# 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 staffing above the minimum when the agency finds supervision or care inadequate; type of staffing rule is agency-directed increase; minimum staffing requirement is The facility must immediately increase staff above the minimum levels established in paragraph (a), if the agency determines that adequate supervision and care are not being provided to residents; 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:** staffing above the minimum when the agency finds supervision or care inadequate _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** agency-directed increase _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** The facility must immediately increase staff above the minimum levels established in paragraph (a), if the agency determines that adequate supervision and care are not being provided to residents _(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

> (d) The facility must provide staff immediately when the agency determines that the requirements of paragraph (a) are not met. The facility must immediately increase staff above the minimum levels established in paragraph (a), if the agency determines that adequate supervision and care are not being provided to residents, resident care standards described in rule <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/florida/Fla-Admin-Code-Ann-R-59A-36-007> 59A-36.007 , F.A.C., are not being met, or that the facility is failing to meet the terms of residents' contracts.

## 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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