{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-076","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 408.819, 408.821(4), F.S.; Law Implemented 408.819, 408.821(4) F.S. (recited)","instrument":"Emergency Rule 59AER20-6, Hospital Screening Requirements for Long-Term Care Facility Residents (supersedes 59AER20-1)","title":"Hospitals must test LTC residents of unknown status by RT-PCR, isolate positives, and may not discharge a positive or symptomatic resident to any long-term care facility until symptom-based or test-based criteria are met","dateIssued":"2020-07-15","effective":"2020-07-15","end":"superseded Aug. 5, 2020 by 59AER20-8","startDate":"2020-07-15","endDate":"2020-08-05","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["HC","QUAR"],"addressees":["every licensed hospital"],"clause":"(a) Every hospital must test any long-term care facility resident whose COVID-19 status is unknown using a RT-PCR molecular assay laboratory test that has been given Emergency Use Authorization from the Food and Drug Administration... (c) A long-term care facility resident that has tested positive for COVID-19 or is symptomatic must be isolated by the hospital pursuant to the hospital\u0027s [isolation protocols and may not be discharged to a long-term care facility until]... 1. Symptom-based strategy:... a. At least 3 days (72 hours) have passed since resolution of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications; and... c. At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared. 2. Test-based strategy... (4) This rule supersedes emergency rule 59AER20-1.... EFFECTIVE DATE: July 15, 2020","enforcement":"Fla. Stat. §§ 395.1065, 408.813","functions":["IP discharge planning and bed capacity (positive LTC residents held in hospital)","DX diagnostics","IN long-term care intake"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.flrules.org/gateway/readFile.asp?sid=4\u0026tid=23440067\u0026type=1\u0026file=59AER20-6.doc","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":33792,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-076","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-076","citation":"Agency for Health Care Administration, Emergency Rule 59AER20-6, Hospital Screening Requirements for Long-Term Care Facility Residents (supersedes 59AER20-1) (July 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-076)","stateName":"Florida","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-077","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-078","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-079","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-080","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-074","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-075","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-072","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-073"]}