Utah Type I vs. Type II licensing and assessment guide
Utah Type I vs. Type II assisted living: what the licenses mean for a family
Utah licenses assisted living as Type I or Type II. The distinction uses state evacuation and assistance concepts, but it does not decide whether a particular community will accept someone, has a suitable opening, or can safely support one person after its own assessment.
Keep the roles clear
A preparation guide, not a screening result
This page explains what to ask and what the official Utah materials say at a high level. It is not medical intake, a clinical assessment, legal advice, an eligibility decision, a referral, or an acceptance/availability promise. Keep private health information with the loved one's care team and share it only through the community's stated secure process.
Answer first
Utah Type I vs. Type II: the state's licensing concepts
Utah Rule R432-270 describes Type I and Type II licensing in terms such as evacuation, assistance, staffing, and services. The concise comparison below is a way to prepare questions, not a way to self-screen a loved one or decide that any community must admit them.
| License type | What the Utah rule describes | Question for the exact community |
|---|---|---|
| Type I | The rule includes stable health, the ability to take life-saving action in an emergency without another person's assistance, and no total assistance from staff or others with more than three activities of daily living. | Ask how the community's current written policy and licensed assessment apply. A Type I label is not a care-fit, safety, admission, current-opening, price, or referral decision. |
| Type II | The rule includes limited assistance of one person to evacuate and addresses circumstances involving total assistance with more than three activities of daily living, subject to evacuation, staffing, and coordinated supportive personal and health care services. | Ask the community how its own staffing, services, written policies, and assessment apply now. A Type II label does not establish that it can accept one person or has a suitable room available. |
A Utah DLBC public provider search can help a family locate a public record. It does not show a person-specific care decision, a current opening, a quote, or a referral relationship.
What the Utah rule says
The community's process comes before an admission decision
In Utah Rule R432-270, Section R432-270-10 says that before accepting a resident, a licensee must obtain enough information about the person's ability to function in the facility through an interview with the resident and responsible person and completion of the resident assessment. The same rule requires written admission, retention, and transfer policies to be available to the public on request.
Section R432-270-12 requires a signed, dated resident assessment before admission and at least every six months thereafter. It says a licensed health care professional completes and signs the initial and six-month assessment, and the record must reflect the resident's status when assessed. The facility uses the assessment to develop and revise the resident's service plan; that is the facility's work, not a self-screening exercise for a family.
Read the actual state form
What the official assessment form is designed to document
Utah DLBC publishes an Assisted Living Facility Type I & II Resident Assessment. The form identifies Initial, 6 Month, and Significant Change assessment types. It includes areas such as daily functioning and support, communication, memory and decision-making, medication support, mobility and assistive devices, continence, mood or behavior patterns, special treatments, and current interests. Those categories show why a community needs its own professional review; they are not a checklist that predicts acceptance.
The state's DLBC health-facility forms page links the form as an assisted-living resource. Check the current official form and ask each community which documents and process it uses today.
Historical Salt Lake County evidence
What admission and assessment subjects appear in the public findings?
In Haven's checked-in Salt Lake County DLBC snapshot, retrieved August 23, 2026, an exact-label topic map found 12 license records and 23 historical finding rows. Of those, 7carry Utah's exact historical REPEAT_CITED category. Inspection-year finding counts: 2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 3.
- License records
- 12
- Historical findings
- 23
- Repeat-cited rows
- 7
Exact source labels included (7)
- Resident Assessment must reflect resident status and be signed
- Signed and dated resident assessment completed prior to admission
- Type I accept and retain residents
- Type II accept and retain residents
- Written admission, retention and transfer policies
- Written resident agreement
- Secure Unit Admission Agreement
These are historical rows from reviewed Salt Lake County license records—not statewide rates, rankings, severity ratings, current-compliance findings, proof of harm, or person-specific care-fit evidence. One license record can have multiple rows across multiple inspections. Read the full finding text and official record before drawing a conclusion about any community.
A family's practical checklist
Prepare for the community conversation without trying to self-approve a move
Before the first assessment call
- Identify the resident and the person the community should involve in the admissions interview or as the responsible person.
- Ask for the community's written admission, retention, and transfer policies, plus its current residency or admission agreement.
- Ask who conducts the community's assessment, when it happens, and whether a licensed health care professional must complete or sign a form.
- Ask exactly which current documents the community wants and how it wants them shared securely. Do not use Haven to send private records.
Questions to get answered in writing
- What is this location's Type I or Type II license, and which written policies apply?
- What is the exact next step after the community's assessment, and who will communicate it?
- Which services, charges, deposits, and refund terms are stated in the written agreement?
- What conditions would require reassessment, a service-plan change, or a transfer discussion under this community's policies?
- What must be complete before move-in, and when will the community confirm its decision and suitable opening directly?
After the community's review: keep the decision record clear
Keep the community's written answer, policy, current agreement, and quoted charges together. Rule R432-270 says the assessment supports the resident's service plan, which the facility develops within seven calendar days after admission and revises as needed. A family can ask the community to explain its next step, but should not assume a completed form guarantees move-in, continued residence, care fit, or price.
Common questions
What is the difference between Utah Type I and Type II assisted living?
Utah's Type I and Type II license descriptions use different evacuation and assistance concepts. Type I includes the ability to take life-saving action in an emergency without another person's assistance and limits on total assistance; Type II includes limited one-person evacuation assistance and an array of coordinated supportive personal and health care services. Neither label determines whether a particular community will accept someone, has an opening, or can safely meet one person's needs; that community must use its own assessment and policies.
Does a family complete Utah's assisted-living resident assessment?
No. Utah Rule R432-270-12 requires the initial and six-month resident assessments in Type I and Type II assisted living to be completed and signed by a licensed health care professional. Families can take part in the admissions interview and ask a community how it wants private records shared, but the community makes and documents its own assessment.
Does a Type I or Type II license tell us whether a community will accept someone?
No. The license type describes state licensing concepts, including evacuation and assistance criteria, but it is not a person-specific acceptance decision. Utah requires the community to obtain information through an interview and resident assessment before accepting a resident. The individual community must apply its own policies and assessment process.
Does an assessment mean there is a room available or that a move-in is approved?
No. An assessment is not a current-opening, price, referral, eligibility, or admission promise. Ask the exact community to confirm its current process, written charges, and whether it can safely support the person after its own review.
What should we ask for before sharing private documents?
Ask the community who will review the information, which current documents it needs, how it wants them sent securely, and whether a licensed health care professional must complete or sign something. Do not send medical documents, medication lists, or diagnoses through Haven; Haven does not collect them on this page.
Official sources and limits
Legal- and health-adjacent statements on this page are summarized from the current official Utah Rule R432-270 and the official DLBC Type I/II resident assessment form, checked August 24, 2026. Rules, forms, and community policies can change. This page is not medical or legal advice and does not collect private health information, decide eligibility, make a referral, arrange placement, or promise care acceptance, availability, a move-in, or an outcome.