{"ref":"FL-HH-IC-03","title":"Facial Coverings","category":"Infection control","summary":"Sets the only circumstances in which the Agency may require a patient, visitor, or employee to wear a facial covering under Florida law, the opt-out each person must be offered, the cases in which an employee may not opt out, where this policy must be posted, and how the OSHA respiratory protection standard still applies when a respirator is needed to protect staff.","inShort":["Florida law limits when anyone can be required to wear a mask or other facial covering.","Patients and visitors may be asked only in the cases our policy lists, and they may opt out.","Staff may opt out, except for sterile procedures, sterile areas, certain patients with weak immune systems, droplet or airborne isolation, and certain hazardous tasks.","An N95 respirator is different: wear one only after a medical evaluation and fit test."],"primaryCitation":"s. 408.824, F.S.","citations":["s. 408.824, F.S.","Rule 59A-35.125, F.A.C."],"federalCitations":["29 CFR §1910.134"],"surveyorAsks":["Does your agency require anyone to wear a facial covering? Where is this policy posted?","How does an employee opt out of a facial covering requirement? Show me the record."],"forms":[{"ref":"FL-HH-IC-03-A","title":"Facial Covering Opt-Out Record"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (s. 408.824, F.S.)","5. Posting This Policy","6. When a Patient May Be Asked to Wear a Facial Covering","7. When a Visitor May Be Asked","8. Employees","9. How Staff Know a Case Applies","10. Respirators and the OSHA Standard","11. Responsibilities","12. Records and Compliance Monitoring","13. Staff Training","14. References","15. Related Policies and Forms","16. Approval","17. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"fl-hha","state":"Florida","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/infection-control-policy/","h1":"What should a home care infection control policy include?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}