Open your first assisted living facility in Florida, one step at a time.
Every licensing step from idea to opening day, in order, with the Florida rule behind each one. Plus 90 days of the tools owners use to stay ready.
$297 once, nothing renews
For scale, Florida’s base license fee alone is $300 plus $50 per resident (s. 429.07(4)(a), F.S.).
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Why the order matters
Opening an assisted living facility in Florida runs through rules with real consequences. Three of them, in the law’s own words:
Taking residents before the license
Any person who owns, rents, or otherwise maintains a building or property used as an unlicensed assisted living facility commits a felony of the third degree
s. 429.08(1)(b), F.S.
Filing too early
Applications received more than 120 days prior to the date of license expiration or the effective date will be returned to the applicant unprocessed.
Rule 59A-35.060(6), F.A.C.
Leaving out the fee
Applications will be returned to the applicant unprocessed if required fees are not submitted with the application.
Rule 59A-35.060(5), F.A.C.
The roadmap puts every step like these in order, so you know what comes first.
What you get
Your Florida licensing roadmap, yours to keep
33 steps in six phases. Each one says what Florida requires, what to do this week, and quotes the rule. Steps the law does not settle, like zoning, say who decides and what to ask them. Tick steps off as you go.
90 days of membership
The to-do list, Law Watch, ALF AI, the checklists and the survey ready kit, built from your plans.
90 days of exam prep
Practice questions, mock exams and scenarios for the administrator competency test. It does not replace the training course Florida requires for administrators.
The roadmap, phase by phase
- Decide what you are openingWhether your plan counts as an assisted living facility, which license fits, and a new license or an existing home.
- The building and locationZoning, your right to use the building, the building and fire standards, and the county health inspection.
- People and moneyOwners and screening, your administrator and the required training, staffing, startup money and insurance.
- Paperwork to have readyControlling interests, proof you can pay to operate, the emergency plan and the resident contract.
- Apply to AHCAWhen to file, the application and fee, and answering AHCA letters on time.
- Inspection, license and opening dayThe licensure inspection, the license you receive, staff orientation and what residents must be told.
What it is, and what it is not
It is a plain English guide to what Florida law requires to license an assisted living facility, with the rule quoted on each step that states one. It is not legal advice, it does not file anything for you, and no one can promise AHCA will approve a license. AHCA decides that.
Questions
No. The roadmap starts before any of that. When the portal asks about your facility, choose "Start with my plans" and add the name, license type and bed count you have in mind.
No. It is one payment. The 90 days of membership and exam prep end on their own. If you want to keep membership after that, you choose it.
All starter kit sales are final, because your access starts right away. If you were charged twice or by mistake, contact support and we will fix it.
Your licensing roadmap and your progress on it stay yours. The to-do list, Law Watch, ALF AI and exam prep close unless you start a membership.
No. Florida requires administrators to complete a training course. Exam prep is practice questions to help you get ready for the competency test.
No one can promise that. AHCA decides every license. The roadmap shows what Florida requires, in order, with the rule behind each step, so you can prepare.
No. It is a plain English guide to Florida law, with the rule quoted on every step that states one. For contracts and anything you are unsure about, talk to a Florida attorney.
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$297 once. The roadmap is yours to keep, with 90 days of membership and exam prep.
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