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

For Georgia, which rule this is is initial training deadline for staff providing hands-on personal services, including first aid and CPR certification; type of staffing rule is training requirement; staff training or continuing education requirement is receive training within the first 60 days of employment; regulatory citation is Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 111-8-63-.09, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Georgia _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Which rule this is:** initial training deadline for staff providing hands-on personal services, including first aid and CPR certification _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** training requirement _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Staff training or continuing education requirement:** receive training within the first 60 days of employment _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 111-8-63-.09 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (3) Initial Training for Staff Providing Hands-On Personal Services. In addition to the initial training required of all staff in paragraph (2) above, the administrator must ensure that staff hired to provide hands-on personal services to residents receive training within the first 60 days of employment which includes the following: (a) current certification in emergency first aid except where the staff person is a currently licensed health care professional; (b) current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation where the training course required return demonstration of competency;

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/georgia/Ga-Comp-R-Regs-R-111-8-63-.09

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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