# 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 maintenance, clerical and food preparation staff do not count towards the minimum staffing hours; type of staffing rule is counting rule; minimum staffing requirement is Staff whose duties are exclusively building or grounds maintenance, clerical, or food preparation do not count towards meeting the minimum staffing hours requirement; 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:** maintenance, clerical and food preparation staff do not count towards the minimum staffing hours _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** counting rule _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** Staff whose duties are exclusively building or grounds maintenance, clerical, or food preparation do not count towards meeting the minimum staffing hours requirement _(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

> 7. Staff whose duties are exclusively building or grounds maintenance, clerical, or food preparation do not count towards meeting the minimum staffing hours requirement.

## 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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