NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 05, 2009, the Florida Department of Health, Division of Emergency Medical Operations, Office of Trauma, received a petition for emergency variance from Rule 64J-2.011, Florida Administrative Code, from Holmes Regional Medical Center.
Nature of Rule: Requires a State Approved Level II Trauma Center to abide by the standards set forth in Trauma Center Standards, Florida Department of Health Pamphlet 150-9 (“DHP 150-9”), January 2008.
The petitioner is requesting a permanent variance from Standard III, A.3.b., of DHP 150-9, requiring “documentation that the hospital granted the general surgeon full and unrestricted privileges to provide general surgical and trauma care surgical services for adult and pediatric patients”.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Susan McDevitt, Director, Office of Trauma, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin C-18, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1738, (850)245-4440, ext. 2760, Fax: (850)488-2512, susan_mcdevitt@doh.state.fl.us.