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Notice: 6951716

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Division:

Division of Environmental Health

Chapter:

COMMUNITY BASED RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES

Overview

RULE:

64E-12.004	Food Service: Tiers and Catering.
64E-12.005	Housing

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the proposed rule changes is to incorporate technical and food safety requirements to promote the protection of the public from a safety, health, and sanitation perspective. The effect of these changes will be to update the department’s rules to more accurately reflect today’s focus on community based care operational standards and make the rules more easily understandable for the regulated community and regulatory officials. Additionally, the purpose of the proposed changes is to clarify identified standards in the existing rule as requested by the regulated community and regulatory officials. Effects of these changes will provide added clarity to existing rule language.

SUBJECT:

The changes will clarify requirements in statute and rule that have been identified as confusing or ambiguous, as well as incorporate current food safety and lighting requirements that maintain and safeguard the public against illnesses, injury, and disease.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

381.006 FS.

LAW:

381.006(6), (16) FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

3/27/2009 Vol. 35/12

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

381.006 FS., 381.006(6), (16) FS.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=64E-12.004&PDate=3/27/2009&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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