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,