Published on: 10042233. The purpose and effect of the proposed rulemaking is to repeal the Rules 59A-8.0086 and 59A-8.0185, F.A.C. Rule 59A-8.0086, F.A.C., is no longer needed since the requirements are now in state laws. The Agency does not have legal authority for rulemaking on personnel policies and therefore, Rule 59A-8.0185, F.A.C., is being repealed.
Published on: 9726886. Definitions, Licensure Requirements, Licensure Procedure, Scope of Services, Denial, Suspension, Revocation of License and Imposition of Fines, Personnel, Personnel Policies, Acceptance of Patients or Clients, Plan of Care, Clinical Records, Advance Directives, Emergency Management Plans
Published on: 9029456. Any comments from the public on the proposed rule revisions to Chapter 59A-8, F.A.C., as published in the July 16, 2010 Florida Administrative Weekly and posted at the Agency’s web site: http://ahca.myflorida.com/licensing_cert.shtml.; September 9, 2010, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.; Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, Conference Room A, Tallahassee, FL
Published on: 8890843. The purpose is to provide new rules for oversight by the director of nursing and the use of a recent unannounced licensure survey related to a licensure application for a change of ownership as required in Sections 400.497(5) and (6), F.S.; to provide a rule on the submission of the quarterly report required in Section 400.474(6)(f), F.S.; to update the statutory references in the rule and forms referenced to conform to current statutes, and remove items that are now in Florida Statutes and Chapter 59A-35, F.A.C.; to revise personnel rules to conform to state practice act rules for included professions; to clarify the wording of the rule on health statements and refer to communicable disease that can be spread by casual contact; to require a photo identification tag for staff that have contact with patients in order to protect patients and avoid persons wrongfully representing themselves as someone they are not; to remove rubber stamped signatures for physicians to prevent fraud; and to include minimum requirements for home health aide, certified nursing assistant, homemaker and companion client records and service provision plans which are less than the requirements for clinical records and plans of care for patients receiving nursing and therapy.
Published on: 8010277. The purpose of this rule development is to prepare the rules required in Section 400.497(5) and (6), F.S., on the oversight by the director of nursing and the use of an unannounced licensure survey related to a licensure application for a change of ownership; to prepare rules on the submission of the quarterly report required in Section 400.474(6)(f), F.S.; to update the health statement required of personnel; to update rules to conform to updated state practice act rules for included professions; to update the statutory references in the rule and forms referenced to conform to current statutes, and remove items that are now in statutes.
Published on: 3337399. The purpose of the rule revisions is to conform the rules and Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan format to changes made by the 2006 Florida Legislature in Chapters 2006-71 and 2006-192, Laws of Florida; to clarify language regarding financial instability; to revise the Affidavit of Compliance with Screening Requirement form to add level 2 screening and annual submission as required in Section 435.04, F.S.; and to remove the time frame for clinical records retention since it is stated in 400.491, F.S. The effect will be updated rules with uniform licensure procedures that conform to state laws; a revised Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan format that includes the means by which the same type and quantity of services received in the home will be provided to patients evacuated to special needs shelters; and an updated Affidavit of Compliance with Screening Requirement form for administrators to attest to completion of both level 1 and level 2 screening for staff as required in law.
Published on: 210604. The purpose of the rule revisions is to conform the rules to changes made to Chapter 400, Part IV, Florida Statutes, by the 2005 Florida Legislature in Chapter 2005-243, Laws of Florida; to make improvements to criteria for emergency management plans; to add a retention period for personnel records; to remove the requirement for training homemakers and companions for consistency among programs; to replace the schedule for the frequency of periodic licensure surveys due to budget constraints; and to clarify the financial schedules needed for applications for changes of ownership and for applications for renewal of licenses when there is evidence of financial instability. The effect will be updated rules that conform to state law; an updated licensure fee for the two-year license based on the same amount per year; a revised renewal licensure application that collects annual patient admissions; one less financial schedule to be completed for change of ownership applications and an additional financial schedule for renewal applicants with evidence of financial instability; a uniform emergency management plan format for home health agencies that includes planning for patients in residential facilities; no requirements for training homemakers and companions consistent with the registered homemaker companion services; and the addition of a one-year retention period for personnel records.