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

For California, which rule this is is facilities caring for 101 to 200 residents — night supervision; type of staffing rule is census-banded minimum staff on duty; minimum staffing requirement is In facilities caring for one hundred one (101) to two hundred (200) residents, one employee shall be on call, on the premises; one employee shall be on duty on the premises and awake; and one employee shall be on call and capable of responding within 10 minutes; awake/awake-on-duty requirement is one employee shall be on duty on the premises and awake; regulatory citation is Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 87415, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** California _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Which rule this is:** facilities caring for 101 to 200 residents — night supervision _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** census-banded minimum staff on duty _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** In facilities caring for one hundred one (101) to two hundred (200) residents, one employee shall be on call, on the premises; one employee shall be on duty on the premises and awake; and one employee shall be on call and capable of responding within 10 minutes. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Awake/awake-on-duty requirement:** one employee shall be on duty on the premises and awake _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 87415 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (3) In facilities caring for one hundred one (101) to two hundred (200) residents, one employee shall be on call, on the premises; one employee shall be on duty on the premises and awake; and one employee shall be on call and capable of responding within 10 minutes.

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/california/22-CCR-87415

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