Florida Statutes 400.94 – Patient records
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(1) The home medical equipment provider must maintain, for each patient, a patient record that includes the home medical equipment and services the home medical equipment provider has provided. Such records must contain:
(a) Any physician’s order or certificate of medical necessity, if the equipment was ordered by a physician.
Terms Used In Florida Statutes 400.94
- Home medical equipment: includes any product as defined by the Food and Drug Administration's Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, any products reimbursed under the Medicare Part B Durable Medical Equipment benefits, or any products reimbursed under the Florida Medicaid durable medical equipment program. See Florida Statutes 400.925
- Home medical equipment provider: means any person or entity that sells or rents or offers to sell or rent to or for a consumer:(a) Any home medical equipment and services; or(b) Home medical equipment that requires any home medical equipment services. See Florida Statutes 400.925
- patient: means any person who uses home medical equipment in his or her place of residence. See Florida Statutes 400.925
(b) Signed and dated delivery slips verifying delivery.(c) Notes reflecting all services and maintenance performed, and any equipment exchanges.(d) The date on which rental equipment was retrieved.(e) Such other information as is appropriate to specific patients in light of the particular equipment provided to them.
(2) Such records are considered patient records under s. 456.057 and must be maintained by the home medical equipment provider for 5 years following termination of services. If a patient transfers to another home medical equipment provider, a copy of his or her record must be provided to the other home medical equipment provider, upon request.