Florida Administrative Code

(1) Website. Each hospital shall make available to patients and prospective patients price transparency and patient billing information on its website regarding the availability of estimates of costs that may be incurred by the patient, financial assistance, billing practices, an…

(1) Each hospital must establish processes to obtain, manage, and utilize information to enhance and improve individual and organizational performance in patient care, governance, management, and support processes. Such processes must: (a) Be planned and designed to meet the hosp…

(1) General Provisions. Each hospital shall have a planned, systematic, hospital wide approach to the assessment, and improvement of its performance to enhance and improve the quality of health care provided to the public. (a) Such a system shall be based on the mission and plans…

(1) The licensee shall have a governing board responsible for the conduct of the hospital as a functioning institution. (2) The governing board shall be organized under written bylaws, rules and regulations which it reviews at least every two years, dates to indicate time of last…

(1) Each hospital shall be under the direction of a chief executive officer appointed by the governing board, who is responsible for the operation of the hospital in a manner commensurate with the authority conferred by the governing board. (2) The chief executive officer shall t…

(1) Each Class I and Class II hospital shall establish a mechanism whereby the next of kin of all patients who are deemed medically acceptable and who die in Florida hospitals are given the opportunity to consider the donation of organs, tissues and eyes for transplantation and r…

(1) Each hospital shall have an organized medical staff organized under written by-laws approved by the governing board and responsible to the governing board of the hospital for the quality of all health care provided to patients in the facility and for the ethical and professio…

(1) Each hospital shall develop, implement, and maintain a written preventive maintenance plan, in conjunction with the policies and procedures developed by the infection control committee, to ensure that the facility is maintained in accordance with the following: (a) The interi…

(1) Each hospital shall have a hospital safety committee to adopt, implement and monitor a comprehensive, hospital wide safety program. The committee's functions and responsibilities may be assumed by another hospital committee. The committee shall adopt written policies and proc…

(1) All rehabilitation, psychiatric, and substance abuse programs provided by hospitals shall provide to the patient: (a) An evaluation upon referral; (b) Establishment of goals; (c) Development of a plan of treatment, including discharge planning, in coordination with the referr…

Rulemaking Authority 395.1055 FS. Law Implemented 395.1055, 395.301 FS. History-New 9-4-95, Formerly 59A-3.232, Repealed 7-15-14.

(1) Every licensed hospital admitting or treating shall adopt and incorporate a policy that requires every staff member to report any case of actual or suspected child abuse or neglect pursuant to Chapter 39, F.S. (a) Each report of actual or suspected child abuse or neglect shal…

When a spontaneous fetal demise occurs after a gestation of less than 20 completed weeks, the health care facility identified in Section 383.33625(4), F.S., shall follow the provisions of that section and shall provide AHCA Form 3100-0006, January 2005, Notification of Dispositio…

Each hospital shall maintain written policies and procedures governing the maintenance of medical records for the treatment of preterm premature rupture of membranes, premature rupture of membranes, ectopic pregnancies, trophoblastic tumors, and other life-threatening conditions.…

Facilities desiring licensure under this rule shall follow the procedure as described in Rule 59A-3.066, F.A.C., and shall comply with the provisions of Rules 59A-3.300 through 59A-3.310, F.A.C., which establishes the minimum standards for licensure as a Class IV specialty hospit…

Rulemaking Authority 395.003, 395.1055 FS. Law Implemented 395.002, 395.003, 395.1055 FS. History-New 2-15-82, Formerly 10D-28.105, 59A-3.105, Repealed 3-16-16.

