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Fla. Stat. § 400.461 (2025)

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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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2004–2020 · leading case: Pediatric Pavilion v. AGEN. FOR HEALTH CARE, 883 So. 2d 927 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004).

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Pediatric Pavilion v. AGEN. FOR HEALTH CARE, 883 So. 2d 927 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). · cites it 2× “" See § 400.461, Fla. Stat. (2002). However, group "facilities" of the type involved in this case, in which residency is primarily intended to be temporary and remedial, do not appear to qualify as "homes," which Webster's defines a "a family's place of residence: DOMICILE.”

Est. of Geraldine F. Jennings v. Gulfshore Private Home Care, LLC (M.D. Fla. 2020). · cites it 2× “In Florida, home health services—defined as health and medical services furnished by an organization to an individual in the individual’s home—are governed by the Home Health Services Act, Fla. Stat. §§ 400.461 to 400.5185. Gulfshore maintains a nurse registry under Florida law.”

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