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

For Pennsylvania, which rule this is is hours of assisted living services owed per day to each resident who has mobility needs; type of staffing rule is per-resident service hours per day; minimum staffing requirement is at least 2 hours per day of assisted living services to each resident who has mobility needs; regulatory citation is 55 Pa. Code § 2800.57, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Pennsylvania _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Which rule this is:** hours of assisted living services owed per day to each resident who has mobility needs _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** per-resident service hours per day _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** at least 2 hours per day of assisted living services to each resident who has mobility needs _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** 55 Pa. Code § 2800.57 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (c) Direct care staff persons shall be available to provide at least 2 hours per day of assisted living services to each resident who has mobility needs.

## Source

- https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/055/chapter2800/s2800.57.html&d=reduce

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