Florida Administrative Code
65 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
65C - Family Safety and Preservation Program
Chapter 65C-1 - HOME CARE FOR DISABLED ADULTS
Section 65C-1.006 - Provider Requirements

(1) Be a responsible adult willing to and capable of accepting responsibility for the social, physical, and emotional needs of the home care client in a family-type living arrangement;

(2) Be an individual, relative or non-relative, who has a positive personal relationship with the home care client and who, if not family, is accepted by the home care client as surrogate family; or be a responsible adult who maintains a positive personal relationship with the home care client and is an individual with whom the home care client has made a financial arrangement for the provision of home care services;

(3) Reside in and be physically present in the home to provide services, supervision, and assistance with the arrangement of services for the home care client, and be responsible for making alternative arrangements for care to be assumed by another responsible adult, when the provider is temporarily absent from the home, in keeping with the standards set forth for the Home Care for Disabled Adults Program;

(4) Be responsible for maintaining the residential dwelling free of conditions that pose threat to the life, safety, health, or well-being of the home care client;

(5) Grant written authorization for a background check, at least annually, through the department's central abuse hotline information system for abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult, as defined in Section 415.102, F.S., or child, as defined in Section 39.01, F.S., and shall:

(6) Be without evidence of representing themselves to the public as a home or home-type facility, group living home, half-way house, assisted living facility, adult family care home, or other similar facility offering room, board and personal services for pay or profit.