Florida Statutes 651.028 – Accredited facilities
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 651.028
- Facility: means a place where continuing care is furnished and may include one or more physical plants on a primary or contiguous site or an immediately accessible site. See Florida Statutes 651.011
- Provider: means the owner or operator, whether a natural person, partnership or other unincorporated association, however organized, trust, or corporation, of an institution, building, residence, or other place, whether operated for profit or not, which owner or operator provides continuing care or continuing care at-home for a fixed or variable fee, or for any other remuneration of any type, whether fixed or variable, for the period of care, payable in a lump sum or lump sum and monthly maintenance charges or in installments. See Florida Statutes 651.011
A provider or facility is deemed accredited for purposes of ss. 400.235(5)(b)1. and 651.105(1) if it is accredited without stipulations or conditions by a process found by the commission to be acceptable, substantially equivalent to the provisions of this chapter, and consistent with the security protections intended by this chapter.