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immediately and apply for a license after notification from the agency; revising provisions authorizing the agency to impose a fine on a nurse registry that fails to cease operation after agency notification; revising circumstances under which the agency is authorized to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or impose a fine on a nurse registry; prohibiting a nurse registry from monitoring, supervising, managing, or training a certain caregiver who is an independent contractor; amending s. 400.606, F.S.; removing a requirement that an existing licensed health care provider’s hospice licensure application be accompanied by a copy of the most recent Ch. 2018-24 LAWS OF FLORIDA Ch. 2018-24 2 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. profit-loss statement and licensure inspection report; amending s. 400.925, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “home medical equipment”; amending s. 400.931, F.S.; requiring a home medical equipment provider to notify the agency of certain personnel changes within a specified timeframe; amending s. 400.933, F.S.; requiring the agency to accept the submission of a valid medical oxygen retail establishment permit issued by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation in lieu of an agency inspection for licensure; amending s. 400.980, F.S.; revising the timeframe within which a health care services pool registrant must provide the agency with certain changes of information; amending s. 400.9935, F.S.; specifying that a voluntary certificate of exemption may be valid for up to 2 years; amending s. 408.036, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; deleting obsolete provisions relating to certificate of need requirements for specified services; amending s. 408.0361, F.S.; providing an exception for a hospital to become a Level I Adult Cardiovascular provider if certain requirements are met; amending s. 408.05, F.S.; requiring the agency to contract with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the American College of Cardiology for the collection of certain data for publication on the agency’s website for certain purposes; amending s. 408.061, F.S.; excluding hospitals operated by state agencies from certain financial reporting requirements; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 408.07, F.S.; deleting the definition for the term “clinical laboratory”; amending s. 408.20, F.S.; exempting hospitals operated by any state agency from assessments against the Health Care Trust Fund to fund certain agency activities; repealing s. 408.7056, F.S., relating to the Subscriber Assistance Program; amending s. 408.803, F.S.; defining the term “relative” for purposes of the Health Care Licensing Procedures Act; amending s. 408.806, F.S.; authorizing licensees who hold licenses for multiple providers to request that the agency align related license expiration dates; authorizing the agency to issue licenses for an abbreviated licensure period and to charge a prorated licensure fee; amending s. 408.809, F.S.; expanding the scope of persons subject to a level 2 background screening to include any employee of a licensee who is a controlling interest and certain part-time contractors; amending s. 408.810, F.S.; providing that an applicant for change of ownership licensure is exempt from furnishing proof of financial ability to operate if certain conditions are met; authorizing the agency to adopt rules governing circumstances under which a controlling interest may act in certain legal capacities on behalf of a patient or client; requiring a licensee to ensure that certain persons do not hold an ownership interest if the licensee is not organized as or owned by a publicly traded corporation; defining the term “publicly traded corporation”; amending s. 408.812, F.S.; providing that certain unlicensed activity by a provider constitutes abuse and neglect; clarifying that the agency may impose a fine or penalty, as prescribed in an authorizing statute, if an unlicensed provider who has received notification fails to cease operation; authorizing the agency to revoke all licenses and impose a fine or penalties upon a controlling interest or licensee who has an interest in more than one provider and who fails to license a provider rendering