Notice of Change/Withdrawal
Division of Emergency Preparedness and Community Support
RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
64J-1.014 Records and Reports
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 41, No. 233, December 3, 2015 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
Said changes are in response to written comments submitted by the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee staff:
64J-1.014 Records and Reports.
(1) through (2) No change.
(3) The abbreviated patient care record shall include all known information listed below and the known information defined under subsection 64J-1.001(14), F.A.C.;:
(a) through (n) No change.
(4) Non-transporting vehicle personnel shall provide an abbreviated patient care record or oral verbal report with known information pertinent to the patient’s identification, patient assessment and care provided to the patient to the transporting vehicle personnel at the time the responsibility of the patient is transferred to the transporting service.
(5) through (11) No change.
(12) Each EMS provider may document and submit to the department an electronic patient care record in accordance with the data format and time frame specified in the Emergency Medical Services Tracking and Reporting System (EMSTARS) Data Dictionary, Version 1.4.1 1.4 (September 1, 2009) at http://www.floridaemstars.com/docs/FloridaEMSDataDictionary_V_1_4.pdf, and as specified in Florida’s Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Tracking & Reporting System Program Manual for Florida EMS Data Dictionary version 1.4.1, Version 2 (February 2, 2016), until Decemember 31, 2016 or an EMS provider may document and submit to the department an electronic patient care record in accordance with the EMSTARS Data Standards Dictionary, Version 3 (October 16, 2015) at http://www.floridaemstars.com/docs/flemstarsdatadictionaryvers301.pdf, concurrently or after December 31, 2016. Both EMSTARS versions and the manual are incorporated by reference and available from the department at, http://www.floridaemstars.com/docs/FloridaEMSDataDictionary_V_1_4.pdf, http://www.floridaemstars.com/docs/flemstarsdatadictionaryvers301.pdf and http://www.floridaemstars.com/docs/EMSTARSProgram.pdf; and also available at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-####, http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-#### and http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-####, respectively.
(13) If the provider fails to submit electronic patient care records in accordance with the format and time frame specified in the EMSTARS Version 1.4.1 1.4. or Version 3, the provider must document and submit to the department, the information contained on DH Form 1304, (May 2002), “EMS Aggregate Prehospital Report and Provider Profile Information Form.”, which is incorporated by reference and available from the department. Terms in DH Form 1304 are as defined and required as specified in DHP 150-445, (May 2002), “Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Section Oversight Instruction Manual for the: EMS Aggregate Pre-Hhospital and Provider Profile Information Form (DH 1304).” Both documents are , which is incorporated by reference and available from the department at http://www.floridahealth.gov/statistics-and-data/prehospital-data-collection-and-reporting-system/_documents/aggregate-pre-hospital-quarterly-report-form-1304.pdf and http://www.floridahealth.gov/statistics-and-data/prehospital-data-collection-and-reporting-system/_documents/ems-aggregate-pre-hospital-and-provider-instruct-manual-dhp150-445.pdf; and also available at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-#### and http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-####, respectively.
(a) through (b) No change.
(14) No change.
Rulemaking Authority 381.0011, 395.405, 401.30, 401.35 FS. Law Implemented 381.001, 381.0205, 395.401-.405, 401.23, 401.25, 401.27, 401.30, 401.35, 401.411 FS. History–New 11-29-82, Amended 4-26-84, 3-11-85, Formerly 10D-66.60, Amended 11-2-86, 4-12-88, 8-3-88, 12-10-92, 11-30-93, 12-10-95, 1-26-97, Formerly 10D-66.060, Amended 7-14-99, 2-20-00, 4-15-01, 11-3-02, 10-24-05, Formerly 64E-2.01, Amended .
