North Carolina
For North Carolina, which rule this is is census of greater than six but less than 13 residents — staff on duty when the administrator or manager is not on duty; type of staffing rule is census-banded minimum staff on duty; minimum staffing requirement is there shall be at least one staff member on-duty on the first and second shifts and at least one staff member available within the building, who need not be on-duty, on third shift; awake/awake-on-duty requirement is If there are residents in the facility who are disoriented or known to have wandering behavior, there shall be at least one staff member on-duty and awake at all times; regulatory citation is 10A NCAC 13F .0606, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.
- State
- North Carolina our reading
- Which rule this is
- census of greater than six but less than 13 residents — staff on duty when the administrator or manager is not on duty our reading
- Type of staffing rule
- census-banded minimum staff on duty our reading
- Minimum staffing requirement
- there shall be at least one staff member on-duty on the first and second shifts and at least one staff member available within the building, who need not be on-duty, on third shift verified
- Awake/awake-on-duty requirement
- If there are residents in the facility who are disoriented or known to have wandering behavior, there shall be at least one staff member on-duty and awake at all times verified
- Regulatory citation
- 10A NCAC 13F .0606 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(a) In a facility with a census of greater than six but less than 13 residents, there shall be an administrator or manager in the facility or within 500 feet of the facility with a means of two-way telecommunication at all times. (b) When the administrator or manager is not on-duty, there shall be at least one staff member on-duty on the first and second shifts and at least one staff member available within the building, who need not be on-duty, on third shift. There shall be a call system connecting the bedroom of the available staff member, who may be asleep on the third shift, with each resident's bedroom. If there are residents in the facility who are disoriented or known to have wandering behavior, there shall be at least one staff member on-duty and awake at all times.
— reports.oah.state.nc.us, retrieved 2026-08-18
Source
- reports.oah.state.nc.ushttp://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2010a%20-%20health%20and%20human%20services/chapter%2013%20-%20nc%20medical%20care%20commission/subchapter%20f/10a%20ncac%2013f%20.0606.pdf