Florida Statutes Chapter 400 — NURSING HOMES AND RELATED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

From the Legislature's 2026 edition, which includes changes effective through January 1, 2027. Later effective dates are retained in each section's source notes.

Title XXIX

• § 400.0060 — Definitions.
• § 400.0061 — Legislative findings and intent; long-term care facilities.
• § 400.0063 — Establishment of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program; designation of ombudsman and legal advocate.
• § 400.0065 — State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program; duties and responsibilities.
• § 400.0067 — State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council; duties; membership.
• § 400.0069 — Long-term care ombudsman districts; local long-term care ombudsman councils; duties; appointment.
• § 400.0070 — Conflicts of interest.
• § 400.0071 — State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program complaint procedures.
• § 400.0073 — State and local ombudsman council investigations.
• § 400.0074 — Local ombudsman council onsite administrative assessments.
• § 400.0075 — Complaint notification and resolution procedures.
• § 400.0077 — Confidentiality.
• § 400.0078 — Citizen access to State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program services.
• § 400.0079 — Immunity.
• § 400.0081 — Access to facilities, residents, and records.
• § 400.0083 — Interference; retaliation; penalties.
• § 400.0087 — Department oversight; funding.
• § 400.0089 — Complaint data reports.
• § 400.0091 — Training.
• § 400.011 — Purpose.
• § 400.021 — Definitions.
• § 400.022 — Residents’ rights.
• § 400.0225 — Consumer satisfaction surveys.
• § 400.023 — Civil enforcement.
• § 400.0233 — Presuit notice; investigation; notification of violation of resident’s rights or alleged negligence; claims evaluation procedure; informal discovery; review; settlement offer; mediation.
• § 400.0234 — Availability of facility records for investigation of resident’s rights violations and defenses; penalty.
• § 400.0235 — Certain provisions not applicable to actions under this part.
• § 400.0236 — Statute of limitations.
• § 400.0237 — Punitive damages; pleading; burden of proof.
• § 400.0238 — Punitive damages; limitation.
• § 400.0239 — Quality of Long-Term Care Facility Improvement Trust Fund.
• § 400.024 — Failure to satisfy a judgment or settlement agreement; required notification to claimants.
• § 400.0255 — Resident transfer or discharge; requirements and procedures; hearings.
• § 400.051 — Homes or institutions exempt from the provisions of this part.
• § 400.062 — License required; fee; disposition.
• § 400.0625 — Minimum standards for clinical laboratory test results and diagnostic X-ray results.
• § 400.063 — Resident protection.
• § 400.071 — Application for license.
• § 400.0712 — Application for inactive license.
• § 400.102 — Action by agency against licensee; grounds.
• § 400.111 — Disclosure of controlling interest.
• § 400.118 — Quality assurance; early warning system; monitoring; rapid response teams.
• § 400.1183 — Resident grievance procedures.
• § 400.119 — Confidentiality of records and meetings of risk management and quality assurance committees.
• § 400.121 — Denial, suspension, revocation of license; administrative fines; procedure; order to increase staffing.
• § 400.126 — Receivership proceedings.
• § 400.141 — Administration and management of nursing home facilities.
• § 400.1413 — Volunteers in nursing homes.
• § 400.1415 — Patient records; penalties for alteration.
• § 400.142 — Emergency medication kits; orders not to resuscitate.
• § 400.143 — Institutional formularies established by nursing home facilities.
• § 400.145 — Copies of records of care and treatment of resident.
• § 400.147 — Internal risk management and quality assurance program.
• § 400.148 — Medicaid “Up-or-Out” Quality of Care Contract Management Program.
• § 400.151 — Contracts.
• § 400.162 — Property and personal affairs of residents.
• § 400.165 — Itemized resident billing, form and content prescribed by the agency.
• § 400.17 — Bribes, kickbacks, certain solicitations prohibited.
• § 400.172 — Respite care provided in nursing home facilities.
• § 400.175 — Patients with Alzheimer’s disease or other related disorders; certain disclosures.
• § 400.1755 — Care for persons with Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders; staff training requirements.
• § 400.176 — Rebates prohibited; penalties.
• § 400.179 — Liability for Medicaid underpayments and overpayments.
• § 400.18 — Closing of nursing facility.
• § 400.19 — Right of entry and inspection.
• § 400.191 — Availability, distribution, and posting of reports and records.
• § 400.20 — Licensed nursing home administrator required.
• § 400.211 — Persons employed as nursing assistants; certification requirement; qualified medication aide designation and requirements.
• § 400.215 — Personnel screening requirement.
• § 400.23 — Rules; evaluation and deficiencies; licensure status.
• § 400.232 — Review and approval of plans; fees and costs.
• § 400.235 — Nursing home quality and licensure status; Gold Seal Program.
• § 400.241 — Prohibited acts; penalties for violations.
• § 400.25 — Educational program authorized.
• § 400.275 — Agency duties.
• § 400.33 — Legislative intent; community-based care for the elderly.
• § 400.332 — Funds received not revenues for purpose of Medicaid program.
• § 400.334 — Activity relating to unions by nursing home employees.
• § 400.461 — Short title; purpose.
• § 400.462 — Definitions.
• § 400.464 — Home health agencies to be licensed; expiration of license; exemptions; unlawful acts; penalties.
• § 400.471 — Application for license; fee.
• § 400.474 — Administrative penalties.
