ALF Core Training Florida questions and
answers
Assisted Living Facility - answer A facility that is operated and regulated as a residential
environment not medical that provides housing, meals, and one or more personal services for a
period exceeding 24 hours to one or more adults who are not relatives of the owner or
administrator.
Renewal License - answer Must be completed at least 60 days and no more than 120 days
before current license expires.
CHOW - answer Change of Ownership
Initial Licensure CHOW - answer Must be received at least 60 days prior to the change of
ownership
Omitted Information Licensure - answer Must be submitted within 21 days after the request
from the agency is made.
The Agency for Healthcare Administration - answer Also, "the agency", AHCA, Agency Central
Office
Length of ALF Licensure - answer Licensing is biennial unless a shorter license period is
specified.
ALF - answer Assisted Living Facility
Activities of Daily Living - answer Functions and tasks for self care such as ambulation, bathing,
dressing, eating, grooming, and toileting
, ADL - answer Activities of Daily Living
Administrator - answer An individual at least 21 years of age who is responsible for the
operation and maintenance of an assisted living facility.
Standard License - answer Facilities which are licensed to provide routine personal care services.
ECC - answer Extended Congregate Care
Extended Congregate Care License - answer Can be requested by a facility that has been
licensed as an assisted living facility for 2 or more years and that provides services, directly or
through contract, beyond the standard license and LNS license including being able to provide
total catheter care, all oxygen services, and any type of tube feedings.
LNS - answer Limited Nursing Services
Limited Nursing Services License - answer Provide services beyond standard including
conducting passive range of motion exercises, apply ice caps and collars, apply heat, performing
ear and eye irrigations, conduct urine dipstick test, and cutting toenails of diabetic residents
when approved by their healthcare provider. Residents can also receive licensed nursing
assistance with replacement of a indwelling urinary catheter or the performance of intermittent
urinary catheterizations can be performed by licensed personnel, perform digital stool removal,
and the applying and changing of routine dressings that do not require packing or irrigation but
are abrasions, skin tears, and closed surgical wounds.
Specialty Licenses - answer ECC, LNS, LMH
LMH - answer Limited Mental Health
Limited Mental Health License - answer Must be obtained by a facility that serves one or more
mental health residents.
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