Emergency Rule 59AER20-11, Hospital Screening Requirements for Long-Term Care Facility Residents (supersedes 59AER20-8)

The record

Jurisdiction

Florida - Agency for Health Care Administration · Florida

Level

State

Authority

Rulemaking authority 408.819, 408.821(4), F.S. (recited)

Issued

2020-11-03 Nov. 3, 2020

Effective

2020-11-03

End

superseded Feb. 1, 2021 by 59AER21-1 (read as 2021-02-01)

In force

Nov. 3, 2020 to Feb. 1, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• every licensed hospital

Functions reached

• IP discharge and capacity
• DX diagnostics
• IN long-term care intake

Collection

State health department orders to licensed settings AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS

Operative words

(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