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Migrant Labor Program

Environmental Health Services

The following guidelines are a summary of Department rules and regulations that apply to Migrant Labor Camps and Residential Migrant Housing. The intent of the guidelines is to provide basic information about these requirements. Sections 381.008-381.00897, Florida Statutes and Chapter 64E-14, Florida Administrative Code, the governing rules, provides the minimum sanitation and health standards relating to construction, operation, and maintenance of migrant labor camps and residential migrant housing.

Chapter 64E-14, Florida Administrative Code is applicable to mobile homes, private residential rentals, rooming houses, barracks, and housing authority projects for farmworkers when these facilities constitute a migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing. Application Form DH 4082 for a Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing Permit 

Migrant farmworker housing guidelines are available to provide basic knowledge of the rules and regulations for applying to Migrant Labor Camps and Residential Migrant Housing. For Spanish:  Ediciones De la Salud del Agricultor Emigrante

The Department ensures uniformity and continuity with the Migrant Labor Camp Program rule and procedures by providing:

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

Facilities on Septic or Well

Prior to approval of the facilities septic and/or well must be completed prior to approval of the migrant labor camp. There are additional fees and requirements, see below.