Reports and Publications

Medical Quality Assurance Reports 

The Florida Department of Health’s Division of Medical Quality Assurance (MQA) provides health care licensing, enforcement, and regulatory trends, statistics, and information to industry partners and stakeholders through timely, accurate, and accessible reporting. 

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MQA Annual Reports

Required under section 456.026, Florida Statutes, the MQA Annual Report and Long-Range Plan provides health care regulatory partners and stakeholders with an overview of MQA’s regulatory efficiency and effectiveness. Specifically included in this report are trend analyses and information tables of MQA’s three key processes: enforcement, licensing, and information, as well as data on current and projected cash balances and adequacy of fees.  

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MQA Quarterly Performance Reports 

MQA also complies with long-range planning requirements outlined in section 456.005, Florida Statutes, by providing concise management reports to the regulatory boards quarterly. 

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Florida Veteran Health Heroes Publications 

Every year, the Department publishes a tribute to the veterans, active-duty military members, and spouses who double as first responders, physical therapists, nurses, lab technicians, psychologists, dentists, and more. We call them Florida’s veteran health heroes. Despite taking off their uniforms, they have never stopped serving. 

The Florida Veteran Health Heroes publication features information about the evolution of military licensure pathways for health care practitioners, the impact the Department has made in streamlining licensure for those who have sacrificed the most, and various military and veteran resources. 

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Annual Regulatory Plans 

Per section 120.74(1)(2), Florida Statutes, MQA publishes its regulatory plan for administrative law records. The plan includes a listing of each law enacted or amended during the previous 12 months which creates or modifies the duties or authority of the agency and, if rulemaking is required, whether a notice of rule development has been published and its citation. 

Rulemaking is the process the Department, including all health care regulatory boards, uses when it proposes to create, change, or delete rules in order to protect public health.