# 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 more than 95 total combined residents, day care participants and respite care residents — incremental staff hours above the table; type of staffing rule is weekly staff-hours table; minimum staffing requirement is For every 20 total combined residents, day care participants, and respite care residents over 95 add 42 staff hours per week; 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:** more than 95 total combined residents, day care participants and respite care residents — incremental staff hours above the table _(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:** For every 20 total combined residents, day care participants, and respite care residents over 95 add 42 staff hours per week _(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

> 86-95 | 539 | For every 20 total combined residents, day care participants, and respite care residents over 95 add 42 staff hours per week.

## 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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