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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: April 18, 2024) |
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69. Department of Financial Services |
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69A. Division of State Fire Marshal |
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69A-57. Uniform Firesafety Standards For Adult Family Care Homes |
1As used in these rules:
6(1) “AFCH” means adult family care home.
13(2) “Agency” means the Agency for Health Care Administration.
22(3) “AHJ” means the local authority having firesafety and fire prevention jurisdiction which employs or contracts with at least one firesafety inspector certified under Chapter 633, F.S.
49(4) “Department” means the Department of Elder Affairs.
57(5) “Division” means the Division of State Fire Marshal of the Department of Financial Services.
72(6) “NFPA” means the National Fire Protection Association.
80(7) “Occupant” means a resident of the adult family care home other than the provider or the provider’s family.
99(8) “Prompt” means not more than three minutes for an adult family care home and refers to the ability of a group to move reliably to a point of safety in a timely manner that is equivalent to the capacity of a household in a general population.
146(9) “Provider” means the owner of the adult family care home.
157(10) “Provider’s Family” means a person who is the father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, great-grandfather, great-grandmother, granddaughter, grandson, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister of a provider as long as that person maintains his or her residence at the adult family care home.
222(11) “Slow” means more than three minutes but not more than 13 minutes for an adult family care home and refers to the ability of a group to move reliably to a point of safety in a timely manner that is equivalent to the capacity of a household in a general population.
274Rulemaking Authority 276429.73(2), 277633.104(1) FS. 279Law Implemented 281429.73(2), 282633.206 FS. 284History–New 2-7-01, Amended 11-29-01, Formerly 4A-57.002.
