Florida survey readiness

What Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) / Dept. of Elder Affairs can ask you for, each line cited — and the ones you can't yet produce.

The building

Florida requirements loaded — the rules below are Florida’s own.

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30 of the outstanding items are the ones a survey opens with.

Florida — Assisted Living Facility

What Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) / Dept. of Elder Affairs can ask for, each cited. Checked July 2026.

Goes in the planIs the section written, and does it say what the rule requires?

Florida requires an alternative power source and the fuel to run it, sufficient to hold ambient air temperature at or below 81 °F for a minimum of 96 hours after loss of primary power, filed as a supplement to the CEMP with the local emergency management agency. Written after 14 residents died of heat-related causes during Hurricane Irma; non-compliance can suspend or revoke the license.

Fla. Admin. Code 59A-36.025 (formerly 58A-5.036) · Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) / Dept. of Elder Affairs

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Must be filed or approvedWas it sent — and where approval is required, was it approved?

Florida requires the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan to be submitted to the county Office of Emergency Management for review and approval under Chapter 252, Florida Statutes — and an APPROVED CEMP is a condition of annual license renewal. A newly licensed facility, or one with significant changes, must submit within 30 business days under Fla. Admin. Code 59A-36.019 (formerly 58A-5.026(2)(b)). The county then has up to 60 business days to review and approve, so a plan filed late cannot be approved in time for renewal.

Fla. Admin. Code 59A-36.019 (Emergency Management) and 59A-36.025 (Emergency Environmental Control), formerly 58A-5.026 and 58A-5.036; §429.41 Fla. Stat. · County Office of Emergency Management

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Florida requires an alternative power source and the fuel to run it, sufficient to hold ambient air temperature at or below 81 °F for a minimum of 96 hours after loss of primary power, filed as a supplement to the CEMP with the local emergency management agency. Written after 14 residents died of heat-related causes during Hurricane Irma; non-compliance can suspend or revoke the license.

Fla. Admin. Code 59A-36.025 (formerly 58A-5.036) · Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) / Dept. of Elder Affairs

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Must be done, on a scheduleWhen did it last happen, and was that inside the interval?

Drills at the required frequency: Twelve fire drills a year in facilities without sprinklers; six a year where the building is sprinklered.

Fla. Admin. Code 59A-36.019 (Emergency Management) and 59A-36.025 (Emergency Environmental Control), formerly 58A-5.026 and 58A-5.036; §429.41 Fla. Stat. · Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) / Dept. of Elder Affairs

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Must exist in the buildingIs it installed, and can you show it was tested?

Florida requires an alternative power source and the fuel to run it, sufficient to hold ambient air temperature at or below 81 °F for a minimum of 96 hours after loss of primary power, filed as a supplement to the CEMP with the local emergency management agency. Written after 14 residents died of heat-related causes during Hurricane Irma; non-compliance can suspend or revoke the license.

Fla. Admin. Code 59A-36.025 (formerly 58A-5.036) · Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) / Dept. of Elder Affairs

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Records to retainHow far back can you produce the records?

Drills at the required frequency: Twelve fire drills a year in facilities without sprinklers; six a year where the building is sprinklered.

Fla. Admin. Code 59A-36.019 (Emergency Management) and 59A-36.025 (Emergency Environmental Control), formerly 58A-5.026 and 58A-5.036; §429.41 Fla. Stat. · Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) / Dept. of Elder Affairs

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Life-safety systems

The code-based tests a life-safety survey opens with. These are the starred ones — the full schedule is the compliance calendar.

Test record

NFPA 72 Table 14.4.3.2 (supervisory device testing) (2022) · national · keep: Minimum 5 years

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Certificate + inspection report

NFPA 72 §14.4 (annual ITM) (2022) · national · keep: Minimum 5 years

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Test record

NFPA 25 §5.3.3 / §13.7 (2023) · national · keep: Life of system

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Static + residual pressures; compare to prior; >10% drop investigated

NFPA 25 §5.3.3 (main drain quarterly where sole supply passes through backflow preventer or PRV) (2023) · national · keep: Life of system

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Pressures vs prior year

NFPA 25 §13.2.5 (2023) · national · keep: Life of system

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Written record for AHJ

NFPA 80 §5.2.1 (annual, 13 criteria) (2022) · national · keep: 3 years

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Report

NFPA 110 §8.3.1 (2022) · national · keep: Per authority

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Damper log with location, ID, pass/fail and corrective action.

NFPA 80 §19.4 / NFPA 105 Ch. 6 (2022) · national · keep: Until the next test, minimum 3 years

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Written report listing every damper by location with pass/fail

NFPA 80 §19.4 / NFPA 105 Ch. 6 (hospital 6-year interval) (2022) · national · keep: Until the next test, minimum 3 years

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Monthly firefighter service log.

ASME A17.1 §8.6.11.1 (2019) · state-governed · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Trip test report with trip time and water delivery time.

NFPA 25 §13.4.4.2.2 (3-year full trip) (2020) · national · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Tank inspection report.

NFPA 25 §9.2.6 (interior inspection) (2020) · national · keep: Until the next interior inspection

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Smoke control test report with fan and damper positions.

NFPA 92 §8.4.2 (dedicated: semiannual) (2021) · national · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Signed drill sheet: date, time, shift, participants, evacuation time.

