DOH Emergency Order 20-013

The record

Jurisdiction

Florida Department of Health, Office of the State Surgeon General (clinical laboratories reporting COVID-19 results); State level · Florida

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Executive Order 20-52 § 4.B; Fla. Stat. § 252.36(5)(a)

Issued

2020-09-11 Sept. 11, 2020

Effective

2020-09-11

End

Until the expiration of Executive Order 20-52, including extensions (June 26, 2021) (read as 2021-06-26)

In force

Sept. 11, 2020 to June 26, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersWorkplace rules

Addressees

• clinical laboratories performing COVID-19 testing

Functions reached

• DX diagnostics and laboratory (reporting compulsion and electronic-reporting bar)
• OF administration (reporting workflow compelled)
• CB ordering practitioners

Collection

State health licensing boards AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS

Operative words

Section 1: A laboratory that has not reported results of COVID-19 testing performed by the laboratory within 7 days of the completion of the COVID-19 test may not electronically report the untimely test results through the Health Level Seven (HL7) Electronic Laboratory Reporting System (ELR) unless and until the Florida Department of Health authorizes such entry. Section 2: Upon discovering delinquency in COVID-19 electronic reporting described in Section 1, the laboratory must immediately comply with Florida Administrative Code Rule 64D-3.031(6) by reporting, without delay, all information required under Florida Administrative Code Rule 64D-3.031(3) for the untimely COVID-19 test results in a form specified by and acceptable to the Department of Health.

Enforcement

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