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

For Virginia, which rule this is is staff who must be on the premises at all times to carry out the fire and emergency evacuation plan; type of staffing rule is flat presence requirement; minimum staffing requirement is An adequate number of staff persons shall be on the premises at all times to implement the approved fire and emergency evacuation plan; regulatory citation is 22VAC40-73-280, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Virginia _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Which rule this is:** staff who must be on the premises at all times to carry out the fire and emergency evacuation plan _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** flat presence requirement _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** An adequate number of staff persons shall be on the premises at all times to implement the approved fire and emergency evacuation plan. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** 22VAC40-73-280 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> C. An adequate number of staff persons shall be on the premises at all times to implement the approved fire and emergency evacuation plan.

## Source

- https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title22/agency40/chapter73/section280/

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