# 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 written 24-hour work schedule the facility must keep and show to residents on request; type of staffing rule is staffing records and disclosure; minimum staffing requirement is The facility must maintain a written work schedule that reflects its 24-hour staffing pattern for a given time period; 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:** written 24-hour work schedule the facility must keep and show to residents on request _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** staffing records and disclosure _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** The facility must maintain a written work schedule that reflects its 24-hour staffing pattern for a given time period _(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

> (c) The facility must maintain a written work schedule that reflects its 24-hour staffing pattern for a given time period. Upon request, the facility must make the daily work schedules of direct care staff available to residents or their representatives.

## 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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