Minnesota

Residential assisted living licensing rules and official state resources

Licensure term: Housing with Services Establishments
Resident capacity: No maximum.
Staff ratios: The housing with services establishment must provide staff access to an on call registered nurse 24 hours per day, 7 days per week; must maintain a system to check on each assisted living resident at least daily; and must provide a means for residents to request assistance for health and safety needs 24 hours per day, 7 days per week from the establishment or a person or entity with which the establishment has made arrangements.
Cost of licensing: 155.0
Bedroom square footage: A single occupancy bedroom must have at least 80 square feet of floor space with a 7-1/2 foot ceiling. A double occupancy room must have at least 120 square feet of floor space with a 7-1/2 foot ceiling. Bedrooms must be separated from halls, corridors, and other habitable rooms by floor-to-ceiling walls containing no openings except doorways and must not serve as a corridor to another room used in daily living.
Memory care: TRAINING IN DEMENTIA CARE REQUIRED. (a) If a housing with services establishment registered under this chapter has a special program or special care unit for residents with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias or advertises, markets, or otherwise promotes the establishment as providing services for persons with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias, whether in a segregated or general unit, employees of the establishment and of the establishment's arranged home care provider must meet the following training requirements (found at the link below):

Full requirements

Regulatory Agency: Minnesota Department of Health
Contact Phone Number: 651-201-4101
Licensure Term(s): Housing with Services Establishments
Census Requirements: No maximum.
Qualifications for Caregivers: Required Orientation, Background Studies
Staff Ratios: The housing with services establishment must provide staff access to an on call registered nurse 24 hours per day, 7 days per week; must maintain a system to check on each assisted living resident at least daily; and must provide a means for residents to request assistance for health and safety needs 24 hours per day, 7 days per week from the establishment or a person or entity with which the establishment has made arrangements. No minimum ratios. Housing with services establishments must provide adequate staff to meet residents' needs. Unless they meet the criteria for exemption for awake staff described in statute,86 housing with services establishments are required to have a person(s) available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, who: (1) is responsible for responding to assisted living residents' requests for assistance with health or safety needs; (2) must be awake and located in the same building, in an attached building, or on a contiguous campus with the housing with services establishment in order to respond within a reasonable amount of time; (3) is capable of communicating with assisted living residents and capable of recognizing the need for assistance; and (4) is capable of providing either the assistance required or summoning the appropriate assistance, and capable of following directions.
Cost of Licensing: 155.0
Bathrooms Required: No minimum found.