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

For Minnesota, which rule this is is the awake person who must be available 24 hours a day to answer resident requests, and how far away they may be; type of staffing rule is flat presence requirement; minimum staffing requirement is ensure that one or more persons are available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, who are responsible for responding to the requests of residents for assistance with health or safety needs; awake/awake-on-duty requirement is Such persons must be: (i) awake; (ii) located in the same building, in an attached building, or on a contiguous campus with the facility in order to respond within a reasonable amount of time; regulatory citation is 144G.41, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **State:** Minnesota _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Which rule this is:** the awake person who must be available 24 hours a day to answer resident requests, and how far away they may be _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Type of staffing rule:** flat presence requirement _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum staffing requirement:** ensure that one or more persons are available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, who are responsible for responding to the requests of residents for assistance with health or safety needs _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Awake/awake-on-duty requirement:** Such persons must be: (i) awake; (ii) located in the same building, in an attached building, or on a contiguous campus with the facility in order to respond within a reasonable amount of time _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulatory citation:** 144G.41 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (12) ensure that one or more persons are available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, who are responsible for responding to the requests of residents for assistance with health or safety needs. Such persons must be: (i) awake; (ii) located in the same building, in an attached building, or on a contiguous campus with the facility in order to respond within a reasonable amount of time; (iii) capable of communicating with residents; (iv) capable of providing or summoning the appropriate assistance; and (v) capable of following directions

## Source

- https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/144G.41

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