Fla. Stat. § 395.1012 : Public Health — Hospital Licensing And Regulation — Patient safety Date: 26 Apr 2016 TEXT PDF Current through Chapter 269 of the 2016 Legislative Session (1) Each licensed facility must adopt a patient safety plan. A plan adopted to implement the requirements of 42 C.F.R. s. 482.21 shall be deemed to comply with this requirement. (2) Each licensed facility shall appoint a patient safety officer and a patient safety committee, which shall include at least one person who is neither employed by nor practicing in the facility, for the purpose of promoting the health and safety of patients, reviewing and evaluating the quality of patient safety measures used by the facility, and assisting in the implementation of the facility patient safety plan. Fla. Stat. § 395.1012 Amended by 2016 Fla. Laws, ch. 10,s 43, eff. 5/10/2016. s.6, ch. 2003-416.