MQA Reports and Publications Library

The Florida Department of Health’s Division of Medical Quality Assurance (MQA) provides timely, accurate, and accessible reporting on health care licensing, enforcement, and regulatory trends. This library offers reports and publications that inform and guide industry partners, stakeholders, and the public, reflecting MQA’s commitment to continuous improvement and effective regulation in support of public health.

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Annual Reports and Long-Range Plans

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 efficiency and effectiveness in regulating health care practitioners and facilities in Florida. 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.

Florida Veteran Health Heroes

Often considered “MQA’s heart piece,” this report is a tribute from the Department 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. Join us in recognizing this year’s Veteran Health Heroes by accessing the report below or at FLHealthSource.gov/OVLS.

The report, and previous issues dating back to 2014, also feature information about the evolution of military licensure pathways for health care practitioners, the impact MQA has made in streamlining licensure for those who have sacrificed the most, and various military and veteran resources.

Quarterly Reports

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

Annual Regulatory Plans

Per sections 120.74(1) and (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. The reports provided below show the current and previous listings of such rules since 2015.

Miscellaneous Reports

The MQA distributes timely, accessible, and accurate information about its health care regulatory processes and professions by publishing various reports for industry partners, health care practitioners, applicants, and consumers.

Note: This page contains materials in the Portable Document Format (PDF). The free Adobe Reader may be required to view these files.