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

For Georgia, which rule this is is annual continuing education hours from the second year of employment onwards; type of staffing rule is training requirement; staff training or continuing education requirement is a minimum of sixteen (16) hours of job-related continuing education; regulatory citation is Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 111-8-63-.09, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Georgia _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Which rule this is:** annual continuing education hours from the second year of employment onwards _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** training requirement _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Staff training or continuing education requirement:** a minimum of sixteen (16) hours of job-related continuing education _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 111-8-63-.09 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (6) Ongoing Staff Training. Beginning with the second year of employment, staff providing hands-on personal services must have a minimum of sixteen (16) hours of job-related continuing education as referenced in paragraph <https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/georgia/Ga-Comp-R-Regs-R-111-8-63-.09> 111-8-63-.09 (5) above annually.

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/georgia/Ga-Comp-R-Regs-R-111-8-63-.09

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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