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Pennsylvania

For Pennsylvania, which rule this is is a direct care staff person aged 21 or over present whenever any resident is in the residence; type of staffing rule is flat presence requirement; minimum staffing requirement is At all times one or more residents are present in the residence, a direct care staff person who is 21 years of age or older shall be present in the residence; regulatory citation is 55 Pa. Code § 2800.57, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

State
Pennsylvania our reading
Which rule this is
a direct care staff person aged 21 or over present whenever any resident is in the residence our reading
Type of staffing rule
flat presence requirement our reading
Minimum staffing requirement
At all times one or more residents are present in the residence, a direct care staff person who is 21 years of age or older shall be present in the residence. verified
Regulatory citation
55 Pa. Code § 2800.57 verified
Sourcepacodeandbulletin.gov
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What the source says

(a) At all times one or more residents are present in the residence, a direct care staff person who is 21 years of age or older shall be present in the residence. The direct care staff person may be the administrator if the administrator provides direct care services.

pacodeandbulletin.gov, retrieved 2026-08-19

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