Florida Statutes
Part I - Hospitals and Other Licensed Facilities (Ss. 395.001-395.3041)
395.0161 - Licensure inspection.


(1) In addition to the requirement of s. 408.811, the agency shall make or cause to be made such inspections and investigations as it deems necessary, including:
(a) Inspections directed by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
(b) Validation inspections.
(c) Lifesafety inspections.
(d) Licensure complaint investigations, including full licensure investigations with a review of all licensure standards as outlined in the administrative rules. Complaints received by the agency from individuals, organizations, or other sources are subject to review and investigation by the agency.
(e) Emergency access complaint investigations.

(2) The agency shall accept, in lieu of its own periodic inspections for licensure, the survey or inspection of an accrediting organization, provided the accreditation of the licensed facility is not provisional and provided the licensed facility authorizes release of, and the agency receives the report of, the accrediting organization. The agency shall develop, and adopt by rule, criteria for accepting survey reports of accrediting organizations in lieu of conducting a state licensure inspection.
(3) In accordance with s. 408.805, an applicant or licensee shall pay a fee for each license application submitted under this part, part II of chapter 408, and applicable rules. With the exception of state-operated licensed facilities, each facility licensed under this part shall pay to the agency, at the time of inspection, the following fees:
(a) Inspection for licensure.—A fee shall be paid which is not less than $8 per hospital bed, nor more than $12 per hospital bed, except that the minimum fee shall be $400 per facility.
(b) Inspection for lifesafety only.—A fee shall be paid which is not less than 75 cents per hospital bed, nor more than $1.50 per hospital bed, except that the minimum fee shall be $40 per facility.

(4) The agency shall coordinate all periodic inspections for licensure made by the agency to ensure that the cost to the facility of such inspections and the disruption of services by such inspections is minimized.
History.—ss. 26, 30, ch. 82-182; s. 28, ch. 90-344; ss. 7, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 5, ch. 98-303; s. 41, ch. 2007-230; s. 28, ch. 2018-24.
Note.—Former s. 395.006.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXIX - Public Health

Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation

Part I - Hospitals and Other Licensed Facilities (Ss. 395.001-395.3041)

395.001 - Legislative intent.

395.002 - Definitions.

395.003 - Licensure; denial, suspension, and revocation.

395.004 - Application for license; fees.

395.0056 - Litigation notice requirement.

395.009 - Minimum standards for clinical laboratory test results and diagnostic X-ray results; prerequisite for issuance or renewal of license.

395.0091 - Alternate-site testing.

395.0161 - Licensure inspection.

395.0162 - Inspection reports.

395.0163 - Construction inspections; plan submission and approval; fees.

395.0185 - Rebates prohibited; penalties.

395.0191 - Staff membership and clinical privileges.

395.0192 - Duty to notify physicians.

395.0193 - Licensed facilities; peer review; disciplinary powers; agency or partnership with physicians.

395.0195 - Access of chiropractic physicians to diagnostic reports.

395.0197 - Internal risk management program.

395.1011 - Identification, segregation, and separation of biomedical waste.

395.1012 - Patient safety.

395.1021 - Treatment of sexual assault victims.

395.1023 - Child abuse and neglect cases; duties.

395.1024 - Patients consenting to adoptions; protocols.

395.1025 - Infectious diseases; notification.

395.1027 - Regional poison control centers.

395.1031 - Emergency medical services; communication.

395.1041 - Access to and ensurance of emergency services; transfers; patient rights; diversion programs; reports of controlled substance overdoses.

395.1051 - Duty to notify patients.

395.1052 - Patient access to primary care and specialty providers; notification.

395.1053 - Postpartum education.

395.1054 - Birthing quality improvement initiatives.

395.1055 - Rules and enforcement.

395.1056 - Plan components addressing a hospital’s response to terrorism; public records exemption; public meetings exemption.

395.106 - Risk pooling by certain hospitals and hospital systems.

395.1061 - Professional liability coverage.

395.1065 - Criminal and administrative penalties; moratorium.

395.107 - Facilities; publishing and posting schedule of charges; penalties.

395.10973 - Powers and duties of the agency.

395.2050 - Routine inquiry for organ and tissue donation; certification for procurement activities; death records review.

395.301 - Price transparency; itemized patient statement or bill; patient admission status notification.

395.3015 - Patient records; form and content.

395.302 - Patient records; penalties for alteration.

395.3025 - Patient and personnel records; copies; examination.

395.3035 - Confidentiality of hospital records and meetings.

395.3036 - Confidentiality of records and meetings of entities that lease public hospitals or other public health care facilities.

395.3037 - Definitions.

395.3038 - State-listed stroke centers; notification of hospitals.

395.30381 - Statewide stroke registry.

395.3039 - Advertising restrictions.

395.3041 - Emergency medical services providers; triage and transportation of stroke victims to a stroke center.