Published on: 9206869. Partial Variance from Rule 59A-33.013, Florida Administrative Code, from JSA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION. The petition requests a variance from the provision of Rule 59A-33.013, F.A.C., that states that a medical or clinic director may not serve in that capacity for more than a maximum of five health care clinics.
Published on: 8318349. The purpose of this rule development is to conform the rules and forms of the Health Care Clinic Unit to current statutes. These rules and forms are amended to make conform them with amendments to Part X, Ch. 400, Florida Statutes, the Health Care Clinic Act and Part II, Ch. 408, Florida Statutes, the Health Care Licensing Procedures Act, as they are amended by Ch. 2006-192; Ch. 2006-192; Ch. 2007-5; Ch. 2009-223; Ch. 2006-305; Ch. 2008-4; Ch. 2009-223 and creating s. 408.8065 by s. 4, Ch. 2009-193 and s. 8, Ch. 2009-223; forms AHCA FORM 3110-0013 JULY 06, for health care clinic licensures will be update; AHCA Form 3110-0014 July 06 for exemption from health care clinic licensing will be update; and new forms for reporting proof of financial ability to operate will be created.
Published on: 5037712. The Agency for Health Care Administration has issued a Final Order Partially Granting and Partially Denying JSA’s Petition for Variance from Rule 59A-33.013.
The Order concerned the Petition for Waiver or Variance, filed on September 28, 2007, by JSA Healthcare Corporation. The Notice of Petition for Waiver or Variance was published on Page 4820 of Vol. 33, No. 41, of the October 12, 2007, F.A.W. Petitioner sought a permanent variance from Rule 59A-33.013, F.A.C., entitled “Medical and Clinic Directorships Maximum Number of Clinics,” which states that a medical or clinic director may serve in that capacity for no more than 5 licensed health care clinics. The petition sought a permanent waiver and permission to have one medical director serve in that capacity for a maximum of 15 licensed health care clinics operated by the petitioner. The Agency received favorable comments concerning the granting of the petition from the Florida Chapter of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and Florida Academy of Family Physicians (FAFP) through their attorney.
The Agency considered the Petition, the public comments and the petitioner’s answers to the Agency’s omission and clarification questions without hearing and granted the petitioner a renewable 3 year partial variance of the 5 clinic rule limitation to 7 clinics per medical director for each medical director engaged by the petitioner. The variance was further conditioned upon specific reasons put forth in the petition for the granting of the variance. The petition established that compliance with Rule 59A-33.013, F.A.C., would be a substantial hardship on the petitioner in its particular circumstances. The petitioner did not claim that compliance with the rule would violate the principles of fairness.
Published on: 4714120. Variance from Rule 59A-33.013, F.A.C., from JSA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, d/b/a JSA MEDICAL GROUP, pursuant to Section 120.542, Florida Statutes. The rule limits the number of clinics a medical or clinic director may supervise to no more than five (5) licensed health care clinics. The petitioner requests a permanent variance for existing licensed facilities and any future Florida licensed health care clinics and staff with one medical director for no more than fifteen (15) clinics.
Published on: 4008057. The Agency for Health Care Administration, Health Quality Assurance HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that it issued a Final Order Partially Granting and Otherwise Denying OMI Petition for Variance from Rule 59A-33.013, on April 2, 2007, in response to a petition filed on January 23, 2007, and advertised in the FAW, Vol. 33, No. 5 on February 2, 2007. The order extends from 200 (Rule 59A-33.013 standard) to 400 miles the distance between clinics that a medical or clinic director may supervise OMI of Orange Park, Inc., and OMI of Jacksonville, Inc., and adds certain compliance conditions, including a time limitation of the variance. The requests of the remaining 20 clinics for the same variance were denied, however, the Orange Park and the Jacksonville facilities may use the same medical or clinic director of any of the 22 petitioners because all are within 400 miles of each other. The petitioners are Open Magnetic Imaging, Inc., OMI of Aventura, Inc., OMI of Aventura II, Inc., OMI CT of Aventura, Inc., OMI of Miami Lakes, Inc., OMI CT of Miami Lakes, Inc., OMI of Coral Gables, Inc., OMI of Kendall, Inc., Open Magnetic Imaging of Coral Springs, Ltd., Open Magnetic Imaging of Plantation, Ltd., OMI of Plantation, Inc., OMI CT of Plantation, Inc., OMI of Ft. Lauderdale, Inc., OMI CT of Ft. Lauderdale, Inc., Open Magnetic Imaging of Pembroke Pines, Ltd., OMI of Jupiter, Inc., OMI of Palm Beach, Inc., OMI of Wellington, Inc., OMI of Boynton Beach, Inc., OMI of West Boca, Ltd., OMI of Jacksonville, Inc. and OMI of Orange Park, Inc.
