Florida Statutes
Part III - Home Health Services (Ss. 400.461-400.53)
400.461 - Short title; purpose.


(1) This part, consisting of ss. 400.461-400.53, may be cited as the “Home Health Services Act.”
(2) The purpose of this part is to provide for the licensure of every home health agency and nurse registry and to provide for the development, establishment, and enforcement of basic standards that will ensure the safe and adequate care of persons receiving health services in their own homes.
History.—ss. 36, 37, ch. 75-233; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 61, 79, 83, ch. 83-181; s. 1, ch. 88-219; s. 1, ch. 90-319; ss. 1, 23, ch. 93-214; s. 47, ch. 98-171; s. 1, ch. 2005-243; s. 3, ch. 2020-9.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXIX - Public Health

Chapter 400 - Nursing Homes and Related Health Care Facilities

Part III - Home Health Services (Ss. 400.461-400.53)

400.461 - Short title; purpose.

400.462 - Definitions.

400.464 - Home health agencies to be licensed; expiration of license; exemptions; unlawful acts; penalties.

400.471 - Application for license; fee.

400.474 - Administrative penalties.

400.476 - Staffing requirements; notifications; limitations on staffing services.

400.4785 - Patients with Alzheimer’s disease or other related disorders; staff training requirements; certain disclosures.

400.484 - Right of inspection; violations; fines.

400.487 - Home health service agreements; physician’s, physician assistant’s, and advanced practice registered nurse’s treatment orders; patient assessment; establishment and review of plan of care; provision of services; orders not to resuscitate.

400.488 - Assistance with self-administration of medication and with other tasks.

400.489 - Administration of medication by a home health aide; staff training requirements.

400.490 - Nurse-delegated tasks.

400.491 - Clinical records.

400.492 - Provision of services during an emergency.

400.494 - Information about patients confidential.

400.497 - Rules establishing minimum standards.

400.506 - Licensure of nurse registries; requirements; penalties.

400.509 - Registration of particular service providers exempt from licensure; certificate of registration; regulation of registrants.

400.512 - Screening of home health agency personnel; nurse registry personnel and contractors; and companions and homemakers.

400.518 - Prohibited referrals to home health agencies.

400.5185 - Review and modification of prior authorization.

400.52 - Excellence in Home Health Program.

400.53 - Nurse Registry Excellence Program.