NFPA 101 §19.7.1 / CMS LSC (2012) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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Signed drill sheet.

NFPA 101 §19.7.1 / CMS LSC (2012) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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Signed drill sheet.

NFPA 101 §19.7.1 / CMS LSC (2012) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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After-action report and improvement plan.

42 CFR §483.73(d)(2) (—) · national · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Signed HVA.

42 CFR §483.73(a)(1) (—) · national · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Dated plan revision.

42 CFR §483.73(a) (—) · national · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Dated plan revision and team roster.

ASHRAE 188 / CMS QSO-17-30 (2018) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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Readings against control limits.

ASHRAE 188 §7 (2018) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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Receptacle test record by room.

NFPA 99 §6.3.3.2 (12-month interval applies to receptacles not listed hospital grade) (2021) · national · keep: Minimum 3 years

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Rounds log.

NFPA 101 §19.3.6 (2012) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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Barrier log with locations.

NFPA 101 §19.3.7 (2012) · national · keep: Survey cycle

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Photo of posting with date.

29 CFR §1904.32(b)(6) (—) · national · keep: 5 years

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Temperature log by unit.

FDA Food Code §3-501.16 (cold holding, as adopted by your state) (2022) · state-governed · keep: Minimum 1 year

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Inspection report and corrective-action record.

Local AHJ (—) · local · keep: Minimum 3 years

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What Florida requires

Assisted Living Facility — Assisted living / residential care
  • Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period. Drills at the required frequency: Twelve fire drills a year in facilities without sprinklers; six a year where the building is sprinklered. Fla. Admin. Code 59A-36.019 (Emergency Management) and 59A-36.025 (Emergency Environmental Control), formerly 58A-5.026 and 58A-5.036; §429.41 Fla. Stat.
  • Proof your plan was approved, and when. Florida requires the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan to be submitted to the county Office of Emergency Management for review and approval under Chapter 252, Florida Statutes — and an APPROVED CEMP is a condition of annual license renewal. A newly licensed facility, or one with significant changes, must submit within 30 business days under Fla. Admin. Code 59A-36.019 (formerly 58A-5.026(2)(b)). The county then has up to 60 business days to review and approve, so a plan filed late cannot be approved in time for renewal. Fla. Admin. Code 59A-36.019 (Emergency Management) and 59A-36.025 (Emergency Environmental Control), formerly 58A-5.026 and 58A-5.036; §429.41 Fla. Stat.
  • Emergency Power Plan — 81 °F for 96 hours. Florida requires an alternative power source and the fuel to run it, sufficient to hold ambient air temperature at or below 81 °F for a minimum of 96 hours after loss of primary power, filed as a supplement to the CEMP with the local emergency management agency. Written after 14 residents died of heat-related causes during Hurricane Irma; non-compliance can suspend or revoke the license. Fla. Admin. Code 59A-36.025 (formerly 58A-5.036)
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) / Dept. of Elder Affairs · checked July 2026
Nursing Home — Skilled nursing facility
  • Proof your plan was approved, and when. Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan submitted to the county emergency management agency for review and approval under Chapter 252, Florida Statutes. Fla. Admin. Code 59A-4.1265 (Emergency Environmental Control for Nursing Homes)
  • Emergency Power Plan — 81 °F for 96 hours. Alternative power source and fuel sufficient to maintain ambient air temperature at or below 81 °F for a minimum of 96 hours following loss of primary electrical power, documented in an Emergency Power Plan filed as a supplement to the CEMP. Fla. Admin. Code 59A-4.1265
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) · checked July 2026
Hospital — Hospital
  • Proof your plan was approved, and when. Hospitals use the same county CEMP route as residential health care facilities. The county Office of Emergency Management has up to 60 business days to review and approve a submitted plan. Fla. Admin. Code 59A-3.078 (Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan); hospital licensure at ch. 59A-3
  • The plan must be built WITH the community, not just filed with it. Each hospital adopts a written comprehensive emergency management plan for emergency care during an internal or external disaster, reviewed and updated annually — and the plan must be DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH other agencies and providers of health care services within the local community. Florida requires the drafting itself to be collaborative, which is a different and harder duty than submitting a finished plan for approval. Fla. Admin. Code 59A-3.078
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) · checked July 2026
Home Health Agency / Hospice / Nurse Registry — Home health / home hospice agency
  • Proof your plan was approved, and when. This is the Florida trap. Counties review CEMPs for assisted living facilities, nursing homes and hospitals — but they do NOT review plans for home health agencies, hospices, nurse registries or home medical equipment providers. Those go to the Florida Department of Health. Sending a home health plan to the county wastes the review window and leaves the plan unapproved. Fla. Admin. Code ch. 59A-8 (minimum standards for home health agencies)
Florida Department of Health (plan review); AHCA (licensure) · checked July 2026

The evidence, and where it comes from

Every item above needs something you can hand over. The Florida fire drill log produces the drill record at the frequency this state sets, the emergency plan builder writes the plan itself from the same research, and the compliance calendar puts the life-safety tests on dates. Anything you record against the building shows up on the checklist already ticked.

Everything else we’ve researched about Florida

Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.

A self-assessment against published rules, not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) / Dept. of Elder Affairs and your authority having jurisdiction do. Requirements we could not verify are absent rather than guessed at.