# 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 fewer than 16 residents — night supervision; type of staffing rule is census-banded minimum staff on duty; minimum staffing requirement is In facilities caring for less than sixteen (16) residents, there shall be a qualified person on call on the premises; 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 fewer than 16 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 less than sixteen (16) residents, there shall be a qualified person on call on the premises. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 87415 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (1) In facilities caring for less than sixteen (16) residents, there shall be a qualified person on call on the premises.

## 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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