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Florida — Workplace Safety

Practitioner reference for Workplace Safety compliance in Florida. Each section cites primary authority inline (statute, regulation, agency guidance, or case). Where primary authority cannot be confirmed for a point, the section renders the verbatim "Unable to confirm as of [date]" note instead of guessing.

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OSHA jurisdiction — no state plan

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Florida does not operate an OSHA-approved state plan. Private-sector workers in Florida are covered by federal OSHA. State and local government workers are not covered by federal OSHA, and Florida's state Occupational Safety and Health Act (Chapter 442, Florida Statutes) was repealed effective July 1, 2000, leaving no state-level occupational safety enforcement program for public-sector employers.

Source: OSHA State Plans | Chapter 442, Fla. Stat. (2000), Repealed

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Smoking prohibition in enclosed indoor workplaces

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Florida prohibits smoking and vaping in enclosed indoor workplaces under the Florida Clean Air Act. An enclosed indoor workplace is any place where one or more persons engage in work and that is predominantly or totally bounded on all sides and above by physical barriers, regardless of whether such barriers include uncovered openings or windows. Exceptions permit smoking or vaping in private residences not used commercially for child care, adult care, or health care; retail tobacco shops; designated smoking guest rooms at hotels; stand-alone bars; and customs smoking rooms in airport in-transit lounges.

Source: Fla. Stat. § 386.204 | Fla. Stat. § 386.2045

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