Published on: 3531399. Variance from Rule 59A-33.013, F.A.C. The rule, in part, prohibits the location of clinics a medical and clinic director may supervise that are more than 200 miles from any other health care clinic supervised by the same medical or clinic director. The petitioners, Open Magnetic Imaging, Inc., OMI of Aventura, Inc., OMI of Aventura II, Inc., OMI CT of Aventura, Inc., OMI of Miami Lakes, Inc., OMI CT of Miami Lakes, Inc., OMI of Coral Gables, Inc., OMI of Kendall, Inc., Open Magnetic Imaging of Coral Springs, Ltd., Open Magnetic Imaging of Plantation, Ltd., OMI of Plantation, Inc., OMI CT of Plantation, Inc., OMI of Ft. Lauderdale, Inc., OMI CT of Ft. Lauderdale, Inc., Open Magnetic Imaging of Pembroke Pines, Ltd., OMI of Jupiter, Inc., OMI of Palm Beach, Inc., OMI of Wellington, Inc., OMI of Boynton Beach, Inc., OMI of West Boca, Ltd., OMI of Jacksonville, Inc. and OMI of Orange Park, Inc., request a partial variance of the rule increasing the distance limitation between clinics supervised by the same medical or clinic director from 200 to 400 miles.
Published on: 3494151. The Agency for Health Care Administration, Health Quality Assurance hereby gives notice that it issued an Order on January 3, 2006, in response to a petition filed on November 11, 2006 and advertised in the FAW., Vol. 32, No. 49.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 3, 2007, the Bureau of Health Facility Regulation, Division of Health Quality Assurance of the Agency for Health Care Administration issued an order denying the second petition for waiver of Rule 59A-33.013, F.A.C., that was superseded by an Amended Petition for Variance of Rule 59A-33.013, F.A.C. which was granted in part and denied in part. The rule sought limits the number of clinics a medical or clinic director may supervise to five (5) clinics, nor more that 200 total employees within a 200 mile distance. The petition was granted in part so far as it requested a variance of the 5 clinic limitation to a maximum of 10 clinics per medical director but was denied as to any other relief sought. The 10 clinic variance expires on December 15, 2008 or earlier based upon substantial changes specified in the order. The petitioners are Open Magnetic Imaging, Inc., OMI of Aventura, Inc., OMI of Aventura II, Inc., OMI CT of Aventura, Inc., OMI of Miami Lakes, Inc., OMI CT of Miami Lakes, Inc., OMI of Coral Gables, Inc., OMI of Kendall, Inc., Open Magnetic Imaging of Coral Springs, Ltd., Open Magnetic Imaging of Plantation, Ltd., OMI of Plantation, Inc., OMI CT of Plantation, Inc., OMI of Ft. Lauderdale, Inc., OMI CT of Ft. Lauderdale, Inc., Open Magnetic Imaging of Pembroke Pines, Ltd., OMI of Jupiter, Inc., OMI of Palm Beach, Inc., OMI of Wellington, Inc., OMI of Boynton Beach, Inc., OMI of West Boca, Ltd., OMI of Jacksonville, Inc. and OMI of Orange Park, Inc.