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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 400
NURSING HOMES AND RELATED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
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F.S. 400.118
400.118 Quality assurance; early warning system; monitoring; rapid response teams.
(1) The agency shall establish an early warning system to detect conditions in nursing facilities that could be detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of residents. The early warning system shall include, but not be limited to, analysis of financial and quality-of-care indicators that would predict the need for the agency to take action pursuant to the authority set forth in this part.
(2) The agency shall also create teams of experts that can function as rapid response teams to visit nursing facilities identified through the agency’s early warning system. Rapid response teams may visit facilities that request the agency’s assistance. The rapid response teams shall not be deployed for the purpose of helping a facility prepare for a regular survey.
History.s. 10, ch. 99-394; s. 17, ch. 2000-263; s. 18, ch. 2001-45; s. 38, ch. 2009-223.

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Amendments to 400.118


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 400.118
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 400.118.



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AVANTE VILLA AT JACKSONVILLE BEACH, INC. d b a v. BREIDERT, E., 958 So. 2d 1031 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . 7 was enacted by the people to change the law by eliminating guaranteed privileges such as section 400.118 . . .

FLORIDA HOSPITAL WATERMAN, INC. v. M. BUSTER,, 932 So. 2d 344 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Stat. (2005) (reports of disciplinary actions); § 400.118, Fla. . . .

TAMPA MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC. d b a v. ESTATE OF TORRES, BANK, 903 So. 2d 259 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . first argues that the incident reports are protected from discovery by statute, specifically sections 400.118 . . . Section 400.118 requires the Agency for Health Care Administration to establish a quality assurance system . . . conduct unannounced monitoring visits and, essentially, function as state inspectors. §§ 400.021(2), 400.118 . . . Subsection 400.118(2)(c) provides, in pertinent part:' Any record, whether written or oral, or any written . . . Thus, when read together, sections 400.118 and 400.147 preclude the discovery of written or oral reports . . .

HEALTH PARTNERS, L. C. d b a NHC Ft. v. FLUITT, Jr. Sr., 830 So. 2d 935 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . Section 400.118, which provides for a quality assurance monitoring system, states that any record or . . . Section 400.118(2)(c). . . .