The Florida Senate

393.501  Rulemaking.--

(1)  The agency may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to carry out its statutory duties.

(2)  Such rules shall address the number of facilities on a single lot or on adjacent lots. In adopting rules, an alternative living center and an independent living education center, as described in s. 393.18, shall be subject to the provisions of s. 419.001, except that such centers shall be exempt from the 1,000-foot-radius requirement of s. 419.001(2) if:

(a)  The centers are located on a site zoned in a manner that permits all the components of a comprehensive transitional education center to be located on the site; or

(b)  There are no more than three such centers within a radius of 1,000 feet.

History.--s. 13, ch. 88-398; s. 56, ch. 2000-158; s. 9, ch. 2000-338; s. 111, ch. 2004-267; s. 35, ch. 2006-227.