ALF Core Training Florida Exam Questions with Verified
Answers 2024/2025
Assisted Living Facility - -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 - -Must be completed at least 60 days and no more than 120 days before current
license expires.
CHOW - -Change of Ownership
Initial Licensure CHOW - -Must be received at least 60 days prior to the change of ownership
Omitted Information Licensure - -Must be submitted within 21 days after the request from the
agency is made.
The Agency for Healthcare Administration - -Also, "the agency", AHCA, Agency Central Office
Length of ALF Licensure - -Licensing is biennial unless a shorter license period is specified.
ALF - -Assisted Living Facility
Activities of Daily Living - -Functions and tasks for self care such as ambulation, bathing, dressing,
eating, grooming, and toileting
ADL - -Activities of Daily Living
Administrator - -An individual at least 21 years of age who is responsible for the operation and
maintenance of an assisted living facility.
, Standard License - -Facilities which are licensed to provide routine personal care services.
ECC - -Extended Congregate Care
Extended Congregate Care License - -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 - -Limited Nursing Services
Limited Nursing Services License - -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 - -ECC, LNS, LMH
LMH - -Limited Mental Health
Limited Mental Health License - -Must be obtained by a facility that serves one or more mental
health residents.
Mental Health Resident - -An individual who receives social security disability income (SSDI) due
to a mental disorder or supplemental security income (SSI) due to a mental disorder, and receives
optional state supplementation (OSS).
Answers 2024/2025
Assisted Living Facility - -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 - -Must be completed at least 60 days and no more than 120 days before current
license expires.
CHOW - -Change of Ownership
Initial Licensure CHOW - -Must be received at least 60 days prior to the change of ownership
Omitted Information Licensure - -Must be submitted within 21 days after the request from the
agency is made.
The Agency for Healthcare Administration - -Also, "the agency", AHCA, Agency Central Office
Length of ALF Licensure - -Licensing is biennial unless a shorter license period is specified.
ALF - -Assisted Living Facility
Activities of Daily Living - -Functions and tasks for self care such as ambulation, bathing, dressing,
eating, grooming, and toileting
ADL - -Activities of Daily Living
Administrator - -An individual at least 21 years of age who is responsible for the operation and
maintenance of an assisted living facility.
, Standard License - -Facilities which are licensed to provide routine personal care services.
ECC - -Extended Congregate Care
Extended Congregate Care License - -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 - -Limited Nursing Services
Limited Nursing Services License - -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 - -ECC, LNS, LMH
LMH - -Limited Mental Health
Limited Mental Health License - -Must be obtained by a facility that serves one or more mental
health residents.
Mental Health Resident - -An individual who receives social security disability income (SSDI) due
to a mental disorder or supplemental security income (SSI) due to a mental disorder, and receives
optional state supplementation (OSS).
