Learn about the steps involved in initial certification, re-certification, and maintaining certification of your Assisted Living Residence (ALR).
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Your guide to Assisted Living Residence certification
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Find the pages explaining all the steps necessary to certify, renew, and maintain your certification. For further details, please refer to the Certification procedures and standards for assisted living residences.
Certifying for the first time
To certify your ALR for the first time, please read the following pages to learn details about each step.
- ALR Certification Application and Regulations
- Certification procedures and standards for Assisted Living Residences
- Applying for a Special Care Residence (SCR) Staffing Exemption
- Resident rights
- Required fees for Assisted Living Residence Providers
- Assisted Living Circular Letters
- Staffing regulations
- Training requirements of Assisted Living Residence staff
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Key Actions for Certifying for the first time
Renewing certification
To re-certify your ALR, please read the following pages to learn details about each step.
- Renewal certification procedures
- Applying for a Special Care Residence (SCR) Staffing Exemption
- Required fees for Assisted Living Residence Providers
- Assisted Living Circular Letters
To learn how to submit forms mentioned in the pages above, use the buttons below.
Key Actions for Renewing certification
Maintaining certification
Once certified, there are steps you must take to stay certified. Please read the following pages to learn details about what you have to do in order to stay certified.
- Required reports and notifications
- Incident reporting for Assisted Living Residences
- Changing ownership of an Assisted Living Residence
- Compliance reviews of Assisted Living Residences
- Assisted Living Circular Letters
- Change the number of certified Units in an Assisted Living Residence
- Change the name of an Assisted Living Residence
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Additional Resources for Maintaining certification
Open DOC file, 675.5 KB,
Assisted Living Financial Disclosure Statement Form
(English, DOC 675.5 KB)
Open PDF file, 256.34 KB,
Assisted Living Financial Disclosure Statement Form
(English, PDF 256.34 KB)
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