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FL Stat § 395.3038 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part I - Hospitals and Other Licensed Facilities (Ss. 395.001-395.3041)|395.3038 - State-listed stroke centers; notification of hospitals.

395.3038 State-listed stroke centers; notification of hospitals.—(1) The agency shall make available on its website and to the department a list of the name and address of each hospital that is certified by a nationally recognized certifying organization as an acute stroke ready center, a primary stroke center, a thrombectomy-capable stroke center, or a comprehensive stroke center. The list of stroke centers must include only those hospitals that have submitted documentation to the agency verifying their certification as an acute stroke ready center, a primary stroke center, a thrombectomy-capable stroke center, or a comprehensive stroke center, which may include, but is not limited to, any stroke center that offers and performs mechanical endovascular therapy consistent with the standards identified by a nationally recognized guidelines-based organization approved by the agency. Each hospital that has attested in an affidavit to the agency that it meets the criteria in this subsection must be certified by a nationally recognized accrediting organization by July 1, 2021.(2)(a) If a hospital no longer chooses to be certified by a nationally recognized certifying organization or has not attained certification consistent with the criteria in subsection (1) as an acute stroke ready center, a primary stroke center, a thrombectomy-capable stroke center, or a comprehensive stroke center, the hospital shall notify the agency and the agency shall immediately remove the hospital from the list of stroke centers.(b)1. This subsection does not apply if the hospital is unable to provide stroke treatment services for a period of time not to exceed 2 months. The hospital shall immediately notify all local emergency medical services providers when the temporary unavailability of stroke treatment services begins and when the services resume.2. If stroke treatment services are unavailable for more than 2 months, the agency shall remove the hospital from the list of stroke centers until the hospital notifies the agency that stroke treatment services have been resumed.(3) This act is not a medical practice guideline and may not be used to restrict the authority of a hospital to provide services for which it is licensed under chapter 395. The Legislature intends that all patients be treated individually based on each patient’s needs and circumstances.History.—s. 3, ch. 2004-325; s. 3, ch. 2013-93; s. 1, ch. 2017-172; s. 1, ch. 2019-135.
FL Stat § 395.30381 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part I - Hospitals and Other Licensed Facilities (Ss. 395.001-395.3041)|395.30381 - Statewide stroke registry.

395.30381 Statewide stroke registry.—(1) Subject to a specific appropriation, the department shall contract with a private entity to establish and maintain a statewide stroke registry to ensure that the stroke performance measures required to be submitted under subsection (2) are maintained and available for use to improve or modify the stroke care system, ensure compliance with standards and nationally recognized guidelines, and monitor stroke patient outcomes.(2) Each acute stroke ready center, primary stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center, and comprehensive stroke center shall regularly report to the statewide stroke registry information containing nationally recognized stroke performance measures.(3) The department shall require the contracted private entity to use a nationally recognized platform to collect data from each stroke center on the stroke performance measures required in subsection (2). The contracted private entity shall provide regular reports to the department on the data collected.(4) A liability of any kind or character for damages or other relief shall not arise or be enforced against any acute stroke ready center, primary stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center, or comprehensive stroke center by reason of having provided such information to the statewide stroke registry.History.—s. 2, ch. 2017-172; s. 2, ch. 2019-135.
FL Stat § 395.3039 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part I - Hospitals and Other Licensed Facilities (Ss. 395.001-395.3041)|395.3039 - Advertising restrictions.

395.3039 Advertising restrictions.—A person may not advertise to the public, by way of any medium whatsoever, that a hospital is a state-listed stroke center unless the hospital has submitted documentation to the agency verifying that it is certified and meets the criteria as required in s. 395.3038.History.—s. 4, ch. 2004-325; s. 3, ch. 2019-135.
FL Stat § 395.3041 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part I - Hospitals and Other Licensed Facilities (Ss. 395.001-395.3041)|395.3041 - Emergency medical services providers; triage and transportation of stroke victims to a stroke center.

395.3041 Emergency medical services providers; triage and transportation of stroke victims to a stroke center.—(1) By June 1 of each year, the department shall send the list of acute stroke ready centers, primary stroke centers, thrombectomy-capable stroke centers, and comprehensive stroke centers to the medical director of each licensed emergency medical services provider in the state.(2) The department shall develop a sample stroke-triage assessment tool. The department must post this sample assessment tool on its website and provide a copy of the assessment tool to each licensed emergency medical services provider. Each licensed emergency medical services provider must use a stroke-triage assessment tool that is substantially similar to the sample stroke-triage assessment tool provided by the department.(3) The medical director of each licensed emergency medical services provider shall develop and implement assessment, treatment, and transport-destination protocols for stroke patients with the intent to assess, treat, and transport stroke patients to the most appropriate hospital. Such protocols must consider the capability of an emergency receiving facility to improve outcomes for those patients suspected of having an emergent large vessel occlusion.(4) Each emergency medical services provider licensed under chapter 401 must comply with this section.History.—s. 5, ch. 2004-325; s. 3, ch. 2017-172; s. 4, ch. 2019-135.
FL Stat § 395.4015 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part II - Trauma (Ss. 395.40-395.51)|395.4015 - State regional trauma planning; trauma regions.

