AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Health Facility and Agency Licensing
RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
59A-36.006Admission Procedures, Appropriateness of Placement and Continued Residency Criteria
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. 50 No. 102, May 23, 2024 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
59A-36.006 Admission Procedures, Appropriateness of Placement and Continued Residency Criteria.
(1) ADMISSION CRITERIA.
(a) An individual must meet the following minimum criteria in order to be admitted to a facility holding a standard, limited nursing services, or limited mental health license:
1. No change
2. Be free from signs and symptoms of any communicable disease that may be transmitted to other residents or staff. However, an evaluated by a health care practitioner for signs and symptoms of communicable disease An individual who has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or exhibits signs or symptoms of or has been diagnosed with an infectious disease that can be spread through droplet or airborne transmission, at the discretion of the facility, may be admitted to the facility if appropriate precautions are implemented by facility staff and, provided that the individual would otherwise be eligible for admission according to this rule. In addition, an individual that exhibits signs or symptoms of or has been diagnosed with a respiratory illness that can be spread through droplet transmission, may be admitted, at the administrator’s discretion, if appropriate droplet precautions are implemented by facility staff. Appropriate droplet precautions include recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommendations from the local county health department, and the facility’s infection prevention and control policies and procedures at the time of the individual’s admission. The individual must otherwise be eligible for admission according to this rule.
3. through 15. No change
(b) through (e) No change
(2) through (6) No change
Rulemaking Authority 429.07, 429.41 FS. Law Implemented 429.07, 429.26, 429.28, 429.41 FS. History–New 9-17-84, Formerly 10A-5.181, Amended 10-20-86, 6-21-88, 8-15-90, 9-30-92, Formerly 10A-5.0181, Amended 10‑30‑95, 6‑2-96, 10-17-99, 7-30-06, 10-9-06, 4-15-10, 10-14-10, 4-17-14, 5-10-18, Formerly 58A-5.0181, 7-1-19, Amended 10-7-21, Amended _______.
