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383.30-383.335, the term: Ch. 2018-24 LAWS OF FLORIDA Ch. 2018-24 11 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. (1) “Agency” means the Agency for Health Care Administration. (2) “Birth center” means any facility, institution, or place, which is not an ambulatory surgical center or a hospital or in a hospital, in which births are planned to occur away from the mother’s usual residence following a normal, uncomplicated, low-risk pregnancy. (3) “Clinical staff” means individuals employed full time or part time by a birth center who are licensed or certified to provide care at childbirth. (4) “Consultant” means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or chapter 459 who agrees to provide advice and services to a birth center and who either: (a) Is certified or eligible for certification by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, or (b) Has hospital obstetrical privileges. (5) “Governing body” means any individual, group, corporation, or institution which is responsible for the overall operation and maintenance of a birth center. (6) “Governmental unit” means the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or any department, division, board, or other agency of any of the foregoing. (7) “Licensed facility” means a facility licensed in accordance with s. 383.305. (8) “Low-risk pregnancy” means a pregnancy which is expected to result in an uncomplicated birth, as determined through risk criteria developed by rule of the department, and which is accompanied by adequate prenatal care. (9) “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, institution, or joint stock association and means any legal successor of any of the foregoing. (10) “Premises” means those buildings, beds, and facilities located at the main address of the licensee and all other buildings, beds, and facilities for the provision of maternity care located in such reasonable proximity to the main address of the licensee as to appear to the public to be under the dominion and control of the licensee. Section 15. Subsection (1) of section 383.305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 383.305 Licensure; fees.— (1) In accordance with s. 408.805, an applicant or a licensee shall pay a fee for each license application submitted under ss. 383.30-383.332 383.30- Ch. 2018-24 LAWS OF FLORIDA Ch. 2018-24 12 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. 383.335 and part II of chapter 408. The amount of the fee shall be established by rule. Section 16. Subsection (1) of section 383.309, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 383.309 Minimum standards for birth centers; rules and enforcement. (1) The agency shall adopt and enforce rules to administer ss. 383.30- 383.332 383.30-383.335 and part II of chapter 408, which rules shall include, but are not limited to, reasonable and fair minimum standards for ensuring that: (a) Sufficient numbers and qualified types of personnel and occupational disciplines are available at all times to provide necessary and adequate patient care and safety. (b) Infection control, housekeeping, sanitary conditions, disaster plan, and medical record procedures that will adequately protect patient care and provide safety are established and implemented. (c) Licensed facilities are established, organized, and operated consistent with established programmatic standards. Section 17. Subsection (1) of section 383.313, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 383.313 Performance of laboratory and surgical services; use of anesthetic and chemical agents.— (1) LABORATORY SERVICES.—A birth center may collect specimens for those tests that are requested under protocol. A birth center must obtain and continuously maintain certification by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and the federal rules adopted thereunder in order to may perform simple laboratory tests specified, as defined by rule of the agency, and which are appropriate to meet the needs of the patient is exempt from the requirements of chapter 483, provided no more than five physicians are employed by the birth center and testing is conducted exclusively in connection with the diagnosis and treatment