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FL Stat § 400.0625 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities|Part II - Nursing Homes (Ss. 400.011-400.334)|400.0625 - Minimum standards for clinical laboratory test results and diagnostic X-ray results.

400.0625 Minimum standards for clinical laboratory test results and diagnostic X-ray results.—(1) Each nursing home, as a requirement for issuance or renewal of its license, shall require that all clinical laboratory tests performed for the nursing home be performed by a laboratory appropriately certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and the federal rules adopted thereunder, except for such self-testing procedures as are approved by the agency by rule.(2) Each nursing home, as a requirement for issuance or renewal of its license, shall establish minimum standards for acceptance of results of diagnostic X rays performed by or for the nursing home. Such minimum standards shall require licensure or registration of the source of ionizing radiation under the provisions of chapter 404. Diagnostic X-ray results which meet the minimum standards shall be accepted in lieu of routine examinations required upon admission and in lieu of diagnostic X rays which may be ordered by a physician for residents of the nursing home.History.—ss. 22, 28, ch. 82-182; ss. 10, 79, 81, 83, ch. 83-181; s. 26, ch. 83-215; s. 30, ch. 93-177; ss. 9, 49, ch. 93-217; s. 44, ch. 2018-24.Note.—Former s. 400.4175.
FL Stat § 400.0712 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities|Part II - Nursing Homes (Ss. 400.011-400.334)|400.0712 - Application for inactive license.

400.0712 Application for inactive license.—(1) As specified in this section, the agency may issue an inactive license to a nursing home facility for all or a portion of its beds. Any request by a licensee that a nursing home or portion of a nursing home become inactive must be submitted to the agency in the approved format. The facility may not initiate any suspension of services, notify residents, or initiate inactivity before receiving approval from the agency; and a licensee that violates this provision may not be issued an inactive license.(2) The agency may issue an inactive license to a nursing home that chooses to use an unoccupied contiguous portion of the facility for an alternative use to meet the needs of elderly persons through the use of less restrictive, less institutional services.(a) An inactive license issued under this subsection may be granted for a period not to exceed the current licensure expiration date but may be renewed by the agency at the time of licensure renewal.(b) A request to extend the inactive license must be submitted to the agency in the approved format and approved by the agency in writing.(c) Nursing homes that receive an inactive license to provide alternative services shall not receive preference for participation in the Assisted Living for the Elderly Medicaid waiver.(3) The agency shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 necessary to implement this section.History.—s. 1, ch. 2004-298; s. 61, ch. 2007-230; s. 102, ch. 2008-4; s. 37, ch. 2009-223.
FL Stat § 400.102 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities|Part II - Nursing Homes (Ss. 400.011-400.334)|400.102 - Action by agency against licensee; grounds.

400.102 Action by agency against licensee; grounds.—In addition to the grounds listed in part II of chapter 408, any of the following conditions shall be grounds for action by the agency against a licensee:(1) An intentional or negligent act materially affecting the health or safety of residents of the facility;(2) Misappropriation or conversion of the property of a resident of the facility;(3) Failure to follow the criteria and procedures provided under part I of chapter 394 relating to the transportation, voluntary admission, and involuntary examination of a nursing home resident; or(4) Fraudulent altering, defacing, or falsifying any medical or nursing home records, or causing or procuring any of these offenses to be committed.History.—s. 8, ch. 70-361; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 237, ch. 77-147; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 13, 79, 83, ch. 83-181; s. 30, ch. 93-177; ss. 12, 49, ch. 93-217; s. 35, ch. 96-169; s. 16, ch. 2001-45; s. 62, ch. 2007-230.
FL Stat § 400.111 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities|Part II - Nursing Homes (Ss. 400.011-400.334)|400.111 - Disclosure of controlling interest.

400.111 Disclosure of controlling interest.—In addition to the requirements of part II of chapter 408, the licensee shall submit a signed affidavit disclosing any financial or ownership interest that a controlling interest has held within the last 5 years in any entity licensed by the state or any other state to provide health or residential care which entity has closed voluntarily or involuntarily; has filed for bankruptcy; has had a receiver appointed; has had a license denied, suspended, or revoked; or has had an injunction issued against it which was initiated by a regulatory agency. The affidavit must disclose the reason such entity was closed, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.History.—s. 10, ch. 69-309; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 7, ch. 70-361; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 238, ch. 77-147; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 5, 9, ch. 79-268; ss. 6, 18, ch. 80-186; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 2, 19, ch. 82-148; ss. 14, 79, 83, ch. 83-181; s. 30, ch. 93-177; ss. 13, 49, ch. 93-217; s. 17, ch. 2001-45; s. 63, ch. 2007-230.
FL Stat § 400.118 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities|Part II - Nursing Homes (Ss. 400.011-400.334)|400.118 - Quality assurance; early warning system; monitoring; rapid response teams.

