For Veterans, Inc.— (1) CREATION.—There is created within the Department of Veterans’ Affairs a nonprofit corporation, to be known as “Florida Is For Veterans, Inc.,” which shall be registered, incorporated, organized, and operated in compliance with chapter 617, and which is not a unit or entity of state government. As used in this section […]
295.22 – Veterans Employment and Training Services Program.
295.22 Veterans Employment and Training Services Program.— (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.—The Legislature finds that the state has a compelling interest in ensuring that each veteran who is a resident of the state finds employment that meets his or her professional goals and receives the training or education necessary to meet those goals. The Legislature also finds […]
295.09 – Reinstatement or Reemployment; Promotion Preference.
295.09 Reinstatement or reemployment; promotion preference.— (1)(a) When an employee of the state or any of its political subdivisions employed in a position subject or not subject to a career service system or other merit-type system, not including positions that are exempt pursuant to s. 295.07(5), has served in the Armed Forces of the United States and […]
295.11 – Investigation; Administrative Hearing for Not Employing Preferred Applicant.
295.11 Investigation; administrative hearing for not employing preferred applicant.— (1) The Department of Veterans’ Affairs or its designee shall, upon the written request of any person specified in s. 295.07, investigate any complaint filed with the department by such person when the person has applied to any state agency or any agency of a political subdivision in […]
295.123 – Deserters and Others; Inapplicability of Chapter.
295.123 Deserters and others; inapplicability of chapter.—The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person who has been classified by any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States as a deserter or who received less than an honorable discharge upon separation or discharge from the Armed Forces. History.—s. 5, ch. 77-422.
295.018 – Children of Servicemembers Who Died in Newfoundland Air Tragedy; Educational Opportunity.
295.018 Children of servicemembers who died in Newfoundland air tragedy; educational opportunity.— (1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to provide educational opportunity at state expense for the dependent children of those servicemembers killed in the crash of a military transport airplane in Gander, Newfoundland, on December 12, 1985, while returning from […]