Terms Used In Florida Statutes 641.48

  • Agency: means the Agency for Health Care Administration. See Florida Statutes 641.47
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Provider: means any physician, hospital, or other institution, organization, or person that furnishes health care services and is licensed or otherwise authorized to practice in the state. See Florida Statutes 641.47
The purpose of this part is to ensure that health maintenance organizations and prepaid health clinics deliver high-quality health care to their subscribers. To achieve this purpose, this part requires all such organizations to obtain a health care provider certificate from the agency as a condition precedent to obtaining a certificate of authority to do business in Florida from the office, under part I or part II of this chapter.