400.118 Quality assurance; early warning system; monitoring; rapid response teams.—(1) The agency shall establish an early warning system to detect conditions in nursing facilities that could be detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of residents. The early warning system shall include, but not be limited to, analysis of financial and quality-of-care indicators that would predict the need for the agency to take action pursuant to the authority set forth in this part.(2) The agency shall also create teams of experts that can function as rapid response teams to visit nursing facilities identified through the agency’s early warning system. Rapid response teams may visit facilities that request the agency’s assistance. The rapid response teams shall not be deployed for the purpose of helping a facility prepare for a regular survey.History.—s. 10, ch. 99-394; s. 17, ch. 2000-263; s. 18, ch. 2001-45; s. 38, ch. 2009-223.
FL Stat § 400.1183 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities|Part II - Nursing Homes (Ss. 400.011-400.334)|400.1183 - Resident grievance procedures.

400.1183 Resident grievance procedures.—(1) Every nursing home must have a grievance procedure available to its residents and their families. The grievance procedure must include:(a) An explanation of how to pursue redress of a grievance.(b) The names, job titles, and telephone numbers of the employees responsible for implementing the facility’s grievance procedure. The list must include the address and the toll-free telephone numbers of the ombudsman and the agency.(c) A simple description of the process through which a resident may, at any time, contact the toll-free telephone hotline of the ombudsman or the agency to report the unresolved grievance.(d) A procedure for providing assistance to residents who cannot prepare a written grievance without help.(2) Each nursing home facility shall maintain records of all grievances and a report, subject to agency inspection, of the total number of grievances handled, a categorization of the cases underlying the grievances, and the final disposition of the grievances.(3) Each facility must respond to the grievance within a reasonable time after its submission.(4) The agency may investigate any grievance at any time.History.—s. 19, ch. 2001-45; s. 64, ch. 2007-230; s. 5, ch. 2012-160.
FL Stat § 400.119 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities|Part II - Nursing Homes (Ss. 400.011-400.334)|400.119 - Confidentiality of records and meetings of risk management and quality assurance committees.

400.119 Confidentiality of records and meetings of risk management and quality assurance committees.—(1) Incident reports filed with the risk manager and administrator of a long-term care facility licensed under this part or part I of chapter 429, notifications of the occurrence of an adverse incident, and adverse incident reports from the facility are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.(2)(a) The meetings of an internal risk management and quality assurance committee of a long-term care facility licensed under this part or part I of chapter 429 are exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution.(b) Records of those meetings are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.(3)(a) If the Agency for Health Care Administration has a reasonable belief that conduct by a staff member or employee of a facility is criminal activity or grounds for disciplinary action by a regulatory board, the agency may disclose records made confidential and exempt pursuant to this section to the appropriate law enforcement agency or regulatory board.(b) Records disclosed to a law enforcement agency remain confidential and exempt until criminal charges are filed.(4) Records made confidential and exempt under this section and that are obtained by a regulatory board are not available to the public as part of the record of investigation and prosecution in a disciplinary proceeding made available to the public by the agency or the appropriate regulatory board. However, the agency or the appropriate regulatory board shall make available, upon request by a health care professional against whom probable cause has been found, any such records that form the basis of the determination of probable cause.History.—s. 1, ch. 2001-44; s. 59, ch. 2002-1; s. 1, ch. 2006-110; s. 25, ch. 2006-197.
FL Stat § 400.1413 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities|Part II - Nursing Homes (Ss. 400.011-400.334)|400.1413 - Volunteers in nursing homes.

400.1413 Volunteers in nursing homes.—(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the involvement of volunteers in nursing homes in this state. The Legislature also acknowledges that the licensee is responsible for all the activities that take place in the nursing home and recognizes the licensee’s need to be aware of and coordinate volunteer activities in the nursing home. Therefore, a nursing home may require that volunteers:(a) Sign in and out with staff of the nursing home upon entering or leaving the facility.(b) Wear an identification badge while in the building.(c) Participate in a facility orientation and training program.(2) This section does not affect the activities of state or local long-term care ombudsman councils authorized under part I.History.—s. 23, ch. 2001-45.
FL Stat § 400.1415 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities|Part II - Nursing Homes (Ss. 400.011-400.334)|400.1415 - Patient records; penalties for alteration.

