Florida § 383.3363 - Education on drowning prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices.

§ 383.3363. Education on drowning prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices.

(1) The Department of Health shall develop educational materials on drowning prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices to be distributed to parents or caregivers as part of postpartum or childbirth education provided by hospitals, birth centers, home birth providers, and childbirth educators in this state. The materials must include, but need not be limited to, instruction on all of the following: (a) The increased risk of drowning for infants and toddlers in bathtubs, pools, and other water sources, citing available data on such drownings. (b) Water safety measures parents can employ to prevent drowning, emphasizing the importance of constant supervision of infants and children while they are around water and the benefits of early childhood swimming lessons and water competency programs as an added layer of protection from drowning. (c) Additional safety hazards in the home setting and evidence-based safe bathing practices. (2) Hospitals, birth centers, and home birth providers providing maternity, prenatal, and newborn services shall provide the educational materials developed under subsection (1) to the parents or caregivers of a newborn as part of their postpartum education and care. (3) Childbirth educators shall provide the educational materials developed under subsection (1) to the parents or caregivers receiving childbirth education.