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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title XXIX
PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 395
Hospital Licensing And Regulation
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Section 395.001, Florida Statutes 2000

1395.001  Legislative intent.--It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the protection of public health and safety in the establishment, construction, maintenance, and operation of hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and mobile surgical facilities by providing for licensure of same and for the development, establishment, and enforcement of minimum standards with respect thereto.

History.--ss. 26, 30, ch. 82-182; ss. 2, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 1, ch. 98-303.

1Note.--Section 10, ch. 98-303, provides that "[m]obile surgical facilities in operation pursuant to a contract with the Department of Corrections entered into prior to [May 29, 1998] shall continue to operate pursuant to such contract and shall only be subject to the provisions of this act subsequent to the effective date of any rules promulgated by the Agency for Health Care Administration relating to mobile surgical facilities."