395.4015 State regional trauma planning; trauma regions.—(1) The department shall establish a state trauma system plan. As part of the state trauma system plan, the department shall establish trauma regions that cover all geographical areas of the state and have boundaries that are coterminous with the boundaries of the regional domestic security task forces established under s. 943.0312. These regions may serve as the basis for the development of department-approved local or regional trauma plans. However, the delivery of trauma services by or in coordination with a trauma agency established before July 1, 2004, may continue in accordance with public and private agreements and operational procedures entered into as provided in s. 395.401.(2) The department shall consider the advice and recommendations of any affected local or regional trauma agency in developing the state trauma system plan.(3) The department shall use the state trauma system plan as the basis for establishing a statewide inclusive trauma system.History.—s. 5, ch. 87-399; s. 2, ch. 88-186; s. 1, ch. 88-303; s. 5, ch. 89-275; ss. 36, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 3, ch. 2000-189; s. 5, ch. 2004-259.Note.—Former s. 395.032.
FL Stat § 395.403 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part II - Trauma (Ss. 395.40-395.51)|395.403 - Reimbursement of trauma centers.

1395.403 Reimbursement of trauma centers.—(1) All verified trauma centers shall be considered eligible to receive state funding when state funds are specifically appropriated for state-sponsored trauma centers in the General Appropriations Act. Effective July 1, 2010, the department shall make payments from the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund under s. 20.435 to the trauma centers. Payments shall be in equal amounts for the trauma centers approved by the department as of July 1 of the fiscal year in which funding is appropriated. In the event a trauma center does not maintain its status as a trauma center for any state fiscal year in which such funding is appropriated, the trauma center shall repay the state for the portion of the year during which it was not a trauma center.(2) Trauma centers eligible to receive distributions from the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund under s. 20.435 in accordance with subsection (1) may request that such funds be used as intergovernmental transfer funds in the Medicaid program.(3) In order to receive state funding, a hospital must be a verified trauma center and shall:(a) Agree to conform to all departmental requirements as provided by rule to assure high-quality trauma services.(b) Agree to report trauma data to the National Trauma Data Bank.(c) Agree to accept all trauma patients, regardless of ability to pay, on a functional space-available basis.(4) A trauma center that fails to comply with any of the conditions listed in subsection (3) or the applicable rules of the department may not receive payments under this section for the period in which it was not in compliance.History.—ss. 7, 15, ch. 90-284; s. 79, ch. 91-282; s. 92, ch. 92-33; ss. 39, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 19, ch. 98-89; s. 8, ch. 2004-259; s. 10, ch. 2010-161; s. 7, ch. 2018-66.1Note.—Section 14, ch. 2018-66, provides that “[i]f the provisions of this act relating to s. 395.4025(16), Florida Statutes, are held to be invalid or inoperative for any reason, the remaining provisions of this act shall be deemed to be void and of no effect, it being the legislative intent that this act as a whole would not have been adopted had any provision of the act not been included.”Note.—Former s. 395.034.
FL Stat § 395.404 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part II - Trauma (Ss. 395.40-395.51)|395.404 - Reporting of trauma data; report to National Trauma Data Bank.

1395.404 Reporting of trauma data; report to National Trauma Data Bank.—(1) Each trauma center shall participate in the National Trauma Data Bank, and the department shall solely use the National Trauma Data Bank for quality and assessment purposes.(2) Each trauma center and acute care hospital shall report to the department all transfers of trauma patients and the outcomes for such patients.(3) Each trauma center and acute care hospital shall report to the department’s brain and spinal cord injury central registry, consistent with the procedures and timeframes of s. 381.74, any person who has a moderate-to-severe brain or spinal cord injury, and shall include in the report the name, age, residence, and type of disability of the individual and any additional information that the department finds necessary.History.—s. 7, ch. 87-399; s. 3, ch. 88-186; s. 1, ch. 88-303; s. 10, ch. 90-344; ss. 41, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 3, ch. 94-324; s. 4, ch. 95-387; s. 28, ch. 95-398; s. 219, ch. 96-406; s. 16, ch. 2000-153; s. 21, ch. 2002-22; s. 25, ch. 2004-350; s. 59, ch. 2005-2; s. 9, ch. 2018-66.1Note.—Section 14, ch. 2018-66, provides that “[i]f the provisions of this act relating to s. 395.4025(16), Florida Statutes, are held to be invalid or inoperative for any reason, the remaining provisions of this act shall be deemed to be void and of no effect, it being the legislative intent that this act as a whole would not have been adopted had any provision of the act not been included.”Note.—Former s. 395.035.
FL Stat § 395.405 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part II - Trauma (Ss. 395.40-395.51)|395.405 - Rulemaking.

