Florida Administrative Code › 27 - EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR › 27P - Division of Emergency Management › Chapter 27P-20 - FEE SCHEDULE FOR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REVIEW OF FACILITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS › Section 27P-20.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "County" means one of the 67 counties
				within the State of Florida.
(2)
				"Facility" means all buildings, equipment, structures and other items located
				on a single site or on contiguous and adjacent sites and which are owned or
				operated by the same person, or by any person which controls, is controlled by,
				or under common control with, such person, and which is required by statute or
				rule to prepare a plan. Adult congregate living facilities, nursing homes,
				group homes, intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled,
				ambulatory surgical centers, and hospitals shall all be included within the
				definition of "facility, " however, each such entity shall constitute a
				separate facility for purposes of plan review.
(3) "Person" means any individual, sole
				proprietorship, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation, partnership,
				association and any other legally constituted entity authorized to do business
				in the State of Florida.
(4) "Plan"
				means a facility specific operational or informational plan for purposes of
				managing emergency response, recovery, mitigation or preparation, the
				promulgation of which is required by statute or rule.
(5) "Division" means the Florida Division of
				Emergency Management, Executive Office of the Governor.
(6) "County Emergency Management Agency"
				means the emergency management agency established by a County pursuant to
				Section  252.38, Florida Statutes, as
				amended by Chapter 93-211, Laws of Florida.
(7) "Criteria" means that standard adopted by
				Florida law for judging the plan, and shall include any standard adopted by
				rule of the Agency for Health Care Administration for plans of nursing home,
				ambulatory surgical center, and hospitals, and by rule of the Department of
				Health and Rehabilitative Services for plans of group homes, adult congregate
				living facilities and intermediate care facilities for the developmentally
				disabled.
(8) "Significant change"
				means:
(a) A change in ownership or operating
				entity of the facility; or
(b) An
				increase of 10% or more in the licensed capacity, if a Certificate of Need
				applies to the facility, or resident population, if no certificate of need
				applies, at the facility, calculated as of the date of submission of the plan,
				as compared to the resident population on the date of approval of the previous
				plan; or
(c) An alteration in the
				facility resulting from construction or renovation activities which has an
				effect on the plan; or
(d) A
				variation in service providers or other resource providers identified in the
				last approved plan; or
(e) A
				modification in the emergency management resources serving the facility;
				or
(f) A modification in the
				hazard(s) to which the facility is exposed; or
(g) Any modification in in-patient services
				that requires a Certificate of Need; or any combination of (a) through
				(g).