• § 400.476 — Staffing requirements; notifications; limitations on staffing services.
• § 400.4765 — Home health aide for medically fragile children program.
• § 400.4785 — Patients with Alzheimer’s disease or other related disorders; staff training requirements; certain disclosures.
• § 400.484 — Right of inspection; violations; fines.
• § 400.487 — Home health service agreements; physician’s, physician assistant’s, and advanced practice registered nurse’s treatment orders; patient assessment; establishment and review of plan of care; provision of services; orders not to resuscitate.
• § 400.488 — Assistance with self-administration of medication and with other tasks.
• § 400.489 — Administration of medication by a home health aide or home health aide for medically fragile children; staff training requirements.
• § 400.490 — Nurse-delegated tasks.
• § 400.491 — Clinical records.
• § 400.492 — Provision of services during an emergency.
• § 400.494 — Information about patients confidential.
• § 400.497 — Rules establishing minimum standards.
• § 400.506 — Licensure of nurse registries; requirements; penalties.
• § 400.509 — Registration of particular service providers exempt from licensure; certificate of registration; regulation of registrants.
• § 400.51 — Patients with Alzheimer’s disease or other related disorders; staff training requirements.
• § 400.512 — Screening of home health agency personnel; nurse registry personnel and contractors; and companions and homemakers.
• § 400.518 — Prohibited referrals to home health agencies.
• § 400.5185 — Review and modification of prior authorization.
• § 400.52 — Excellence in Home Health Program.
• § 400.54 — Annual assessment of the home health aide for medically fragile children program.
• § 400.6005 — Legislative findings and intent.
• § 400.601 — Definitions.
• § 400.602 — Licensure required; prohibited acts; exemptions; display, transferability of license.
• § 400.6045 — Patients with Alzheimer’s disease or other related disorders; staff training requirements; certain disclosures.
• § 400.605 — Administration; forms; fees; rules; inspections; fines.
• § 400.60501 — Outcome measures; adoption of federal quality measures; public reporting.
• § 400.6051 — Construction and renovation; requirements.
• § 400.606 — License; application; renewal; conditional license or permit; certificate of need.
• § 400.6065 — Background screening.
• § 400.607 — Denial, suspension, revocation of license; emergency actions; imposition of administrative fine; grounds.
• § 400.6085 — Contractual services.
• § 400.609 — Hospice services.
• § 400.6095 — Patient admission; assessment; plan of care; discharge; death.
• § 400.6096 — Disposal of prescribed controlled substances following the death of a patient in the home.
• § 400.610 — Administration and management of a hospice.
• § 400.6105 — Staffing and personnel.
• § 400.611 — Interdisciplinary records of care; confidentiality; release of records.
• § 400.701 — Intermediate care facilities; intent.
• § 400.801 — Homes for special services.
• § 400.901 — Legislative intent.
• § 400.902 — Definitions.
• § 400.903 — PPEC centers to be licensed; exemptions.
• § 400.905 — License required; fee; exemption.
• § 400.906 — Initial application for license; zoning.
• § 400.9065 — Background screening.
• § 400.907 — Denial, suspension, revocation of licensure; administrative fines; grounds.
• § 400.908 — Administrative fines; disposition of fees and fines.
• § 400.912 — Closing of a PPEC center.
• § 400.914 — Rules establishing standards.
• § 400.915 — Construction and renovation; requirements.
• § 400.916 — Prohibited acts; penalty for violation.
• § 400.92 — Legislative intent.
• § 400.925 — Definitions.
• § 400.93 — Licensure required; exemptions; unlawful acts; penalties.
• § 400.931 — Application for license; fee.
• § 400.932 — Administrative penalties.
• § 400.933 — Licensure inspections and investigations.
• § 400.934 — Minimum standards.
• § 400.935 — Rules establishing minimum standards.
• § 400.94 — Patient records.
• § 400.945 — Public records exemption.
• § 400.953 — Background screening of home medical equipment provider personnel.
• § 400.957 — Prohibited acts.
• § 400.960 — Definitions.
• § 400.962 — License required; license application.
• § 400.964 — Personnel screening requirement.
• § 400.966 — Receivership proceedings.
• § 400.967 — Rules and classification of deficiencies.
• § 400.968 — Right of entry.
• § 400.9685 — Administration of medication.
• § 400.969 — Violation of part; penalties.
• § 400.980 — Health care services pools.
• § 400.990 — Short title; legislative findings.
• § 400.9905 — Definitions.
• § 400.991 — License requirements; background screenings; prohibitions.
• § 400.9915 — Emergency suspension; costs.
• § 400.9925 — Rulemaking authority; license fees.
• § 400.9935 — Clinic responsibilities.
• § 400.995 — Agency administrative penalties.
• § 400.997 — Legislative intent.
• § 400.9971 — Definitions.
• § 400.9972 — License required; fee; application.
• § 400.9973 — Client admission, transfer, and discharge.
• § 400.9974 — Client comprehensive treatment plans; client services.
• § 400.9975 — Licensee responsibilities.
• § 400.9976 — Administration of medication.
• § 400.9977 — Assistance with medication.
• § 400.9978 — Protection of clients from abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and exploitation.
• § 400.9979 — Restraint and seclusion; client safety.
• § 400.998 — Personnel background screening; administration and management procedures.
• § 400.9981 — Property and personal affairs of clients.
• § 400.9982 — Rules establishing standards.
• § 400.9983 — Violations; penalties.
• § 400.9984 — Receivership proceedings.
• § 400.9985 — Interagency communication.