Florida Administrative Code

(1) Each PPEC center must develop, implement, and maintain written policies and procedures governing all child care and related medical or other services provided. (2) Child care policies and procedures must be developed, maintained and implemented by a group of professional PPEC…

A board certified pediatrician must serve as the medical director for the PPEC center. Responsibilities of the medical director include: (1) Periodic review of services to assure acceptable levels of quality of care and services. (2) Maintenance of a liaison role with the medical…

(1) A registered nurse (RN) will serve full-time as the Director of Nursing. The Director of Nursing must have at least the following qualifications: (a) Hold a current Florida registered nurse license. (b) Hold a current certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). (c) …

Each PPEC center must develop staff, parent and guardian training programs. (1) Staff training must include: (a) Quarterly staff development programs appropriate to the category of personnel. (b) Documentation of all staff development programs, and required participation. (c) Cur…

(1) A medical record must be developed at the time of admission, must be maintained for each child, signed by authorized personnel and contain at least the following: (a) A medical plan of treatment and a nursing protocol of care. (b) All details of the referral, admission, corre…

All PPEC centers must have a quality assurance program and must conduct quarterly reviews of the PPEC center's medical records for at least half of the children served by the PPEC center at the time of the quality assurance review. The quarterly review sample must be randomly sel…

Infection control requirements must include at least the following: (1) The PPEC center must have an isolation room with one (1) large glass area for observation of the child. (2) Isolation procedures must be used to prevent cross-infections. (3) All cribs and beds must be labele…

(1) All PPEC centers must conform to state standards prepared by the State Fire Marshal: Chapter 69A-36, F.A.C., Uniform Fire Safety Standards for Child Care Facilities, and must be inspected annually. A copy of the current annual fire inspection report, conducted by the local au…

Rulemaking Authority 395.037 FS. Law Implemented 395.0172 FS. History-New 2-18-92, Formerly 10D-111.002, Repealed 3-29-11.

Rulemaking Authority 395.1055 FS. Law Implemented 395.0199 FS. History-New 2-18-92, Formerly 10D-111.004, Amended 3-18-96, Repealed 3-29-11.

Rulemaking Authority 395.037 FS. Law Implemented 395.0172 FS. History-New 2-18-92, Formerly 10D-111.009, Repealed 3-29-11.

(1) The following terms are defined in Sections 429.901 and 429.918, F.S., and are applicable to this rule chapter: "ADRD Participant," "Adult Day Care Center," or "Center," "Agency," "Basic Services," "Department," "Multiple or Repeated Violations," "Operator," "Owner," "Partici…

(1) The Center shall have a Governing Authority which shall establish policies in compliance with this rule chapter. Governing Authority, as defined in this rule chapter, may consist of one or more people, and designation of its membership or composition shall be determined by th…

(1) The Center shall make a statement or summary statement of policies and procedures for Participant care available to Participants, to the responsible person, to the public, and to each member of the Center Staff. The statement or summary statement shall be displayed in a consp…

(1) Each Center shall offer a planned program of varied activities and services promoting and maintaining the health of Participants and encouraging leisure activities. Opportunities for interaction and communication among Participants shall be available on a daily basis at each …

(1) To be licensed as an Adult Day Care Center, the following minimum Basic Services shall be provided: (a) A protective environment that promotes a non-institutional atmosphere where supervision for the health, safety and well-being of adults who have Functional Impairments is p…

In addition to the minimum Basic Services, the Center may choose to provide Supportive and Optional Services. If provided, such services must be administered by Staff qualified to provide such services and within the criteria established by relevant Florida Statutes. The followin…

(1) The Owner or Operator shall establish, maintain and make available and ready for immediate use to the Agency, complete and accurate social, medical and fiscal records which fully disclose the extent of services to be maintained by the Center for a period of two years. (2) The…

(1) The center shall establish and maintain a record of all funds held in trust, if any, and the participant funds shall be kept separate from the center funds. Such funds shall be used or expended only at the request of the participant, the participant's representative, designee…

(1) The Center shall provide adequate, safe and sanitary facilities appropriate for the services provided by the Center and for the needs of the Participants. All Centers receiving federal funds shall meet regulations for access to the handicapped in compliance with the Americans…

Rulemaking Authority 429.917(1) FS. Law Implemented 429.917(1) FS. History-New 1-1-04, Amended 8-3-15, Formerly 58A-6.015, Amended 7-1-19, Repealed 3-5-24.

Rulemaking Authority 429.918(6)(b), 429.929(1) FS. Law Implemented 429.918(6)(a) FS. History-New 8-3-15, Formerly 58A-6.0151, Amended 7-1-19, Repealed 3-5-24.

(1) Definitions. (a) Facility. A free-standing building, a complex of adjoined buildings, pods, or wings, or a complex of separate or adjoined buildings located within one campus. (b) Client. A person with a spinal-cord or head injury, as specified in section 400.9973(3), Florida…

Rulemaking Authority 400.805, 408.819 FS. Law Implemented 400.805, 408.805, 408.819 FS. History-New 9-28-92, Amended 10-19-94, 5-24-98, 8-28-14, Repealed 9-6-18.