395.405 Rulemaking.—The department shall adopt and enforce all rules necessary to administer ss. 395.401, 395.4015, 395.402, 395.4025, 395.403, 395.404, and 395.4045.History.—s. 7, ch. 89-275; s. 17, ch. 89-283; s. 2, ch. 90-187; s. 1, ch. 90-192; s. 8, ch. 90-284; ss. 43, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 6, ch. 2000-189; s. 36, ch. 2009-223.Note.—Former s. 395.037.
FL Stat § 395.51 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part II - Trauma (Ss. 395.40-395.51)|395.51 - Confidentiality and quality assurance activities of trauma agencies.

395.51 Confidentiality and quality assurance activities of trauma agencies.—(1) All information which is confidential by operation of law and which is obtained by a local or regional trauma agency or a panel or committee assembled by a local or regional trauma agency pursuant to s. 395.50, shall retain its confidential status and be exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.(2) All information which is confidential by operation of law and which is obtained by a hospital or emergency medical services provider from a local or regional trauma agency or a panel or committee assembled by a local or regional trauma agency pursuant to s. 395.50, shall retain its confidential status and shall be exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.(3) Portions of meetings, proceedings, reports, and records of a local or regional trauma agency, or a panel or committee assembled by a local or regional trauma agency pursuant to this chapter, which relate solely to patient care quality assurance are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 286.011, and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution and are confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, respectively. Patient care quality assurance, for the purpose of this section, shall include consideration of specific persons, cases, incidents relevant to the performance of quality control, and system evaluation.History.—s. 4, ch. 94-260; s. 220, ch. 96-406.
FL Stat § 395.603 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part III - Rural Hospitals (Ss. 395.602-395.6061)|395.603 - Rural hospital impact statement.

395.603 Rural hospital impact statement.—In formulating and implementing policies and rules that may have significant impact on the ability of rural hospitals to continue to provide health care services in rural communities, the agency, the department, or the respective regulatory board adopting policies or rules regarding the licensure or certification of health care professionals shall provide a rural hospital impact statement. The rural hospital impact statement shall assess the proposed action in light of the following questions:(1) Do the health personnel affected by the proposed action currently practice in rural hospitals or are they likely to in the near future?(2) What are the current numbers of the affected health personnel in this state, their geographic distribution, and the number practicing in rural hospitals?(3) What are the functions presently performed by the affected health personnel, and are such functions presently performed in rural hospitals?(4) What impact will the proposed action have on the ability of rural hospitals to recruit the affected personnel to practice in their facilities?(5) What impact will the proposed action have on the limited financial resources of rural hospitals through increased salaries and benefits necessary to recruit or retain such health personnel?(6) Is there a less stringent requirement which could apply to practice in rural hospitals?(7) Will this action create staffing shortages, which could result in a loss to the public of health care services in rural hospitals or result in closure of any rural hospitals?History.—s. 8, ch. 89-527; s. 1, ch. 90-192; ss. 46, 47, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 98, ch. 97-101; s. 39, ch. 2018-24; s. 7, ch. 2018-112.Note.—Former s. 395.103.
FL Stat § 395.6061 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part III - Rural Hospitals (Ss. 395.602-395.6061)|395.6061 - Rural hospital capital improvement.

