The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Florida - Agency for Health Care Administration · Florida
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Rulemaking authority 400.23, 408.819, 408.821, F.S.; Law Implemented 400.022, 400.23, 408.819, F.S. (recited)
- Issued
- 2020-06-15 June 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-15 (staff admission bar from July 7, 2020) (read as 2020-06-15)
- End
- 90 days (Sept. 13, 2020); biweekly staff testing continued under CMS's Sept. 2, 2020 rule (42 C.F.R. § 483.80(h)) (read as 2020-09-13)
- In force
- June 15, 2020 to Sept. 13, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all licensed nursing homes and their staff
- Functions reached
- HR staffing
- IC infection control
- OF documentation
- WF workforce
- Collection
- State health department orders to licensed settings AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS
Operative words
(a) Beginning July 7, 2020, nursing homes shall not admit into the facility any staff who has not been tested for COVID-19. (b) Nursing homes shall require all staff be tested every two (2) weeks thereafter with testing resources provided by the state.... (b) Nursing homes shall document all staff testing, including the name of the individual, time, and date of the test. (c) Nursing homes shall require all tested staff to notify the facility of the test results the same day the results are received. Written documentation of test results must be provided to the facility upon receipt by the staff. (d) Nursing homes shall keep copies of all staff testing documentation on site.
Enforcement
Fla. Stat. §§ 400.121, 408.813
Notes
The notice recites the CDC's finding that 'given the high risk of spread once COVID-19 enters a LTCF, facilities must act immediately.'
Retrieval noteNotice 23354610. E requires; the sha256 recorded is that of the Word file.