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Checking an assisted living facility in Florida

Q: Who licenses assisted living in Florida?

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration licenses assisted living facilities under Part I of Chapter 429, Florida Statutes. Every ALF holds a Standard license for routine personal care. Some also hold specialty licenses so residents can “age in place.”

Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration licenses assisted living facilities under Part I of Chapter 429, Florida Statutes. Every ALF holds a Standard license for routine personal care. Some also hold specialty licenses so residents can “age in place.”

CMS does not inspect or rate assisted living, so there is no Care Compare page for it. Inspections, complaints and enforcement are handled by the state. Nursing home vs assisted living

Regulator

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)

License types

Standard: The base license for routine personal care services. Source
Extended Congregate Care (ECC): A specialty license on top of the Standard license, with a separate biennial fee under s. 429.07. Source
Limited Nursing Services (LNS): A specialty license on top of the Standard license, with a separate biennial fee under s. 429.07. Source
Limited Mental Health (LMH): A specialty license. AHCA’s survey rules include a separate Limited Mental Health regulation set. Source

Inspections and records

AHCA may use an abbreviated biennial licensure inspection for an ALF with a good record. A full inspection is required if the facility has had class I or class II violations or uncorrected class III violations (s. 429.34). Source
FloridaHealthFinder’s Assisted Living Facility Comparison Tool shows each ALF’s complaints, sanctions and deficiency data. AHCA says it is updated nightly. Source
AHCA’s Public Record Search posts Statements of Deficiencies, which are violations found during inspections, along with Final Orders. AHCA auto-redacts reports to remove personal health information. Source
AHCA posts lists of unlicensed facilities it has found operating as ALFs. An unlicensed home has no state inspection record. Source

Checked October 24, 2026 on the agency’s own site.

How to look up a facility

FloridaHealthFinder ALF Comparison Tool. Complaints, sanctions, deficiencies, beds and specialty licenses for every licensed ALF.
AHCA Public Record Search (inspection reports, final orders). Statements of Deficiencies and Final Orders, searchable by facility.
AHCA Assisted Living Unit. Licensing rules, survey tags and unlicensed facility lists.
Florida Statutes Chapter 429. The assisted living law.
At a tour, ask to see the facility’s most recent inspection report and any plan of correction.

Filing a complaint

AHCA’s Complaint Administration Unit takes complaints about licensed facilities, including ALFs and nursing homes, through an online form. AHCA licensed health care facility complaint form.

Source: ahca.myflorida.com · last checked October 24, 2026

Facility list

There is no Florida facility list on this site yet. The state’s facility data is offered through the interactive search tools above, and this site only republishes files an agency posts for download. Those state tools show each facility’s license, inspections and sanctions.