(a)

1. (1)

   1. (A) The institution shall be equipped with heating and cooling equipment that will maintain a minimum temperature of seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit (75˚F) during winter and eighty degrees Fahrenheit (80˚F) during summer in all patient areas when the temperature outside does not exceed ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit (95˚F).
   2. (B) If temperature outside exceeds one hundred degrees Fahrenheit (100˚F), there shall be a fifteen-degree Fahrenheit difference in exterior to interior temperature.
2. (2) If an air conditioner should break down or malfunction, the Office of Long-Term Care should be notified immediately.
3. (3) Patients' toilets and bathroom temperature shall be maintained at eighty degrees Fahrenheit (80˚F).