Certificate of Need Exemption Procedure  

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    AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

    Certificate of Need

    RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

    59C-1.005Certificate of Need Exemption Procedure

    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. 44 No. 88, May 4, 2018 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

    59C-1.005 Certificate of Need Exemption Procedure

    (1) through (5) No change.

    (6) Project Specific Exemption Requests. In addition to meeting the requirements of subsections (1) and (2) of this rule, requests for exemption of certain projects must meet the additional requirements specified below:

    (a) through (i) No change.

    (j) The consolidation or combination of licensed nursing homes or transfer of beds between licensed nursing homes within the same planning subdistrict, by providers that operate multiple nursing homes within that same planning district, if there is no increase in the planning subdistrict total number of nursing home beds as a result of this project and the site of the relocation is not more than 30 miles from the original location. A request for exemption under this paragraph shall specify:

    1. through 3. No change.

    (k) through (l) No change.

    Rulemaking Authority 408.034(8), 408.15(8) FS. Law Implemented 408.036(3), (4) FS. History–New 1-1-77, Amended 6-5-79, 2-1-81, Formerly 10-5.05, Amended 11-17-87, 3-23-88, 1-31-91, Formerly 10-5.005, Amended 7-13-98, 4-2-01, 11-12-01, 8-18-05, 3-16-16,_____.