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

For Virginia, which rule this is is all assisted living facilities — staffing judged against resident assessments and individualised service plans, with no minimum number stated; type of staffing rule is acuity-based sufficiency standard; minimum staffing requirement is staff adequate in knowledge, skills, and abilities and sufficient in numbers to provide services to attain and maintain the physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident as determined by resident assessments and individualized service plans; regulatory citation is 22VAC40-73-280, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Virginia _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Which rule this is:** all assisted living facilities — staffing judged against resident assessments and individualised service plans, with no minimum number stated _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** acuity-based sufficiency standard _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** staff adequate in knowledge, skills, and abilities and sufficient in numbers to provide services to attain and maintain the physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident as determined by resident assessments and individualized service plans _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** 22VAC40-73-280 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> A. The assisted living facility shall have staff adequate in knowledge, skills, and abilities and sufficient in numbers to provide services to attain and maintain the physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident as determined by resident assessments and individualized service plans, and to ensure compliance with this chapter.

## Source

- https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title22/agency40/chapter73/section280/

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