400.1415 Patient records; penalties for alteration.—(1) Any person who fraudulently alters, defaces, or falsifies any medical record or releases medical records for the purposes of solicitation or marketing the sale of goods or services absent a specific written release or authorization permitting utilization of patient information, or other nursing home record, or causes or procures any of these offenses to be committed, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.(2) A conviction under subsection (1) is also grounds for restriction, suspension, or termination of license privileges.History.—s. 5, ch. 93-217; s. 7, ch. 99-394; s. 11, ch. 2001-222; s. 142, ch. 2001-277.Note.—Former s. 400.0231.
FL Stat § 400.142 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities|Part II - Nursing Homes (Ss. 400.011-400.334)|400.142 - Emergency medication kits; orders not to resuscitate.

400.142 Emergency medication kits; orders not to resuscitate.—(1) Other provisions of this chapter or of chapter 465, chapter 499, or chapter 893 to the contrary notwithstanding, each nursing home operating pursuant to a license issued by the agency may maintain an emergency medication kit for the purpose of storing medicinal drugs to be administered under emergency conditions to residents residing in such facility.(2) The agency shall adopt such rules as it may deem appropriate to the effective implementation of this act, including, but not limited to, rules which:(a) Define the term “emergency medication kit.”(b) Describe the medicinal drugs eligible to be placed in emergency medication kits.(c) Establish requirements for the storing of medicinal drugs in emergency medication kits and the maintenance of records with respect thereto.(d) Establish requirements for the administration of medicinal drugs to residents under emergency conditions from emergency medication kits.(3) Facility staff may withhold or withdraw cardiopulmonary resuscitation if presented with an order not to resuscitate executed pursuant to s. 401.45. Facility staff and facilities are not subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability, or considered to have engaged in negligent or unprofessional conduct, for withholding or withdrawing cardiopulmonary resuscitation pursuant to such order. The absence of an order not to resuscitate executed pursuant to s. 401.45 does not preclude a physician from withholding or withdrawing cardiopulmonary resuscitation as otherwise permitted by law.History.—ss. 40, 83, ch. 83-181; s. 30, ch. 93-177; ss. 32, 49, ch. 93-217; s. 3, ch. 99-331; s. 2, ch. 2000-295; s. 7, ch. 2012-160.Note.—Former s. 400.3221.
FL Stat § 400.148 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities|Part II - Nursing Homes (Ss. 400.011-400.334)|400.148 - Medicaid “Up-or-Out” Quality of Care Contract Management Program.

400.148 Medicaid “Up-or-Out” Quality of Care Contract Management Program.—(1) The Legislature finds that the federal Medicare program has implemented successful models of managing the medical and supportive-care needs of long-term nursing home residents. These programs have maintained the highest practicable level of good health and have the potential to reduce the incidence of preventable illnesses among long-stay residents of nursing homes, thereby increasing the quality of care for residents and reducing the number of lawsuits against nursing homes. Such models are operated at no cost to the state. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Agency for Health Care Administration replicate such oversight for Medicaid recipients in poor-performing nursing homes and in assisted living facilities and nursing homes that are experiencing disproportionate numbers of lawsuits, with the goal of improving the quality of care in such homes or facilitating the revocation of licensure.(2) The pilot project must ensure:(a) Oversight and coordination of all aspects of a resident’s medical care and stay in a nursing home;(b) Facilitation of close communication between the resident, the resident’s guardian or legal representative, the resident’s attending physician, the resident’s family, and staff of the nursing facility;(c) Frequent onsite visits to the resident;(d) Early detection of medical or quality problems that have the potential to lead to adverse outcomes and unnecessary hospitalization;(e) Close communication with regulatory staff;(f) Immediate investigation of resident quality-of-care complaints and communication and cooperation with the appropriate entity to address those complaints, including the ombudsman, state agencies, agencies responsible for Medicaid program integrity, and local law enforcement agencies;(g) Assistance to the resident or the resident’s representative to relocate the resident if quality-of-care issues are not otherwise addressed; and(h) Use of Medicare and other third-party funds to support activities of the program, to the extent possible.(3) The agency shall model the pilot project activities after such Medicare-approved demonstration projects.(4) The agency may contract to provide similar oversight services to Medicaid recipients.(5) The agency shall, jointly with the Office of Public and Professional Guardians, develop a system in the pilot project areas to identify Medicaid recipients who are residents of a participating nursing home or assisted living facility who have diminished ability to make their own decisions and who do not have relatives or family available to act as guardians in nursing homes listed on the Nursing Home Guide Watch List. The agency and the Office of Public and Professional Guardians shall give such residents priority for publicly funded guardianship services.History.—s. 25, ch. 2001-45; s. 107, ch. 2010-102; s. 32, ch. 2016-40.
FL Stat § 400.151 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities|Part II - Nursing Homes (Ss. 400.011-400.334)|400.151 - Contracts.

