{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-085","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. (recited)","instrument":"Emergency Rule 59AER21-3, Mandatory Entry for Testing and Infection Control for Nursing Homes (supersedes 59AER20-13)","title":"Nursing homes: Department of Health entry and staff testing continued into 2021","dateIssued":"2021-02-02","effective":"2021-02-02","end":"90 days (May 3, 2021)","startDate":"2021-02-02","endDate":"2021-05-03","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","EMP","TRAV"],"addressees":["all licensed nursing homes"],"clause":"(a) Nursing homes shall comply with all Department of Health infection control directives concerning staff and resident testing, including making off-shift staff available at the facility for testing. (b) Nursing homes shall allow the Florida Department of Health or its authorized agents into the facility... (c)... nursing homes shall require facility staff to submit to a COVID-19 test.... (5) This rule supersedes emergency rule 59AER20-13. EFFECTIVE DATE: February 2, 2021","enforcement":"Fla. Stat. §§ 400.121, 408.813","functions":["IC infection control","HR staffing"],"notes":"The recital of 59AER20-13 (Nov. 2020, nursing homes) establishes an unbroken chain from May 8, 2020 to May 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.flrules.org/gateway/readFile.asp?sid=4\u0026tid=24160195\u0026type=1\u0026file=59AER21-3.doc","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":49152,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-085","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-085","citation":"Agency for Health Care Administration, Emergency Rule 59AER21-3, Mandatory Entry for Testing and Infection Control for Nursing Homes (supersedes 59AER20-13) (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-085)","stateName":"Florida","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-084","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-083","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-082"]}