Florida Administrative Code › 59 - AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION › 59A - Health Facility and Agency Licensing › Chapter 59A-8 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR HOME HEALTH AGENCIES › Section 59A-8.003 - Licensure Requirements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The issuance of
				a home health agency license shall be based upon compliance with Chapters 400,
				Part III, and 408, Part II, F.S., and rule Chapters 59A-8 and 59A-35, F.A.C.,
				and an inspection as required in Sections
				400.471(2) and
				408.806(7),
				F.S. An application for initial, change of ownership, or renewal licensure, or
				for the addition of skilled services by a home health agency that is currently
				licensed to provide services other than skilled services, shall be submitted on
				the Health Care Licensing Application, Home Health Agency, AHCA Form 3110-1011,
				April 2019, incorporated by reference and available at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-12455
,
				and accompanied by the Health Care Licensing Application Addendum referenced in
				subsection 59A-35.060(1),
				F.A.C. Applicants for renewal of a home health agency license or for a change
				during the licensure period may submit the Health Care Licensing Online
				Application, Home Health Agency, AHCA Form 3110-1011OL, April 2019,
				incorporated by reference and available at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-12456
.
				The application forms are available online at
				http://www/ahca.myflorida.com/HQAlicensureforms or, for online renewal or
				change during the licensure period submissions, at:
				http://apps.ahca.myflorida.com/SingleSignOnPortal.
(2) Surveys of Home Health Agencies:
(a) Home health agencies will be surveyed by
				AHCA or an accrediting organization as defined in rule
				59A-8.002, F.A.C., pursuant to
				dections 400.471(2),
				408.806 and
				408.811, F.S. Home health
				agencies will be surveyed prior to initial licensure, and at least every 36.9
				months on an unannounced basis thereafter. Follow up surveys may be conducted
				to verify correction of deficiencies at any time on an unannounced
				basis.
(b) It is the responsibility
				of the home health agency to request exemption from state licensure surveys
				pursuant to section 400.471(2),
				F.S., by submitting documentation of accreditation by an approved accrediting
				organization and the most recent accreditation survey report from the
				accrediting organization to the AHCA Laboratory and In-Home Services
				Unit.
(c) Home health agencies that
				complete paragraph (a), will not be subject to licensure surveys by AHCA except
				under the following circumstances:
1. The
				home health agency has been denied accreditation, has received a preliminary
				determination of denial of accreditation, or has received a provisional,
				conditional, or deferred accreditation report from the accrediting organization
				on its most recent survey, or
2.
				The home health agency has received accreditation but has not authorized the
				release of the accreditation survey report to the AHCA, or has not ensured that
				AHCA has received the accrediting organization's survey report.
3. If the home health agency elects to give
				up its accreditation, the home health agency will inform AHCA by providing a
				copy of the letter it sent to its accrediting organization that shows the
				accreditation termination date.