NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 21, 2011, the Agency for Health Care Administration, received a petition for Variance from or Waiver of subsection 59A-7.034(10), Florida Administrative Code, from the Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The amended petition addresses the fact that subsequent to the filing of its original petition, the numbering in Rule 59A-7.034, Florida Administrative Code, was changed. The subsection to which the variance or waiver was sought has been moved to subsection 59A-7.034(10), Florida Administrative Code. The petition requests a variance or waiver of the rule regarding alternate site testing as to interstitial brain fluid rather than whole blood. The specific provision on which the variance or waiver is sought is now subsection 59A-7.034(10), Florida Administrative Code. The Petitioner seeks a variance or waiver on a permanent basis.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Jamie L. Jackson, Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop #3, Tallahassee, Florida 32308.