Title: Diabetes Awareness Training for Law Enforcement Officers

Summary: Citing this act as the "Arthur Green, Jr., Act"; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to establish an online continued employment training component relating to diabetic emergencies, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to diabetes awareness training for law enforcement officers; providing a short title; creating s. 943.1726, F.S.; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to establish an online continued employment training component relating to diabetic emergencies; specifying topics to be included in the instruction; providing that completion of the training may count towards continued employment instruction requirements; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1.  This act may be cited as the  Arthur Green, Jr., Act.  Section 2. Section 943.1726, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 943.1726 Continued employment training relating to diabet ic emergencies.   The departme nt shall establish an online continued employment training component relating to diabetic emergencies. Instruction shall inc lude, but need not be limited to, recognition of symptoms of such an emergency, distingui shing such an emergency from alcohol i ntoxication or drug overdose, and appropriate first aid for suc han emergency. Completion of the training component may count toward the hours of instruction for continued employment or appointment as a law enforcement officer as required under s. 943.135. Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2015.