Assisted Living Facility

Assisted Living Facility

An assisted living facility (ALF) is designed to provide personal care services in the least restrictive and most home-like environment. These facilities can range in size from one resident to several hundred and may offer a wide variety of personal and nursing services designed specifically to meet an individual's personal needs.

Facilities are licensed to provide routine personal care services under a "Standard" license, or more specific services under the authority of "Specialty" licenses. ALFs meeting the requirements for a Standard license may also qualify for specialty licenses. The purpose of "Specialty Licenses" is to allow individuals to "age in place" in familiar surroundings that can adequately and safely meet their continuing healthcare needs.

Notices/Updates

• Renew Online – Providers can now renew their licenses through the Agency’s Online Licensing application.
• Notice For Providers March 2016 [ 210.5 kB ]
• Unlicensed Facilities January 2017 to July 2024 [ 250.5 kB ]
• Substantiated Unlicensed Locations from 2014 - 2023 [ 112 kB ]
• Past Unlicensed Facilities 2014 - 2016 [ 369.7 kB ]
• 2015 Legislative Update - House Bill 1001 [ 531.1 kB ]
• Licensure Fee Increase Letter [ 304.5 kB ]
• PEG Tube ALF Letter [ 73.3 kB ]
• ALF Questions/Concerns/Observations [ 106 kB ]
• Provider Directories
  
  To obtain directories of providers, visit the link above and select "search by facility type/location," then select a provider type from the facility/provider type drop-down menu under General Search and click "search." To search for providers with specialty licenses, select a provider type just as before, scroll down and click the arrow to the right of "advanced search." Then select a specialty license from the menu and click "search."

Statute/Rule Authority

• Chapter 408, Part II, Florida Statutes
• Chapter 59A-35, Florida Administrative Code
• Chapter 429, Part I, Florida Statutes
• Chapter 59A-36, Florida Administrative Code
• Chapter 419, Florida Statutes

Survey Guidelines

• Assisted Living Facility Survey Tags [ 141 kB ]
• ASPEN Regulation Set
  The Regulation Set includes the Assisted Living Standard, Extended Congregate Care, Limited Mental Health, Limited Nursing Services, and AHCA Core Licensure Deficiencies
• Field Operations Website

Application and Forms

• Assisted Living Facility Licensing Application
• ALF Change of Administrator Form [ 87 kB ]
• ALF Medication Waiver Sample Form [ 33.5 kB ]
• Emergency Power Plan Sample Format [ 21.4 kB ]
• Consumer Friendly Summary (Revised May 24, 2018) [ 20.3 kB ]

Resident Health Assessment

• Resident Health Assessment for Assisted Living Facilities, AHCA Form 1823, April 2021 [ 70.1 kB ]

Resources

• Administrator Training and Core Training Provider Information [ 144.5 kB ]
• List of Approved Core Trainers
• Application for Core Training Provider Registration [ 39.3 kB ]
• ALF Minimum Core Training Curriculum [ 161.9 kB ]
• The MacDonald Research Institute
• Minimum Emergency Management Planning Criteria for Assisted Living Facilities [ 85.8 kB ]
• Bed Bug Management - Best Practices for Assisted Living Facilities [ 1.8 MB ]
• Assisted Living Facility and Adult Family Care Home Unlicensed Activity Checklist
• Dept. Of Health - Notice [ 41.8 kB ]
• County Emergency Management Offices
• Recommended Guidelines for Adult Protective Services re: Sexual Offenders/Predators, March, 2010 [ 179 kB ]
• Recommended Guidelines for Assisted Living Homes re: Sexual Offenders/Predators, March, 2010 [ 200.1 kB ]
• Cooperative Agreement & Community Living Support Plan [ 294.2 kB ]
• Background Screening Website
• Mandatory Radon Testing Requirements for 24-hour State Regulated Providers
• Map of Affected Counties for Radon Testing

Links

• Contact the office of Risk Management and Patient Safety to submit Adverse Incident Reports or for questions regarding Adverse Incident Reports.
• Homes licensed by the Agency for Health Care Administration--visit the AHCA website at healthfinder.fl.gov *
• Homes licensed by the Department of Children and Families--visit the DCF website at https://www.myflfamilies.com/contact-us to locate the Community Residential Home licensing staff in the appropriate district.
• Homes licensed by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities--visit the APD website at https://flddresources.qlarant.com/ProviderSearch.aspx to locate the APD staff in the appropriate district.
  
  * (Please do not use as the sole source of information for determining 1000 feet of distance between facilities)