Morton Plant Hospital; MORTON PLANT Summary statement of the Agency’s decision: On January 17, 2007 the Agency received a Petition for Declaratory Statement (“Petition”) from Morton Plant Hospital Association, Inc., d/b/a/Morton Plant Hospital (“...

 

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Health Facility and Agency Licensing

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
59A-3.066: Licensure Procedure
59A-3.079: Codes and Standards to Be Used for Construction of Hospitals
59A-3.081: Physical Plant Requirements for General, Rehabilitation and Psychiatric Hospitals
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Agency for Health Care Administration has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Morton Plant Hospital on January 17, 2007. The following is a summary of the agency’s disposition of the petition:

MORTON PLANT Summary statement of the Agency’s decision: On January 17, 2007 the Agency received a Petition for Declaratory Statement (“Petition”) from Morton Plant Hospital Association, Inc., d/b/a/Morton Plant Hospital (“Morton Plant”). Morton Plant’s Petition requests that the Agency issue a declaratory statement pursuant to Section 120.565, Fla. Stat. (2006), advising Morton Plant as to the applicability of paragraph 59A-3.066(2)(e), and subsections 59A-3.079(3), 59A-3.081(11), Florida Administrative Code, to Morton Plant’s intended development of a freestanding emergency department at a location off the premises of Morton Plant Hospital. The Petition also asks “whether AHCA will add the proposed freestanding emergency department to Morton Plant’s Class I Hospital license as an offsite outpatient facility upon Morton Plant’s satisfaction of all applicable statutory and regulatory criteria” as set forth in the Petition. AHCA will add the proposed freestanding emergency department to Morton Plant’s Class I Hospital license as an offsite outpatient facility upon Morton Plant’s full and complete compliance to the Agency’s satisfaction of all statutory and regulatory criteria as stated in the Petition, provided that Morton Plant is also in compliance with all other applicable Florida and federal statutes and regulations. This Agency Declaratory Statement concerns only the authority the Agency has as of its issuance. Furthermore, this Declaratory Statement is only intended to apply to this specific party, in these specific circumstances as related in the Petition.

A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting Isabelle Kalms by phone at [phone]. Please refer all comments to: William Roberts, Office of General Counsel, 2727 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32308.