(1) Composition. The composition of the staff shall be determined by the needs of the patients being served and the goals of the facility, and shall have available a sufficient number of mental health professionals, health care workers, program staff and administrative personnel …

(1) General Requirements. The facility shall plan and provide an environment that is therapeutic to, and supportive of, all the patients in regard to their disturbances, their healthy development and their changing needs. The therapeutic environment shall take into consideration …

Services shall be designed to meet the needs of the emotionally disturbed patient and must conform to stated purposes and objectives of the program. (1) Intake and Admission. Every IRTF shall develop written policies and procedures governing the facilities intake and admissions p…

Rulemaking Authority 395.003, 395.0163, 395.1055 FS. Law Implemented 395.002, 395.1055 FS. History-New 2-15-82, Formerly 10D-28.111, 59A-3.111, Repealed 5-14-12.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(9), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(9) FS. History-New 1-23-95, Formerly 38F-54.002, Amended 10-11-06, Transferred to 69L-30.002.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(9), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(9) FS. History-New 1-23-95, Amended 6-8-95, Formerly 38F-54.003, Amended 10-11-06, Transferred to 69L-30.003.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(9), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(9) FS. History-New 1-23-95, Formerly 38F-54.004, Amended 10-11-06, Transferred to 69L-30.004.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(9), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(9) FS. History-New 1-23-95, Formerly 38F-54.005, Amended 10-11-06, Transferred to 69L-30.005.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(9), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(9) FS. History-New 1-23-95, Formerly 38F-54.006, Amended 10-11-06, Transferred to 69L-30.006.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(9), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(9) FS. History-New 1-23-95, Formerly 38F-54.007, Amended 10-11-06, Transferred to 69L-30.007.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(9), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(9) FS. History-New 1-23-95, Formerly 38F-54.008, Amended 10-11-06, Transferred to 69L-30.008.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(9), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(9) FS. History-New 1-23-95, Formerly 38F-54.009, Repealed 10-11-06.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(9), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(9) FS. History-New 1-23-95, Formerly 38F-54.010, Amended 10-11-06, Transferred to 69L-30.010.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7) FS. History-New 5-15-91, Amended 12-28-97, Formerly 38F-7.518, 38F-7.605, 4L-7.605, Amended 4-2-06, Repealed 11-28-06.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7)(e) FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7)(a) FS. History-New 11-28-06, Transferred to 69L-31.003.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7)(e) FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7)(b) FS. History-New 11-28-06, Transferred to 69L-31.004.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7)(e), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7) FS. History-New 11-28-06, Transferred to 69L-31.005.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7)(e), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7)(e) FS. History-New 11-28-06, Transferred to 69L-31.006.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7)(e), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7)(a) FS. History-New 11-28-06, Transferred to 69L-31.007.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7)(e), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7)(a), (b) FS. History-New 11-28-06, Transferred to 69L-31.008.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7)(e), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7)(b) FS. History-New 11-28-06, Transferred to 69L-31.009.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7)(b) FS. History-New 11-28-06, Transferred to 69L-31.010.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7)(e), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7)(c) FS. History-New 11-28-06, Transferred to 69L-31.011.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7)(e), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7) FS. History-New 11-28-06, Transferred to 69L-31.012.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7)(e), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7)(a), (c) FS. History-New 11-28-06, Transferred to 69L-31.013.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7)(e), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7)(b), 440.13(7)(c) FS. History-New 11-28-06, Transferred to 69L-31.014.

Rulemaking Authority 440.13(7)(e), 440.134(25)(e), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.13(7) FS. History-New 11-28-06, Transferred to 69L-31.015.

In addition to definitions contained in chapter 400, part X, F.S., the following definitions shall apply specifically to health care clinics. (1) "Licensee" means an individual, general partner of a limited partnership, general partnership, joint venture, limited liability compan…

(1) The applicant or licensee shall make application for an initial, change of ownership, or renewal license to operate a health care clinic and shall provide all of the information required by this rule and chapter 400, part X, F.S., on the Health Care Licensing Application, Hea…

Rulemaking Authority 400.9925 FS. Law Implemented 400.991, 400.992, 400.9935(9) FS. History-New 8-28-06, Repealed 5-16-12.

Rulemaking Authority 400.9925 FS. Law Implemented 400.991(4), (8), (9), 400.991(1) 400.9935(5), (11)(a), 400.995(1), (5) FS. History-New 8-28-06, Repealed 5-16-12.