Washington
For Washington, which rule this is is all assisted living facilities — staffing sufficient for each resident's negotiated service agreement, with no minimum number stated; type of staffing rule is acuity-based sufficiency standard; minimum staffing requirement is Each assisted living facility must provide sufficient, trained staff persons to: (a) Furnish the services and care needed by each resident consistent with their negotiated service agreement; (b) Maintain the assisted living facility free of safety hazards; and (c) Implement fire and disaster plans; regulatory citation is WAC 388-78A-2450, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.
- State
- Washington our reading
- Which rule this is
- all assisted living facilities — staffing sufficient for each resident's negotiated service agreement, with no minimum number stated our reading
- Type of staffing rule
- acuity-based sufficiency standard our reading
- Minimum staffing requirement
- Each assisted living facility must provide sufficient, trained staff persons to: (a) Furnish the services and care needed by each resident consistent with their negotiated service agreement; (b) Maintain the assisted living facility free of safety hazards; and (c) Implement fire and disaster plans. verified
- Regulatory citation
- WAC 388-78A-2450 verified
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What the source says
(1) Each assisted living facility must provide sufficient, trained staff persons to: (a) Furnish the services and care needed by each resident consistent with their negotiated service agreement; (b) Maintain the assisted living facility free of safety hazards; and (c) Implement fire and disaster plans.
— app.leg.wa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-19
Source
- app.leg.wa.govhttps://app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=388-78A-2450