Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-14 - CAMPS › Section 64E-14.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
As used in this chapter, the following meanings shall
				  apply:
(1) "Barracks" - A large
				building used for temporary occupancy and synonymous with the term
				dormitory.
(2) "Common areas" -
				That portion of a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing not
				included within private living quarters and where migrant labor camp or
				residential migrant housing residents generally congregate.
(3) "Department" - For the purpose of this
				rule, the term "Department" has the same meaning as the definition that appears
				in Section  381.008(2),
				F.S.
(4) "Family" - Includes
				spouse, children, stepchildren, foster children, parents, stepparents, foster
				parents, brothers and sisters.
(5)
				"Field" - A cultivated expanse of land, especially one devoted to a particular
				crop. For example, a farm producing, wheat, rice, corn, soybeans, barley,
				beans, rye, sorghum, cotton, tobacco, potatoes, sugar crops, hay, peanuts,
				mint, hops, tomatoes, strawberries, and other such crops.
(6) "Garbage disposal" - For the purpose of
				this rule, the term "Garbage disposal" has the same meaning as the definition
				that appears in Section
				 381.008(12),
				F.S.
(7) "Group toilets" - A room
				providing a suite of water closets or toilets and lavatories.
(8) "Hand-labor operations" - Agricultural
				activities or agricultural operations performed by hand or with hand tools.
				Hand labor operations also include activities or operations performed in
				conjunction with hand labor in the field. Examples of "hand labor operations"
				are the hand-cultivation, hand-weeding, hand-planting and hand-harvesting of
				vegetables, nuts, fruits, seedlings, or other crops, including mushrooms, plant
				(nursery) farms, sod farms, and the hand packing of produce into containers,
				whether done on the ground, on a moving machine or in a temporary packing shed
				located in the field. "Hand-labor" does not include such activities as logging
				operations, the care or feeding of livestock, or hand-labor operations in
				permanent structures (e.g., canning facilities or packing houses), or the
				operation of a machine, such as a picker or tractor.
(9) "Hand tools" - any hand-held implement
				used in agriculture by manual laborers to prepare and plant field crops for
				harvest.
(10) "Incident of
				employment" - Something that is contingent upon or related to being employed.
				For the purpose of this rule, this term shall also mean the same as condition
				of employment. Examples include housing provided by farm labor contractors or
				growers for the migrant and seasonal farmworkers they employ or that are
				employed by any other farm labor contractors.
(11) "Lighting" - For the purpose of this
				rule, the term "Lighting" has the same meaning as the definition that appears
				in Section  381.008(10),
				F.S.
(12) "Major Deficiency" - Non
				compliance of a standard or numerous violations of the standards of this
				chapter which solely or collectively cause an imminent threat to public health
				or cause a high risk of injury. Examples of major deficiencies are untreated
				sewage on the ground, unsafe or deteriorated housing, contaminated water
				supply, holes in floors extending completely through the original designed
				exterior, unsafe stairs and flooring posing a risk of persons falling, unsafe
				ceiling with risk of imminent collapse, ceiling or roof leaks, gas leaks,
				exposed or cross connection of electrical wires, boarded windows where the 10
				percent window area requirement is not met, boarded doorways providing egress
				or ingress.
(13) "Migrant
				farmworker" - A person who is or has been employed in hand-labor operations in
				planting, cultivating, or harvesting agriculture crops within the last 12
				months and who has changed residence for purposes of employment in agriculture
				within the last 12 months.
(14)
				"Migrant labor camp" - For the purpose of this rule, the term "Migrant labor
				camp" has the same meaning as the definition that appears in Section
				 381.008(5),
				F.S.
(15) "Personal hygiene
				facilities" - For the purpose of this rule, the term "Personal hygiene
				facilities" has the same meaning as the definition that appears in Section
				 381.008(9),
				F.S.
(16) "Potable water" - Water
				which is satisfactory for drinking, food preparation, bathing, and meets
				drinking water standards of Chapter 62-550, 62-555, 62-560, or 64E-8,
				F.A.C.
(17) "Private living
				quarters" - A building or portion of a building, dormitory or barracks,
				including its bathroom facilities, or a similar type of sleeping and bathroom
				area, which is a home, residence, or a sleeping place for a resident of a
				migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing.
(18) "Residential migrant housing" - For the
				purpose of this rule, the term "Residential migrant housing" has the same
				meaning as the definition that appears in Section
				 381.008(8),
				F.S.
(19) "Seasonal farmworker" - A
				person who, within the last 12 months, is or has been employed where a minimum
				of 50 percent of their time in that position involves hand-labor operations and
				who has not changed residence for the purpose of employment in agriculture.
				This term includes seasonal workers employed in alternative positions not
				related to hand-labor operations once the harvesting season has ended. For
				example, the term seasonal worker includes persons employed operating a
				machine, such as a picker or tractor, during periods when the hand-labor
				operations have ended for the season.
(20) "Sewage disposal" - For the purpose of
				this rule, the term "Sewage disposal" has the same meaning as the definition
				that appears in Section
				 381.008(11),
				F.S. The standards by which a facility is "approved" for "satisfactory
				treatment and disposal of human excreta and liquid waste" are found in Chapter
				64E-6 or 62-600, F.A.C. All facilities shall be constructed and maintained in
				compliance with the requirements established in these chapters, as appropriate,
				before receiving a permit.
(21)
				"Single Family Residence" - A structure that is designed and built to house
				only one family rather than several unrelated persons (such as barracks) or
				multiple families (such as rooming houses).
(22) "Structure" - For the purpose of this
				chapter, the term shall mean any building or municipality approved housing
				which offers protection from the elements for migrant and seasonal farmworkers
				and includes family residential units, multi-family units, barracks, and
				rooming houses.
(23) "Substantially
				renovated" - Migrant farmworker housing which has been remodeled or enlarged to
				comply with current local building, plumbing, electrical, or fire safety codes
				and the water supply and sewage disposal sections of this chapter. This does
				not apply to cosmetic repairs or routine maintenance.
(24) "Vermin" - Any of various small animals
				or insects that are destructive, or injurious to health, such as cockroaches or
				rats.
(25) "Water closet" - A room
				or booth containing a toilet and often a washbowl or
				basin.
Rulemaking Authority
					 381.006,
					 381.0086 FS. Law Implemented
					 381.008
					 FS.
New 1-1-77, Amended 10-7-84, Formerly 10D-25.52, Amended
					 8-6-92, 11-17-94, Formerly 10D-25.052, Amended 4-25-99, 9-12-99,
					 9-30-08.