# Florida — Assisted living facility minimum staffing requirements by US state — how many staff must be on duty, and what that guarantees

For Florida, which rule this is is 76-85 total combined residents, day care participants and respite care residents — minimum staff hours per week; type of staffing rule is weekly staff-hours table; minimum staffing requirement is 498; regulatory citation is Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 59A-36.010, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Florida _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Which rule this is:** 76-85 total combined residents, day care participants and respite care residents — minimum staff hours per week _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** weekly staff-hours table _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** 498 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 59A-36.010 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1. Facilities must maintain the following minimum staff hours per week: Number of Residents, Day Care Participants, and Respite Care Residents | Staff Hours/Week | 0-5 | 168 | 6-15 | 212 | 16- 25 | 253 | 26-35 | 294 | 36-45 | 335 | 46-55 | 375 | 56- 65 | 416 | 66-75 | 457 | 76-85 | 498 | 86-95 | 539 |

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/florida/Fla-Admin-Code-Ann-R-59A-36-010

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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