(1) The licensee must ensure proper nutritional care for its clients, whether provided by the licensee or a third party, and shall provide education and training in proper nutrition and planning and preparation of meals consistent with the individualized client rehabilitation pla…

Each transitional living facility licensee must establish and implement written policies designed to maintain the physical plant and overall transitional living facility environment to assure the safety and well-being of clients. Rulemaking Authority 400.9982 FS. Law Implemented …

(1) It is the responsibility of the licensee to ensure that individual unlicensed direct care service staff (UDC) who will be administering medication to clients meet all requirements of this rule. (2) UDC may administer only prescribed, prepackaged, premeasured oral, topical nas…

(1) Required medication administration training must include criteria to ensure that competency is demonstrated through validation of the qualification of the unlicensed direct care services staff (UDC) and all requirements of UDC specified in this rule chapter. (2) Medication ad…

Rulemaking Authority 400.497, 400.506 FS. Law Implemented 400.497, 400.506 FS. History-New 2-9-93, Amended 12-24-00, Repealed 5-14-12.

When used in this rule chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the term: (1) "AHCA" means Agency for Health Care Administration. (2) "Assistance with activities of daily living" means a certified nursing assistant or a home health aide providing an individual assistance w…

(1) In order to operate a nurse registry as defined under Section 400.462, F.S., the owner shall make application for a license on the Health Care Licensing Application, Nurse Registry, AHCA Form 3110-7004, March 2016, incorporated by reference and available at http://www.flrules…

(1) Each nurse registry shall disseminate the following rules and statutes to each applicable independent contractor at the time of registration. The rules and statutes may be provided by paper copy, by email or other means of electronic communication. (a) Registered nurses and l…

The administrator of the nurse registry shall: (1) Be a licensed physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a registered nurse, or an individual with training and experience in health service administration and at least one year of supervisory or administrative experience …

The registered nurse and the licensed practical nurse shall: (1) Be responsible for the clinical records for their patients. The clinical records shall be filed with the nurse registry, for each patient or client to whom they are giving care in the home or place of residence. Cli…

The certified nursing assistant (CNA) and the home health aide shall: (1) Be limited to assisting a patient in accordance with Section 400.506(6)(b), F.S.; (2) Be responsible for documenting services provided to the patient or client and for filing said documentation with the nur…

(1) The homemaker shall have the following responsibilities: (a) To maintain the home in the optimum state of cleanliness and safety depending upon the client's and the caregiver's resources; (b) To perform the functions generally undertaken by the natural homemaker, including su…

Policies for acceptance of patients or clients and termination of services to patients or clients shall include, for example, the following conditions: (1) No patient or client shall be refused service because of age, race, color, sex or national origin, pursuant to chapter 760, …

(1) When the delivery of skilled care to a patient in the home is under the direction or supervision of a physician or when a physician, physician's assistant or advanced practice registered nurse is responsible for the medical care of the patient, a medical plan of treatment mus…

The licensed nurse responsible for the delivery of skilled patient care shall maintain a clinical record, pursuant to Section 400.497(8), F.S., for each patient receiving nursing services in the home that shall include, at a minimum, the following: (1) Identification sheet contai…

(1) Each nurse registry shall disseminate to its independent contractor nurses the procedures required by Chapter 464, F.S., and the rules of the Agency for Health Care Administration governing the administration of drugs and biologicals to patients. (2) The procedures shall incl…

Rulemaking Authority 400.497, 400.506 FS. Law Implemented 400.481, 400.484, 400.506 FS. History-New 2-9-93, Amended 1-27-94, 12-24-00, 3-15-07, Repealed 5-14-12.

Rulemaking Authority 400.497, 400.506 FS. Law Implemented 400.497, 400.506 FS. History-New 2-9-93, Amended 1-27-94, 12-24-00, 3-15-07, Rpealed 5-14-12.

(1) Each nurse registry may provide staffing services as defined in Section 400.462(29), F.S. (2) Each independent contractor shall carry their professional license or certification with them at all times during their working hours at a health care facility, and shall produce suc…

(1) Pursuant to Section 400.506(12), F.S., each nurse registry shall prepare and maintain a written comprehensive emergency management plan, in accordance with the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan for Nurse Registries, AHCA Form 3110-1017, May 2015, incorporated by referen…

Rulemaking Authority 455.239, 455.25(2) FS. Law Implemented 455.236, 455.239, 455.241, 455.25 FS. History-New 3-10-94, Amended 9-15-96, Repealed 11-3-09.

Rulemaking Authority 400.497, 400.512 FS. Law Implemented 400.462, 400.512, 400.497 FS. History-New 1-5-95, Repealed 5-16-12.

Rulemaking Authority 400.512, 400.497 FS. Law Implemented 400.512, 400.497 FS. History-New 1-5-95, Repealed 5-16-12.

Rulemaking Authority 400.497, 400.512 FS. Law Implemented 400.497, 400.512 FS. History-New 1-5-95, Amended 1-30-96, Repealed 5-16-12.

Rulemaking Authority 400.497, 400.512 FS. Law Implemented 400.497, 400.512 FS. History-New 1-5-95, Amended 1-30-96, Amended 8-29-96, Repealed 5-16-12.

Rulemaking Authority 400.497, 400.512 FS. Law Implemented 400.497, 400.512 FS. History-New 1-5-95, Repealed 5-16-12.