# 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 independent living residents are excluded from the census used to compute minimum staff hours; type of staffing rule is counting rule; minimum staffing requirement is are not counted as residents for purposes of computing minimum staff hours; 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:** independent living residents are excluded from the census used to compute minimum staff hours _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** counting rule _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** are not counted as residents for purposes of computing minimum staff hours _(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

> 2. Independent living residents, as referenced in subsection <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/florida/Fla-Admin-Code-Ann-R-59A-36-015> 59A-36.015(3) , F.A.C., who occupy beds included within the licensed capacity of an assisted living facility but do not receive personal, limited nursing, or extended congregate care services, are not counted as residents for purposes of computing minimum staff hours.

## 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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