Rule No.: RULE TITLE
59A-7.034: Alternate-Site Testing
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The agency is proposing to amend the rule that specifies the types of tests that can be performed at alternate test sites within hospitals.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Revisions to regulations that describe the type of clinical laboratory testing performed at hospital alternate sites including revisions to what is required to be considered in the approval of alternate site tests.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 483.051 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 483.051, 483.106, 483.181, 483.201, 483.221, 483.23 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: January 20, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Agency for Health Care Administration, Building 3, Conference Room C, 2727 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee, Florida. Call in number: (888)808-6959 code: 8509227761
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Karen Rivera, Laboratory Unit, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 1, Mail Stop 32, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, (850)412-4500. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Karen Rivera, Laboratory Unit, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 1, Mail Stop 32, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, (850)412-4500

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.