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400.621  Rules and standards relating to adult family-care homes.--

(1)  The department shall, in consultation with the ¹Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services and the agency, by rule, establish minimum standards and licensure procedures for adult family-care homes. The rules must, at a minimum:

(a)  Provide for the health, safety, and well-being of each resident in the adult family-care home.

(b)  Provide procedures for annual license renewal, prevention of abuse, proper management of each resident's property and personal affairs, inspections, and records and reports.

(c)  Promote the growth of adult family-care homes as a component of a long-term care system.

(d)  Promote the goal of aging in place.

(e)  Mandate compliance with chapter 419.

(f)  Assure that an adult family-care home is the appropriate living arrangement for each resident. A resident who requires 24-hour nursing supervision may not be retained in an adult family-care home. A person who would not be an appropriate resident in any assisted living facility under s. 400.426 would not be an appropriate resident in an adult family-care home.

(g)  Assure the least possible disruption of residents' lives when an adult family-care home is closed.

(h)  Provide procedures to protect the residents' rights as provided in s. 400.628.

(2)  Minimum firesafety standards shall be established and enforced by the State Fire Marshal in cooperation with the department and the agency. Such standards must be included in the rules adopted by the department after consultation with the State Fire Marshal and the agency.

(3)  The department shall by rule establish standards for the adequate supervision of adult family-care residents.

(4)  The provider of any adult family-care home that is in operation at the time any rules are adopted or amended under ss. 400.616-400.629 may be given a reasonable time, not exceeding 6 months, within which to comply with those new or revised rules and standards.

History.--ss. 1, 2, ch. 85-195; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 7, ch. 93-209; s. 24, ch. 95-210; s. 65, ch. 95-418.

¹Note.--The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was redesignated as the Department of Children and Family Services by s. 5, ch. 96-403, and the Department of Health was created by s. 8, ch. 96-403.