that on October 14, 2016, the Agency for Health Care Administration entered an order on the petition for variance or waiver filed by The Eye Bank Association of America et al. on July 19, 2016 and advertised in Vol. 42, No. 147, Florida ...

 

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Health Facility and Agency Licensing

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

59A-1.005Standards for OPOs, Tissue Banks and Eye Banks

The Agency for Health Care Administration hereby gives notice:

That on October 14, 2016, the Agency for Health Care Administration entered an order on the petition for variance or waiver filed by The Eye Bank Association of America et al. on July 19, 2016 and advertised in Vol. 42, No. 147, Florida Administrative Register on July 29, 2016. The Petition was assigned Agency Case Number 2016008286. The Agency for Health Care Administration has issued a Final Order granting a temporary waiver from subparagraph 59A-1.005(35)(a)2., F.A.C, related to HTLV testing of donor tissue, to Co-Petitioners for a period expiring on October 1, 2018 upon a finding that the purpose of the underlying statute will be achieved by other means and that an application of the rule would create a substantial hardship.

A copy of the Order or additional information may be obtained by contacting: Richard Shoop, Agency Clerk, Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Bldg. 3, MS 3, Tallahassee, FL 32308.