TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Staff members at nursing homes and assisted living facilities will be required to be tested for COVID-19 every two weeks under a pair of emergency rules issued Wednesday by Gov.
Ron DeSantis’ administration.Facilities that don’t comply with the emergency rules could have their licenses revoked or suspended and face administrative fines.
The new rules reinforce a thrust by the Republican governor to tamp down the spread of the deadly respiratory disease in facilities that house tens of thousands of seniors across the state.“To have the periodic testing every two weeks, that is more surveillance-style testing.