Section 60L-36.003 - Relationships with Regulated Entities(1) Relationships between employees and regulated entities give rise to the potential for conflicts of interest. To ensure that agencies can monitor such relationships and avoid such conflicts, all employees exercising regulatory responsibility shall comply with this Rule 60L-36.003, F.A.C. An employee exercises regulatory responsibility if the employee has direct responsibility for any of the following:(a) Determining an entity's compliance with federal, state, or local statutes or regulations.(b) Determining or recommending whether the agency should issue, revoke, cancel or suspend an entity's license or other certificate of authority.(c) Approving transactions between the agency and an entity.(d) Custody, supervision, care, or treatment of prisoners, inmates, patients, clients, or other persons committed to a state institution.(2) If an employee holds himself or herself out, verbally or in writing, as available for employment by, or for a contractual relationship with, a regulated entity, or if the employee receives, verbally or in writing, an offer from a regulated entity for employment or for a contractual relationship, the employee shall notify the agency in writing within five days.(3) If an employee receives from a regulated entity, on his or her own behalf or on behalf of another, a gift the value of which is $25 or more, the employee shall notify the agency in writing within five days. No employee shall accept any gift based upon an understanding that the official acts or judgment of the employee will be influenced thereby.(4) If an employee obtains a financial interest in a regulated entity, the employee shall notify the agency in writing within five days.Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 60L-36.003
Specific Authority 110.1055, 110.201(1), 110.233(6), 110.403(5), 110.605(4) FS. Law Implemented 110.233(6), 110.403(5), 110.605(4) FS.