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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