Florida Statutes Part III - Rural Hospitals (Ss. 395.602-395.6061)

• 395.602 - Rural Hospitals.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.—(a) The Legislature finds that rural hospitals are the nucleus or “backbone” of rural health care systems. Public health programs and physicians depend...
• 395.6025 - Rural Hospital Replacement Facilities.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 408.036, a hospital defined as a statutory rural hospital in accordance with s. 395.602, or a not-for-profit operator of rural...
• 395.603 - Deactivation Of General Hospital Beds; Rural Hospital Impact Statement.
  (1) The agency shall establish, by rule, a process by which a rural hospital, as defined in s. 395.602, that seeks licensure as a rural primary...
• 395.604 - Other Rural Hospital Programs.
  (1) The agency may license rural primary care hospitals subject to federal approval for participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Rural primary care hospitals shall...
• 395.605 - Emergency Care Hospitals.
  (1) Only rural hospitals meeting the criteria in s. 395.602(2)(e) may be licensed as emergency care hospitals.(2) For the purpose of Medicaid swing-bed reimbursement pursuant to the...
• 395.6061 - Rural Hospital Capital Improvement.
  There is established a rural hospital capital improvement grant program.(1) A rural hospital as defined in s. 395.602 may apply to the department for a grant....

Last modified: September 23, 2016