The criteria set forth below shall be used pursuant to Rule
60S-1.005, F.A.C., in
determining membership in the Special Risk Class for members who are filling
correctional officer positions, regardless of the title of such a
position.
(1) Any member who seeks to
be approved for Special Risk Class membership under this section, must be
certified or required to be certified as a correctional officer in compliance
with the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, as provided in
Section 943.1395, F.S.
(2) Any member who seeks Special Risk Class
membership must hold one of the following correctional officer positions:
(a) Effective October 1, 1978, a correctional
officer whose primary duty and responsibility is the custody and physical
restraint, when necessary, of prisoners or inmates within a prison, jail, or
other criminal detention facility, or while on work detail or while being
transported outside the facility.
(b) Effective October 1, 1978, a Warden or
Assistant Warden (regardless of title) of a correction or detention facility
where duly committed inmates are confined, housed, or maintained and where
correctional officers are employed. Warden shall mean the person directly in
charge of the day-to-day operations of a specific correction or detention
facility. Assistant Warden shall mean the one person whose responsibilities
include direct line authority from the Warden over all subordinate employees
for the day-to-day operations at the facility. If no one employee in a
corrections facility has such responsibility, then for retirement purposes
there is no assistant warden at that facility, except that in large state
institutions there may be more than one assistant warden if the institution is
divided into units, each having an assistant warden with direct line authority
from the warden over all subordinate employees for the day to day operations
within the unit.
(c) Effective July
1, 1984, a command officer or supervisor of a Special Risk Class member or
members holding a position as described in paragraph (2)(a) above.
(d) Effective January 1, 2001, a
community-based correctional probation officer whose primary duties and
responsibilities must be the supervised custody, surveillance, control,
investigation, and counseling of assigned inmates, probationers, parolees, or
community controllees within the community; or the supervisor of a member who
has such responsibilities; or probation and parole circuit administrator, or
deputy circuit administrator.
(e)
Effective July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2014, a youth custody officer of the
Department of Juvenile Justice whose primary duties and responsibilities must
be the supervised custody, surveillance, control, investigation, apprehension,
arrest, and counseling of assigned juveniles within the
community.
(3) No
administrative support personnel, including but not limited to those whose
primary duties and responsibilities are in accounting, purchasing, legal, and
personnel, shall be admitted to Special Risk Class
membership.
Notes
Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 60S-1.0053
Rulemaking Authority
121.031 FS. Law Implemented
121.021(15),
121.0515
FS.
New 10-2-78, Amended 9-9-82, 11-6-84, 4-17-85, Formerly
22B-1.053, 22B-1.0053, Amended 9-17-03, 4-5-12, Amended by
Florida
Register Volume 40, Number 242, December 16, 2014 effective
12/30/2014.
New 10-2-78, Amended 9-9-82, 11-6-84, 4-17-85, Formerly
22B-1.053, 22B-1.0053, Amended 9-17-03, 4-5-12,
12-30-14.
