MQA Quarterly Performance Report

The Quarterly Performance Report (QPR), required by section 456.005 and section 456.025(9) , Florida Statutes, offers MQA an opportunity to update 22 health care provider boards and four councils, as well as all stakehold- ers and health care consumers, on the important work performed in health care regulation. The QPR, for the first quarter of the 2019-2020 fiscal year, provides statutorily required information on revenue, expenditures, and performance measures. MQA upholds the Department’s mission to protect, promote, and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county, and community efforts. MQA collaborates with other stakeholder agencies at the state and federal level, and our regional investigative offices work with local officials and law enforcement agencies to stop and prevent dangerous unlicensed activity within Florida’s communities. MQA received 33,008 applications for initial licensure and issued 28,261 initial licenses in the first quarter. MQA received 221 complaints of unlicensed activity in the first quarter. MQA issued 162 cease and desist orders to unlicensed individuals whose unregulated and illegal activity could be disfiguring or even deadly to victims. MQA referred 149 complaints to law enforcement for potential criminal violations. Page 01 n Q1 2019 - 2020 Quarterly Performance Report