(a) Each residential long-term care facility must meet the following requirements for resident general use areas:

1. (1) Each facility must have dining room and living room space easily accessible to all residents;
2. (2) Dining rooms and living rooms must not be used as bedrooms;
3. (3) Dining rooms and living rooms must be available for use by residents at appropriate times to provide periods of social diversion and individual or group activities;

4. (4) All resident areas must be:

   1. (A) Decorated;
   2. (B) Painted; and
   3. (C) Appropriately furnished; and
5. (5) Dining rooms must be furnished with dining table and chairs appropriate to the size/function of the facility.

(b)

1. (1) Square footage requirements for living room, dining room, and activities room are as follows:

   1. (A) Facilities with sixteen (16) beds or less:

(i) The facility must have a combined total of at least twenty square feet (20 sq. ft.) of living room and activities space per licensed bed;

1. (ii) The facility must have at least twenty square feet (20 sq. ft.) of designated dining space per licensed bed; and

   1. (iii) In facilities licensed prior to the effective date of this part, the space provided for living and dining room purposes shall total a combined square footage of at least twenty square feet (20 sq. ft.) per licensed bed; and

   2. (B) Facilities with more than sixteen (16) beds:

      1. (i) In facilities with seventeen (17) to forty-six (46) beds, the living and activities space must be a separate room with a square footage of at least twenty square feet (20 sq. ft.) per licensed bed;
      2. (ii) In facilities with forty-seven (47) to one hundred (100) beds, there must be one (1) living room and two (2) activities rooms with a combined square footage of at least twenty square feet (20 sq. ft.) per licensed bed;
      3. (iii) In facilities with one hundred one (101) or more beds, there must be one (1) living room and three (3) activities rooms with a combined square footage of at least twenty square feet (20 sq. ft.) per licensed bed;
      4. (iv) In facilities that house residents in more than one (1) building, there shall be a living room and activities room located in each building with at least twenty square feet (20 sq. ft.) per licensed bed;
      5. (v) In facilities with more than sixteen (16) beds, the dining room will be a separate room with at least twenty square feet (20 sq. ft.) per licensed bed;
      6. (vi)

(b) (b) The dining room must have at least twenty square feet (20 sq. ft.) of space per licensed bed in the facility; and

1. (vii) In facilities licensed prior to the effective date of this part, the space provided for living and dining room purposes shall total a combined square footage of at least twenty square feet (20 sq. ft.) per licensed bed.
2. (2) Any modification, alteration, or addition must satisfy all physical environment requirements in effect at the time the modification, alteration, or addition is placed into service.