# 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 required to have a signal system — where night staff must be, and when they must be awake; type of staffing rule is flat presence requirement; minimum staffing requirement is at least one night staff person shall be located to enable immediate response to the signal system. If the signal system is visual only, that person shall be awake; awake/awake-on-duty requirement is If the signal system is visual only, that person shall be 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 required to have a signal system — where night staff must be, and when they must be awake _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** flat presence requirement _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** at least one night staff person shall be located to enable immediate response to the signal system. If the signal system is visual only, that person shall be awake. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Awake/awake-on-duty requirement:** If the signal system is visual only, that person shall be 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

> at least one night staff person shall be located to enable immediate response to the signal system. If the signal system is visual only, that person shall be awake.

## 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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