The purpose is to revise the rules in Chapter 59A-18 to reduce the regulatory burden for nurse registries and to update the rules to conform to law changes. The revisions remove the requirements for a full time administrator and for evidence of ...

 

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Health Facility and Agency Licensing

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

59A-18.002Definitions

59A-18.004Licensure Requirements, Procedures, and Fees

59A-18.005Registration Policies

59A-18.006Administrator

59A-18.007Registered Nurse and Licensed Practical Nurse

59A-18.0081Certified Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide

59A-18.009Homemakers or Companions

59A-18.010Acceptance of Patients or Clients

59A-18.011Medical Plan of Treatment

59A-18.012Clinical Records

59A-18.013Administration of Drugs and Biologicals

59A-18.017Supplemental Staffing for Health Care Facilities

59A-18.018Emergency Management Plans

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose is to revise the rules in Chapter 59A-18, F.A.C., to reduce the regulatory burden for nurse registries and to update the rules to conform to law changes. The revisions remove the requirements for a full time administrator and for evidence of training for homemakers and companions, and remove the rules that are now in state laws and in the 59A-35 pertaining to licensing procedures and background screening. The revisions also add advanced registered nurse practitioners and physician assistants since they are permitted in Section 400.506(13)(a), F.S. to write orders and sign plans of treatment in addition to physicians; remove the rule on nursing records of assessments of clients served by home health aides and nursing assistants since the requirement for such assessments is no longer in law; replace screen prints from the Department of Health web site for written verification of licensing of independent contractors; and remove the reference to 400.509 for homemakers and companions in the definition of “nurse registry services” since the requirement for nurse registries to also register as homemaker companion services organizations was removed from the law. The rule on health statements is updated to state that the person is free from communicable disease that could be casually transmitted, as recommended by the Department of Health. A definition is added for satellite offices, additional offices in the same county as the main office of the nurse registry under the same license per Section 400.506(1), F.S. The updates correct the numbering of paragraphs of laws to conform to statutory numbering changes and web site addresses.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Nurse Registry Licensing and Standards.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 400.506, 400.497 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 400.506, 408.810, 400.488 FS.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

PLACE: Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building #3, Conference Room B, Tallahassee, FL 32308

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: Anne Menard, Home Care Unit, Bureau of Health Facility Regulation, [phone], [e-mail]. The preliminary text is at http://ahca.myflorida.com/homecare, select "Nurse Registry"

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