{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-081","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 59AER20-11, Hospital Screening Requirements for Long-Term Care Facility Residents (supersedes 59AER20-8)","title":"Hospital testing and discharge bar for LTC residents continued (symptom-based strategy; test-based strategy optional)","dateIssued":"2020-11-03","effective":"2020-11-03","end":"superseded Feb. 1, 2021 by 59AER21-1","startDate":"2020-11-03","endDate":"2021-02-01","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["HC","QUAR"],"addressees":["every licensed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... (4)... 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]... (5) Test-based strategy: a test-based strategy is only required to discontinue isolation and discharge earlier than would occur with a symptom-based strategy. Hospitals are not required to use the test-based strategy if the symptom-based [strategy is used]. (6) This rule supersedes emergency rule 59AER20-8. EFFECTIVE DATE: November 3, 2020","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=23844945\u0026type=1\u0026file=59AER20-11.doc","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":35840,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-081","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-081","citation":"Agency for Health Care Administration, Emergency Rule 59AER20-11, Hospital Screening Requirements for Long-Term Care Facility Residents (supersedes 59AER20-8) (Nov. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-081)","stateName":"Florida","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-082","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-079","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-080","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-078","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-083"]}