FACILITY PROGRAMS

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• Tattoo Program

Migrant Farm Worker Housing

Health Issues

The objective of this program is to reduce the risk of communicable disease transmission and injury among migrant farm workers by establishing comprehensive and uniform procedures for permitting and inspecting migrant housing. Brochures providing an overview of the program have been produced in English (823kb PDF) and Spanish (552kb PDF). The text from the Spanish language version is also available in html.

Business Issues

150,000 to 200,000 migrant and seasonal farm workers and their families annually travel and work in Florida.  The migrant labor camp program currently issues over 700 permits in 33 counties ensuring that 34,000 migrant and seasonal farm workers, and families live in housing that meets or exceeds standards set by law.

County health departments ensure uniformity and continuity with the Migrant Labor Camp Program rule and procedures by providing:

• Plan Review and Permitting
• Pre-Inspection and Routine Inspections
• Investigations
• Education
• Application of State Laws and Rules

Apply for a Permit

Migrant Labor Camps and Residential Migrant Housing need a permit prior to opening. For assistance and guidance in obtaining a permit, contact the permitting agency, the Facility Programs Section of Environmental Health office of your county's health department. A Migrant Farm worker Housing guideline document is available to provide basic knowledge of the rules and regulations applying to Migrant Labor Camps and Residential Migrant Housing. The governing rules, Chapter 64E-14 (80kb PDF), provide sanitation and health standards relating to construction, operation, and maintenance of migrant labor camps and residential migrant housing. You can view and print this chapter as a pdf file by clicking on the Chapter Number. If you can not read pdf files, you must first download Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Adobe Internet site at http://www.adobe.com. Adobe offers this product at no charge. 

Forms

Application Form DH 4082 Application Form (159 Kb PDF)

Migrant Labor Camp Inspection Form DH 4060 (11 Kb PDF)

Links (all links open in a new window)

Emergency Preparedness (2 MB PDF English) - Preparacion Para Emergencias (2.3 MB PDF Espanol)
1910.142 Temporary Labor Camp Standards
Department of Economic Opportunity
FL Administrative Codes
FL Statutes 381.008
FL Department of Education - Adult Migrant Education
Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations
Onyx Magazine - Agricultural and Labor Program
The Farmworker Association of Florida
FL DBPR Farm Labor Registration
Florida Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services
US Department of Labor (DOL)
US DOL Migrant And Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA)
HUD's Chapter 10 Housing Quality Standards
US HUD Farmworker Housing

Contact Florida Division of Environmental Health

If you have any general questions related to migrant farmworker housing, contact Sharon Saulter at the Facility Programs Section of Environmental Health, 4052 Capital Circle SE, BIN A08, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-1710.  Ms. Saulter can be reached by telephone at (850) 245-4277. Additional contact information for Ms. Saulter is available from the State of Florida Directory.