{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-078","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. (recited)","instrument":"Emergency Rule 59AER20-8, Hospital Screening Requirements for Long-Term Care Facility Residents (supersedes 59AER20-6)","title":"Hospital testing and discharge bar for LTC residents restated with nucleic-acid amplification testing and 10-day/20-day symptom criteria","dateIssued":"2020-08-05","effective":"2020-08-05","end":"superseded Nov. 3, 2020 by 59AER20-11","startDate":"2020-08-05","endDate":"2020-11-03","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["HC","QUAR"],"addressees":["every licensed hospital"],"clause":"(3) Every hospital must test any long-term care facility resident whose COVID-19 status is unknown using a nucleic acid amplification laboratory test that has been given Emergency Use Authorization from the Food and Drug Administration... (4) 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. A hospital is prohibited from discharging any long-term care facility resident that has tested positive for COVID-19 or is exhibiting symptoms consistent with COVID-19 to any long-term care facility until [the criteria are met]... 1. At least 10 days have passed since symptoms first appeared, unless the patient has severe or critical illness or is severely immunocompromised, or 2. At least 20 days have passed... (6) This rule supersedes emergency rule 59AER20-6.","enforcement":"Fla. Stat. §§ 395.1065, 408.813","functions":["IP discharge and capacity","DX diagnostics","IN long-term care intake"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.flrules.org/gateway/readFile.asp?sid=4\u0026tid=23514175\u0026type=1\u0026file=59AER20-8.doc","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":34304,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-078","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-078","citation":"Agency for Health Care Administration, Emergency Rule 59AER20-8, Hospital Screening Requirements for Long-Term Care Facility Residents (supersedes 59AER20-6) (Aug. 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-078)","stateName":"Florida","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-079","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-080","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-077","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-076","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-074","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-075","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-072","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-073","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-081"]}