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Notice: 24403083

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Division:

Division of Emergency Preparedness and Community Support

Chapter:

Trauma

Overview

RULE:

64J-2.001

Definitions

PURPOSE:

To clarify that the variations on the term “site survey” in statute and rule have the same meaning.

SUMMARY:

The term “site survey” is not defined in statute or in rule. Seven variations on the term appear in statute and in rule: “onsite visit” in section 395.4025(6), (11), (12), F.S.; “site survey” in section 395.4025(15)(d), F.S. and in Rules 64J-2.012(3), 64J-2.015(2), (3), 64J-2.016(9)(c)-(e), F.A.C.; “site review” in section  395.4025(15)(d), F.S.; “site visit” in Rules 64J-2.011(2)(b), (4)(b), 64J-2.012(1) (Table), (k), (l), 64J-2.016(3), (7), (8), F.A.C.; “on-site survey” in Rules 64J-2.015(2), 64J-2.016(3), F.A.C.; “on-site evaluation” in Rule 64J-2.016(1), (2), F.A.C.; and “onsite review” in Rule 64J-2.016(5)(b), F.A.C. In each instance, the variation on the term “site survey” describes the same inspection and observation that the Department is authorized to conduct to verify that a trauma center is compliant with the standards adopted by the Department by rule, irrespective of the method by which the inspection and observation is conducted; i.e., in-person and onsite, remote and offsite, or a combination thereof. The proposed change will clarify that the terms “onsite visit,” “site survey,” “site review,” “site visit,” “on-site survey,” “on-site evaluation,” and “onsite review” all describe the in-person or remote inspection and observation of trauma center operations to determine compliance with trauma center standards.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

395.4025(7), (10), (14), 395.405 FS.

LAW:

381.0011, 381.0205, 395.3025(4)(f), 395.40(3)-(6), 395.401, 395.4015, 395.402, 395.4025, 395.4045, 395.405 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

4/9/2021 Vol. 47/69

COMMENTS:

From 4/9/2021 To 4/30/2021 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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