400.151 Contracts.—(1) The presence of each resident in a facility shall be covered by a contract, executed by the licensee and the resident or his or her designee or legal representative at the time of admission or prior thereto and at the expiration of the term of a previous contract, and modified by the licensee and the resident or his or her designee or legal representative at the time the source of payment for the resident’s care changes. Each party to the contract is entitled to a duplicate original thereof, printed in boldfaced type, and the licensee shall keep on file all contracts which it has with residents. The licensee may not destroy or otherwise dispose of any such contract until 5 years after its expiration or such longer period as may be provided in the rules of the agency. Microfilmed records or records reproduced by a similar process of duplication may be kept in lieu of the original records.(2) Each contract to which this section applies shall contain express provisions specifically setting forth the services and accommodations to be provided by the licensee, the rates or charges therefor, bed reservation and refund policies, and any other matters which the parties deem appropriate. The licensee shall attach to the contract a list of services and supplies available but not covered by the per diem rate of the facility or by Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and the standard charge to the resident for each item. The licensee shall provide written notification to each party to the contract of any changes in any attachment thereto, no fewer than 14 days in advance of the effective date of those changes. The agency shall specify by rule an alternative method for notification of changes in the cost of supplies. If the resident is a party to the contract, the licensee shall provide him or her with a written and oral notification of the changes.History.—s. 14, ch. 69-309; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 13, ch. 70-361; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 10, 18, ch. 80-186; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 19, 79, 83, ch. 83-181; s. 46, ch. 85-81; s. 30, ch. 93-177; ss. 19, 49, ch. 93-217; s. 767, ch. 95-148.
FL Stat § 400.165 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities|Part II - Nursing Homes (Ss. 400.011-400.334)|400.165 - Itemized resident billing, form and content prescribed by the agency.

400.165 Itemized resident billing, form and content prescribed by the agency.—(1) Within 7 days following discharge or release from a nursing home, or within 7 days after the earliest date at which the cost of all goods or services provided on behalf of the resident are billed to the facility, the nursing home shall submit to the resident, or to his or her survivor or legal guardian, an itemized statement detailing in language comprehensible to an ordinary layperson the specific nature of charges or expenses incurred by the resident. The initial billing shall contain a statement of specific services received and expenses incurred for such items of service, enumerating in detail the constituent components of the services received within each department of the nursing home and including unit price data on rates charged by the nursing home as may be prescribed by the agency.(2) Each statement shall:(a) Not include charges of nursing home-based physicians if billed separately.(b) Not include any generalized category of expenses such as “other” or “miscellaneous” or similar categories.(c) List drugs by brand or generic name and may not refer to drug code numbers when referring to drugs of any sort.(d) Specifically identify therapy treatment as to the date, type, and length of treatment when therapy treatment is a part of the statement. The person receiving a statement pursuant to this section shall be fully and accurately informed as to each charge and service provided by the institution preparing the statement.(3) On each itemized statement there shall appear the words “A FOR-PROFIT (or NOT-FOR-PROFIT or PUBLIC) NURSING HOME LICENSED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA” or substantially similar words sufficient to identify clearly and plainly the ownership status of the nursing home.(4) In any billing for services subsequent to the initial billing for such services, the resident, or the resident’s survivor or legal guardian, may elect, at his or her option, to receive a copy of the detailed statement of specific services received and expenses incurred for each such item of service as provided in subsection (1).(5) No physician, dentist, or nursing home may add to the price charged by any third party except for a service or handling charge representing a cost actually incurred as an item of expense; however, the physician, dentist, or nursing home is entitled to fair compensation for all professional services rendered. The amount of the service or handling charge, if any, shall be set forth clearly in the bill to the resident.History.—ss. 22, 27, ch. 82-182; ss. 21, 79, 81, 83, ch. 83-181; s. 30, ch. 93-177; ss. 21, 49, ch. 93-217; s. 769, ch. 95-148.Note.—Former s. 400.425.