# Pennsylvania — Assisted living facility minimum staffing requirements by US state — how many staff must be on duty, and what that guarantees

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Which rule this is:** a direct care staff person aged 21 or over present whenever any resident is in the residence _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** flat presence requirement _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** 55 Pa. Code § 2800.57 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## 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.

## Source

- https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/055/chapter2800/s2800.57.html&d=reduce

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-08-19.
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