Florida Statutes Title XXIX. Public Health § 393.0655. Screening of direct service providers

(a) A volunteer who assists on an intermittent basis for less than 10 hours per month does not have to be screened if a person who meets the screening requirement of this section is always present and has the volunteer within his or her line of sight.

(b) Licensed physicians, nurses, or other professionals licensed and regulated by the Department of Health are not subject to background screening pursuant to this section if they are providing a service that is within their scope of licensed practice.

(c) A person selected by the family or the individual with developmental disabilities and paid by the family or the individual to provide supports or services is not required to have a background screening under this section.

(d) Persons 12 years of age or older, including family members, residing with a direct services provider who provides services to clients in his or her own place of residence are subject to background screening; however, such persons who are 12 to 18 years of age shall be screened for delinquency records only.

(a) The agency shall deny, suspend, terminate, or revoke a license, certification, rate agreement, purchase order, or contract, or pursue other remedies provided in s. 393.0673, s. 393.0675, or s. 393.0678 in addition to or in lieu of denial, suspension, termination, or revocation for failure to comply with this section.

(b) When the agency has reasonable cause to believe that grounds for denial or termination of employment exist, it shall notify, in writing, the employer and the person affected, stating the specific record that indicates noncompliance with the standards in this section.

(c) The procedures established for hearing under chapter 120 shall be available to the employer and the person affected in order to present evidence relating either to the accuracy of the basis of exclusion or to the denial of an exemption from disqualification.

(d) Refusal on the part of an employer to dismiss a manager, supervisor, or direct service provider who has been found to be in noncompliance with standards of this section shall result in automatic denial, termination, or revocation of the license or certification, rate agreement, purchase order, or contract, in addition to any other remedies pursued by the agency.

(a) Any authorizing statutes, if the offense was a felony.

(b) This chapter, if the offense was a felony.

(c) Section 409.920, relating to Medicaid provider fraud.

(d) Section 409.9201, relating to Medicaid fraud.

(e) Section 817.034, relating to fraudulent acts through mail, wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photooptical systems.

(f) Section 817.234, relating to false and fraudulent insurance claims.

(g) Section 817.505, relating to patient brokering.

(h) Section 817.568, relating to criminal use of personal identification information.

(i) Section 817.60, relating to obtaining a credit card through fraudulent means.

(j) Section 817.61, relating to fraudulent use of credit cards, if the offense was a felony.

(k) Section 831.01, relating to forgery.

(l) Section 831.02, relating to uttering forged instruments.

(m) Section 831.07, relating to forging bank bills, checks, drafts, or promissory notes.

(n) Section 831.09, relating to uttering forged bank bills, checks, drafts, or promissory notes.