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Notice: 19662984

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Division:

Health Facility and Agency Licensing

Chapter:

MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR HOME HEALTH AGENCIES

Overview

RULE:

59A-8.004

Licensure Procedure (Repealed)

PURPOSE:

The Agency is proposing to repeal a rule related to home health agency licensure requirements and procedures.

SUMMARY:

The Agency is proposing to repeal a rule related to the licensure procedures for home health agencies. The passage of HB 6021 in the 2017 Legislative Session repealed section 400.471(7), Florida Statutes, effective July 1, 2017, which prohibited AHCA from issuing an initial home health agency license to an applicant that had common controlling interests in a licensed home health agency located within 10 miles of and in the same county as the proposed home health agency. AHCA Form 3110-1026, Attestation of Compliance with Distance Requirements, March 2013, which is incorporated by reference in  Rule 59A-8.004, is obsolete based on the repeal of the statutory provision relating to the form. Additionally, the licensure requirements and procedures are found elsewhere in Chapter 400, Part III and Chapter 408, Part II, Florida Statutes as well as Chapters 59A-8 and 59A-35, Florida Administrative Code.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

400.497 FS.

LAW:

400.471, 400.512, 408.810, 408.806, 408.8065, 408.809 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

11/2/2017 Vol. 43/213

COMMENTS:

From 11/2/2017 To 11/23/2017 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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