Group Care Facilities
The
Group Care Inspection Program is designed to protect the
health and
safety of the public through education in good sanitation and safety
practices in a group care setting. Please see our
Fee Schedule for annual permit fees. Partnering agencies for this program are:
Department of Children and Families
Agency for Health Care Administration AHCA
Department of Education
Department of Elder Affairs
Group Care Facilities are defined as two types Residential and
Non-Residential:
- Residential Facilities
Adult Family
Care Home Assisted
Living Facilities Biomedical Waste Crisis
Stabilization Units
Developmental Disabled Care Facility Drug
Treatment Centers Foster Homes (DCF Foster Homes Only) Hospice Pediatric
Extended Care Centers Transitional
Living Facility
Non-Residential Facilities
Adult Daycare Centers Bars and Lounges
Biomedical Waste Family Day Care Centers Movie
Theatres
Public and Private Schools
As of
July 1, 2010, due to changes in the Florida Legislature, the Department of
Health no longer regulates facility inspections in Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Childcare Centers. Please contact
ACHA
in regards
to Hospitals and Nursing Homes and
DCF for Childcare.
The governing authority for these programs falls under:
Florida Administrative Code regarding buildings
serving the public and places of employment
Chapter 64E-10,F.A.C.
(8kb;
pdf)
Florida
Administrative Code regarding community-based residential facilities
Chapter 64E-12,F.A.C.
(53kb;
pdf)
Rules
governing school sanitation
Chapter 64E-13, F.A.C. (26kb;
pdf)
Governing Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems (Septic Tanks)
Florida Administrative Code 64E-6.
(837kb;
pdf)
Governing Biomedical Waste handling
Florida Administrative Code 64E-16
(79kb;
pdf)
If
you have a complaint regarding a Group Care Facility please call us at
850-595-6700.
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