(a) Each client must receive at least three (3) meals daily, at regular times comparable to normal mealtimes in the community with:

1. (1) Not more than fourteen (14) hours between a substantial evening meal and breakfast of the following day, except on weekends and holidays when a nourishing snack is provided at bedtime, sixteen (16) hours may elapse between a substantial evening meal and breakfast;

2. (2)

   1. (A) Bedtime snacks of nourishing quality shall be routinely offered to all clients requesting such and whose diets do not prohibit the service of this night feeding.
   2. (B) Milk or juices, and cookies, fruit, or crackers shall be offered; and
3. (3) Not less than ten (10) hours between breakfast and the evening meal of the same day, except as provided under subdivision (a)(1) of this section.

(b) Food must be served:

1. (1) In appropriate quantity;

2. (2)

   1. (A) At appropriate temperature.
   2. (B) Hot foods shall be served at no less than one hundred fifteen degrees Fahrenheit (115˚ F).
   3. (C) Cold foods must be served between forty-five and fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit (45˚ F - 55˚ F);
3. (3) In a form consistent with the developmental level of the client; and
4. (4) With appropriate utensils.