Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-14 - CAMPS › Section 64E-14.004 - Standards, Permits, Inspections, Violations, Complaints and Retaliation

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Standards. Before any person establishes,
				operates, or allows occupancy of a migrant labor camp or residential migrant
				housing, the operator shall ensure that the camp or housing complies with the
				minimum standards of construction, sanitation, and, equipment established in
				Sections  381.008 through
				 381.00897, F.S. the rules of
				this chapter, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970,
				29 U.S.C. s.
				655, or the Housing and Urban Development
				(HUD) Chapter 10 Housing Quality Standards as referenced in the Housing Choice
				Voucher Program Guidebook 7420.10G effective as of April 2001. The Occupational
				Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) standards for Temporary Labor Camps
				in 29 U.S.C. s.
				655, and HUD's Chapter 10 Housing Quality
				Standards in the Housing Choice Voucher Program Guidebook 7420.10G, are herein
				adopted and incorporated by reference. A copy of the OSHA Standards can be
				obtained at
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=9791
,
				or U.S. Government Printing Office, 732 N. Capital Street, Washington, DC
				20401. A copy of the Chapter 10 HUD Housing Quality Standards referenced in the
				Housing Choice Voucher Program Guidebook can be obtained at the U.S. Department
				of Housing and Urban Development Office located at Brickell Plaza 909 S.E. 1st
				Ave., Room 500, Miami, Florida 33313, or at
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/community/migrant-labor/index.html
.
				Any housing that is furnished as a condition of employment so as to subject it
				to the requirements of OSHA shall only be inspected under the OSHA standards.
				This applies to migrant labor camps as that term is defined in subsection
				 64E-14.002(14),
				F.A.C. The HUD standards are applicable only to housing authority projects
				funded to house migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Mobile Home Parks that have 5
				or more seasonal or migrant farmworkers as occupants of the park will be issued
				a revised Mobile Home/RV Park and Residential Migrant Housing Permit.
(2) Application for Permits.
(a) All applications for a permit to operate
				a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing shall be filed with the
				department at least 30 days prior to the date of operation on DH Form 4082,
				Application For A Migrant Labor Camp Permit, Sept. 98, incorporated herein by
				reference. DH Form 4082 is available at county health departments located in
				each county or at
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/community/migrant-labor/index.html
.
				Completed applications required in this subsection shall be submitted to the
				county health department where the farmworker housing is located and shall be
				accompanied by the fee specified in Rule
				 64E-14.005, F.A.C.
(b) In the event of a change of ownership of
				a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing, the new owner shall file
				DH Form 4082 with the department at least 15 days before the change of
				ownership occurs and pay the application fee amount designated in subsections
				 64E-14.005(1) 
				-(3), F.A.C.