Pesticide Reporting Requirements Region Florida Required to Report Yes What to Report Any Pesticide-Related Exposure State Office Department of Health, Pesticide Exposure Surveillance Program Phone 1 800-606-5810 Timeframe to Report Injury or Exposure Next Business Day Web reference https://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/occupational-health-surveill… Reporting Notes Florida Department of Health | Chemicals Webpage Important notice: Arsenic poisoning, carbon monoxide poisoning, mercury poisoning, pesticide-related illness and injury, and ricin toxin poisoning are listed as notifiable diseases in the State of Florida. All practitioners, hospitals, and laboratories in Florida are required to notify the Florida Department of Health (DOH) of diseases or conditions of public health significance under Section 381.0031, Florida Statutes and Chapter 64D-3, Florida Administrative Code (FAC). Mandated to report PhysiciansHospitalsLaboratoriesOther health professionals SENSOR partnership with NIOSH Pesticide Exposure Surveillance Program (technical support from NIOSH): http://www.floridahealth.gov/%5C/environmental-health/pesticide-poisoning/index.html Worker's Compensation Coverage for Farmworkers Required (with limitations) Limitations Agricultural employers do not have to provide workers' comp if they have 5 or fewer regular employees and fewer than 12 other employees at one time for seasonal agricultural labor that is completed in less than 30 days, provided such seasonal employment does not exceed 45 days in the same calendar year. Statute Fla. Stat. Ann. § 440.02(c)(2) (2009) Coverage for Undocumented Workers Yes Case Law Fla. Stat. Ann. § 440.02(15)(a) (2009) (defining employee as including aliens "whether lawfully or unlawfully employed") Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers An undocumented worker may receive compensation for medical treatment performed outside the United States. AMS Staff Leasing, Inc. v. Arreola, 976 So. 2d 612, 614-615 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008). To be eligible for wage-loss benefits, an undocumented worker must demonstrate proof of a connection between the injury and the wage loss: he cannot do this by showing a good faith work search (since he isn't entitled to work), but may do so where his injuries are serve enough to excuse a work search. Cenvill Dev. Corp. v. Candelo, 478 So. 2d 1168, 1170 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985). State Workers’ Compensation Website Florida Division of Workers' Compensation Online forms http://www.myfloridacfo.com/Division/WC/PublicationsFormsManualsReports/Forms/D… Additional Information Undocumented workers are entitled to workers' compensation coverage. Cenvill Dev. Corp. v. Candelo, 478 So. 2d 1168, 1170 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985); Safeharbor Employer Servs. I, Inc. v. Cinto Velazquez, 860 So. 2d 984, 986 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003) (holding that Hoffman Plastics does not preempt state workers' compensation law providing benefits to undocumented workers). Undocumented workers are entitled to workers' compensation coverage. Cenvill Dev. Corp. v. Candelo, 478 So. 2d 1168, 1170 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985); Safeharbor Employer Servs. I, Inc. v. Cinto Velazquez, 860 So. 2d 984, 986 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003) (holding that Hoffman Plastics does not preempt state workers' compensation law providing benefits to undocumented workers). WP Enforcement Worker Protection Standard Enforcement Agency Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: http://www.flaes.org/complimonitoring/workersafety/index.html Legal Services Referral for Violations Florida Legal Services, Migrant Farmworker Justice Project at 561-582-3921 http://floridalegal.org/contact-us/ Florida Rural Legal Services at 239-334-4554 (http://www.frls.org/for-migrants.html)