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Checklist for New Off-site Emergency Department Requirements

In the US, Florida ranks #3 with 211 hospitals according to Becker's Hospital Review with off-site Emergency Departments being critical to serving the needs of all Floridians in their community.

A/E representation during an Agency survey

Requirement of AOR/EOR presence during an AHCA survey.

Nurse Call System Testing

Code required testing of a newly installed nurse call system in the existing hospital.

Decommissioning Existing Firewall

Removing or decommission of a fire wall

The Journey Begins

A deficient rated wall penetration began as a long journey of errors at every turn.

AHCA/OPC Schedule

Above is the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)/Office of Plans and Construction (OPC) schedules and link included here as a courtesy to the Agency. The AHCA/OPC is primarily responsible for ensuring that hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical centers, and Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled (ICF/DD) are safe, functional, and provide safety-to-life for the patients and residents.

AHCA/OPC reviews and approves facilities' plans and specifications and surveys their construction. These licensed health care facilities must notify OPC in writing before any equipment replacements, renovations, additions, or new facilities are created. Plans and specifications for such activities must be approved by OPC before any construction begins. Architects, engineers and other specially trained plans and construction personnel survey facilities under construction and, when necessary, write reports for required corrections to the construction before approval of the project is given. See Information for Project Review Packet for more detailed instructions regarding the submissions of plans to OPC.