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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: April 18, 2024) |
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63. Department of Juvenile Justice |
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63M. Medical |
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63M-2. Health Services |
1(1) The Facility Superintendent or Program Director is responsible for:
11(a) Ensuring that the Designated Health Authority is clearly informed of all of the department’s health care requirements at the time of the negotiation of the agreement/contract. This responsibility can be delegated to the Facility Superintendent or Program Director Designee and shared with supervisors at the Regional level;
59(b) Ensuring a licensed general hospital is available to provide emergency services on a 24-hour per day basis.
77(c) Ensuring adherence to delivery of physician on-call medical services, consultative medical referrals, regularly scheduled physician hours, access to a licensed health care professional and clinic hours, treatment protocols, access to Emergency Medical Services and 24-hour episodic care, and emergency drills.
118(2) There shall be communication, at a minimum of every other week between the Facility Superintendent/Program Director and the licensed health care professional staff to review important medical issues pertaining to youth at the facility.
153Rulemaking Authority 155985.64(2) FS. 157Law Implemented 159985.64(2), 160985.145, 161985.18 FS. 163History164–165New 3-16-14.
