(1) In addition to the requirements of part II of chapter 408, the application for a license shall be under oath and must contain the following:
(a) The location of the facility for which a license is sought and an indication, as in the original application, that such location conforms to the local zoning ordinances.
(b) A signed affidavit disclosing any financial or ownership interest that a controlling interest as defined in part II of chapter 408 has held in the last 5 years in any entity licensed by this state or any other state to provide health or residential care which has closed voluntarily or involuntarily; has filed for bankruptcy; has had a receiver appointed; has had a license denied, suspended, or revoked; or has had an injunction issued against it which was initiated by a regulatory agency. The affidavit must disclose the reason any such entity was closed, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
(c) The total number of beds and the total number of Medicare and Medicaid certified beds.
(d) Information relating to the applicant and employees which the agency requires by rule. The applicant must demonstrate that sufficient numbers of qualified staff, by training or experience, will be employed to properly care for the type and number of residents who will reside in the facility.
(e) Copies of any civil verdict or judgment involving the applicant rendered within the 10 years preceding the application, relating to medical negligence, violation of residents’ rights, or wrongful death. As a condition of licensure, the licensee agrees to provide to the agency copies of any new verdict or judgment involving the applicant, relating to such matters, within 30 days after filing with the clerk of the court. The information required in this paragraph shall be maintained in the facility’s licensure file and in an agency database which is available as a public record.
(2) As a condition of licensure, each licensee, except one offering continuing care agreements as defined in chapter 651, must agree to accept recipients of Title XIX of the Social Security Act on a temporary, emergency basis. The persons whom the agency may require such licensees to accept are those recipients of Title XIX of the Social Security Act who are residing in a facility in which existing conditions constitute an immediate danger to the health, safety, or security of the residents of the facility.
(3) It is the intent of the Legislature that, in reviewing a certificate-of-need application to add beds to an existing nursing home facility, preference be given to the application of a licensee who has been awarded a Gold Seal as provided for in s. 400.235, if the applicant otherwise meets the review criteria specified in s. 408.035.
(4) The agency may develop an abbreviated survey for licensure renewal applicable to a licensee that has continuously operated as a nursing facility since 1991 or earlier, has operated under the same management for at least the preceding 30 months, and has had during the preceding 30 months no class I or class II deficiencies.
(5) As a condition of licensure, each facility must establish and submit with its application a plan for quality assurance and for conducting risk management.
Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2005 WL 3487856
...To support his position, Yeoman notes that some practice acts requiring licensure include a "good moral character" licensing standard but do not contain an absolute bar to licensure due to felonies, first-degree misdemeanors, or lack of civil rights. See, e.g., § 400.071(3), Fla....
...living facilities to protect the best interests of brain or spinal cord injured patients. Prior to 1993, provisions for transitional living facilities were contained in Part I, Chapter 400 , Florida Statutes (1991), which regulated nursing homes. 1 Section 400.071 (3), Florida Statutes (1991), required applicants for licensure to be of good moral character and without conviction of certain crimes which may affect residents in such facilities....
...e directed more to rehabilitation and adjustment to community living. 3 While the removal of transitional living facilities from Part I, Chapter 400 , Florida Statutes, accomplished this purpose, it also removed other regulatory requirements such as section 400.071 (3), Florida Statutes, which required applicants for licensure to be of good moral character and without conviction of certain crimes....
...d 400, and to hospices, the department shall not issue *1088 a license to any health care facility, health service provider, hospice or part of a health care facility which fails to receive a certificate of need for the licensed facility or service. Section 400.071(7), Florida Statutes (1987), provides in part: “The department may not issue a license to a nursing home which fails to receive a certificate of need under the provisions of ss....
...Florida, which set forth the duties of HRS with regard to applications for CONs. The certification requirement could reasonably be considered a clarification of legislative intent with regard to section 381.704(2), also enacted in Chapter 87-92, and section 400.071(7)....
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