Frequently Asked Questions

Mail by certified mail the completed adverse incident report to

Department of Health, Consumer Services Unit,

4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin C-75,

Tallahassee, Florida 32399

or send by email to MQA.ConsumerServices@flhealth.gov.

The county medical examiner should be notified immediately. See Rule 64B8-9.001(3), F.A.C., for more information.

The rules require physicians performing office surgery to have a risk management program. It does not require them to retain a risk manager. See Rule 64B8-9.009, F.A.C., for more information

The pause/time out rule is intended to prevent wrong site, wrong side, wrong patient, and wrong surgeries/procedures by requiring the surgical team to pause prior to the initiation of a surgery/procedure to confirm the side, site, patient identity, and surgery/procedure to be performed. See Rule 64B8-9.007, F.A.C., for more information.

Office surgery facilities and facilities licensed under section 395, F.S., (hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers) are required to perform a pause/time out. See Rule 64B8-9.007(2)(b), F.A.C., for more information.

All office surgery facility applicants must undergo a preregistration inspection. Once an application for office surgery registration is approved, the facility chooses either to undergo annual inspections by the Department of Health or to hold a current accreditation with a national accrediting organization or an accrediting organization approved by the Florida Board of Medicine. See Rule 64B8-9.0091, F.A.C., for more information.

The inspection fee is $1500 payable after the facility is inspected. Following an inspection, an invoice is generated and mailed or emailed to the facility for payment of the fee. See Rule 64B-4.002, F.A.C., for more information.

QUAD A, Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and American Accreditation Commission International. See Rule 64B8-9.0092, F.A.C., for more information.

Submit a copy of your accreditation certificate and a copy of your accreditation survey with your application and after each inspection to Department of Health, Post Office Box 6330, Tallahassee, FL 32314-6330 or send by email to PMC_OSR@flhealth.gov.

Yes. All office surgery facility applicants must complete the Professional Liability Coverage Disclosure, choosing the option(s) that best describe(s) the facility.

Yes. If gluteal fat grafting procedures are being performed, the office surgery facility applicant must establish and maintain additional liability coverage. See Section 458.328(1)(c), F.S.

No. Only hand-written signatures are acceptable.