395.6061 Rural hospital capital improvement.—There is established a rural hospital capital improvement grant program.(1) A rural hospital as defined in s. 395.602 may apply to the department for a grant. The grant application must provide information that includes:(a) A statement indicating the problem the rural hospital proposes to solve with the grant funds;(b) The strategy proposed to resolve the problem;(c) The organizational structure, financial system, and facilities that are essential to the proposed solution;(d) The projected longevity of the proposed solution after the grant funds are expended;(e) Evidence of participation in a rural health network as defined in s. 381.0406;(f) Evidence that the rural hospital has difficulty in obtaining funding or that funds available for the proposed solution are inadequate;(g) Evidence that the grant funds will assist in maintaining or returning the hospital to an economically stable condition or that any plan for closure or realignment of services will involve development of innovative alternatives for the discontinued services;(h) Evidence of a satisfactory record-keeping system to account for grant fund expenditures within the rural county;(i) A rural health network plan that includes a description of how the plan was developed, the goals of the plan, the links with existing health care providers under the plan, indicators quantifying the hospital’s financial well-being, measurable outcome targets, and the current physical and operational condition of the hospital.(2) Each rural hospital as defined in s. 395.602 shall receive a minimum of $100,000 annually, subject to legislative appropriation, upon application to the Department of Health, for projects to acquire, repair, improve, or upgrade systems, facilities, or equipment.(3) Any remaining funds shall annually be disbursed to rural hospitals in accordance with this section. The Department of Health shall establish, by rule, criteria for awarding grants for any remaining funds, which must be used exclusively for the support and assistance of rural hospitals as defined in s. 395.602, including criteria relating to the level of uncompensated care rendered by the hospital, the participation in a rural health network as defined in s. 381.0406, and the proposed use of the grant by the rural hospital to resolve a specific problem. The department must consider any information submitted in an application for the grants in accordance with subsection (1) in determining eligibility for and the amount of the grant, and none of the individual items of information by itself may be used to deny grant eligibility.(4) The department shall ensure that the funds are used solely for the purposes specified in this section. The total grants awarded pursuant to this section shall not exceed the amount appropriated for this program.History.—s. 1, ch. 99-209.
FL Stat § 395.7016 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part IV - Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund (Ss. 395.701-395.7017)|395.7016 - Annual appropriation.

395.7016 Annual appropriation.—The Legislature shall appropriate each fiscal year from either the General Revenue Fund or the Agency for Health Care Administration Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund an amount sufficient to replace the funds lost due to the reduction by chapter 2000-256, Laws of Florida, in the assessment on hospitals under s. 395.701 and to maintain federal approval of the reduced amount of funds deposited into the Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund under s. 395.701 as state match for the state’s Medicaid program.History.—s. 20, ch. 2000-256; s. 7, ch. 2020-156.
FL Stat § 395.7017 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part IV - Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund (Ss. 395.701-395.7017)|395.7017 - Rulemaking authority.

395.7017 Rulemaking authority.—The agency may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536 and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this part, which shall include the authority to define terms and determine the date of imposition and the determination of the process for determination, collection, and imposition of the Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund assessment and related fines.History.—s. 1, ch. 2009-55.
FL Stat § 395.805 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part V - Family Practice Teaching Hospitals (Ss. 395.805-395.807)|395.805 - Definitions.

395.805 Definitions.—As used in this act, the term:(1) “Agency” means the Agency for Health Care Administration.(2) “Family practice teaching hospital” means a freestanding, community-based hospital licensed under this chapter that offers a 3-year family practice residency program accredited through the Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education or the Council on Postdoctoral Training of the American Osteopathic Association.History.—s. 2, ch. 94-182.
FL Stat § 395.806 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part V - Family Practice Teaching Hospitals (Ss. 395.805-395.807)|395.806 - Designation of family practice teaching hospitals.

395.806 Designation of family practice teaching hospitals.—(1)(a) A hospital that offers a family practice residency program of at least 18 positions for resident family practice physicians is eligible for designation as a family practice teaching hospital.(b) A hospital seeking designation as a family practice teaching hospital must submit documentation and an application to the Agency for Health Care Administration in the manner the agency determines.(c) To maintain the designation as a family practice teaching hospital, a hospital must offer a residency program of at least 24 positions for resident family practice physicians within 5 years after the initial designation. The agency shall terminate the designation of a hospital that does not meet the requirements of this paragraph.(2)(a) A family practice teaching hospital must fill at least 90 percent of its positions for resident family practice physicians.(b) A family practice teaching hospital that has residency programs other than family practice must maintain at least 60 percent of its total residents in family practice.History.—s. 3, ch. 94-182; s. 34, ch. 95-146; s. 19, ch. 98-89.
FL Stat § 395.807 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XXIX - Public Health|Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation|Part V - Family Practice Teaching Hospitals (Ss. 395.805-395.807)|395.807 - Retention of family practice residents.

395.807 Retention of family practice residents.—(1) A family practice teaching hospital must have a documented plan for retaining family practice residents in the state.(2)(a) The director of the agency shall appoint a seven-member family practice physician retention advisory committee, consisting of a faculty member of a family practice teaching hospital, an active family practice resident, a member of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians, a member of the Florida Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, a family practice physician who practices in an urban area, a family practice physician who practices in a rural area, and the residency director of a family practice residency program.(b) The committee shall develop a program for recruiting minority physicians into family practice residency programs and shall promote further efforts to retain and place minority physicians into local communities.History.—s. 4, ch. 94-182; s. 104, ch. 2010-102.