# 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 how much of the required per-resident service time must fall in waking hours; type of staffing rule is counting rule; minimum staffing requirement is At least 75% of the assisted living service hours specified in subsections (b) and (c) shall be available during waking hours; 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:** how much of the required per-resident service time must fall in waking hours _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** counting rule _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** At least 75% of the assisted living service hours specified in subsections (b) and (c) shall be available during waking hours. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** 55 Pa. Code § 2800.57 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (d) At least 75% of the assisted living service hours specified in subsections (b) and (c) shall be available during waking hours.

## 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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