The purpose is to revise the rules in Chapter 59A-27 to reduce the regulatory burden for health care services pools and to update the rules to conform to law changes. The revisions remove the rules that are now in Chapter 408, Part II, Florida ...

 

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Health Facility and Agency Licensing

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

59A-27.002Registration and Change in Registration Information

59A-27.004Penalties and Enforcement Procedures

59A-27.005Pool Administration

59A-27.006Procedures and Records

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose is to revise the rules in Chapter 59A-27, F.A.C., to reduce the regulatory burden for health care services pools and to update the rules to conform to law changes. The revisions remove the rules that are now in Chapter 408, Part II, Florida Statutes, and in the Chapter 59A-35, F.A.C., pertaining to licensing procedures, background screening, and penalties. The requirement for a medical history on all staff is to be removed. The health statement requirement for staff is to be modified to state that the person is free from communicable disease that can be casually transmitted as recommended by the Department of Health. The requirements on the application form have been reduced since the item requiring a listing of every staff person that may be placed with health facilities has been removed. The background screening information on the application checklist has been updated per changes in Section 408.809, F.S.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Health Care Services Pool Licensing and Standards.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 400.980, 408.819 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 400.980, 408.805 FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 7 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Isabelle Ashe, Bureau of Health Facility Regulation, 2727 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee, Florida, [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: The preliminary draft if available will be posted at http://ahca.myflorida.com/licensing_cert.shtml, select “Health Care Services Pool”. Anne Menard, [phone], email: [e-mail]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.