Licensure, Certificate of Need, Inspections and Plans of Correction
Covers the Florida hospice license and the certificate of need it depends on: what the license shows and where it is displayed, renewal 60 to 120 days before expiry, the 60-day notice for a change of name or address and other license amendments, the 21-day report of other changes, conditions on the certificate of need, the deadlines to start home and inpatient care, and how the Agency handles unannounced AHCA inspections, deficiencies, plans of correction and inspection reports.
About this policy
- Policy number
- FL-HSP-GOV-03
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- s. 400.602, F.S.
- Library
- Florida hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Governance
- Sections
- 20
In short
- We need a Florida hospice license and a certificate of need to operate.
- We serve only the counties and locations listed on our license.
- Our license is renewed 60 to 120 days before it expires, and changes are reported to AHCA on time.
- Deficiencies found in an inspection are fixed within 30 days.
- Anyone who applies for care, any patient or family member may ask for a copy of our last inspection report. Give it to them and tell the office.
What's inside
20 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (ss. 400.602, 400.606, 408.804, 408.811, F.S.)
- 5. What the License Shows
- 6. Certificate of Need
- 7. Start-Up Deadlines After a License Is Issued
- 8. Renewal
- 9. Changes to the License and Reports of Change
- 10. Inspections
- 11. Deficiencies and Plans of Correction
- 12. Inspection Reports as Public Information
- 13. Responsibilities
- 14. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 15. Staff Training
- 16. References
- 17. Related Policies and Forms
- 18. Approval
- 19. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Show me your license. Does it list every satellite office, inpatient facility, residential unit and county you serve?
- Show me your certificate of need and any conditions on it, and your last annual report of compliance with those conditions.
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