{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-075","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Florida - Agency for Health Care Administration","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Agency for Health Care Administration","authority":"Rulemaking authority 400.23, 408.819, 408.821, F.S.; Law Implemented 400.022, 400.23, 408.819, F.S. (recited)","instrument":"Emergency Rule 59AER20-5, Mandatory Testing for Nursing Home Staff","title":"From July 7, 2020 nursing homes may not admit any staff who have not been tested for COVID-19; all staff tested every two weeks with State resources; proof, documentation and same-day reporting","dateIssued":"2020-06-15","effective":"2020-06-15 (staff admission bar from July 7, 2020)","end":"90 days (Sept. 13, 2020); biweekly staff testing continued under CMS\u0027s Sept. 2, 2020 rule (42 C.F.R. § 483.80(h))","startDate":"2020-06-15","endDate":"2020-09-13","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["HC","EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["all licensed nursing homes and their staff"],"clause":"(a) Beginning July 7, 2020, nursing homes shall not admit into the facility any staff who has not been tested for COVID-19. (b) Nursing homes shall require all staff be tested every two (2) weeks thereafter with testing resources provided by the state.... (b) Nursing homes shall document all staff testing, including the name of the individual, time, and date of the test. (c) Nursing homes shall require all tested staff to notify the facility of the test results the same day the results are received. Written documentation of test results must be provided to the facility upon receipt by the staff. (d) Nursing homes shall keep copies of all staff testing documentation on site.","enforcement":"Fla. Stat. §§ 400.121, 408.813","functions":["HR staffing","IC infection control","OF documentation","WF workforce"],"notes":"The notice recites the CDC\u0027s finding that \u0027given the high risk of spread once COVID-19 enters a LTCF, facilities must act immediately.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.flrules.org/gateway/readFile.asp?sid=4\u0026tid=23354610\u0026type=1\u0026file=59AER20-5.doc","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":48128,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-075","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-075","citation":"Agency for Health Care Administration, Emergency Rule 59AER20-5, Mandatory Testing for Nursing Home Staff (June 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-075)","stateName":"Florida","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-074","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-076","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-072","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-073","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-077","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-078","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-079","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-080"]}