1. A. An administrator shall ensure that a hospice inpatient facility complies with applicable physical plant health and safety codes and standards, incorporated by reference in R9-10-104.01.

2. B. An administrator of a hospice inpatient facility shall ensure that the premises and equipment are sufficient to accommodate:

   1. 1. The services stated in the hospice inpatient facility’s scope of services, and
   2. 2. An individual accepted as a patient by the hospice inpatient facility.

3. C. An administrator of a hospice inpatient facility shall ensure that a patient’s sleeping area:

   1. 1. Is shared by no more than four patients;
   2. 2. Measures at least 80 square feet of floor space per patient, not including a closet;
   3. 3. Has walls from floor to ceiling;
   4. 4. Contains a door that opens into a hallway, common area, or outdoors;
   5. 5. Is at or above ground level;
   6. 6. Is vented to the outside of the hospice inpatient facility;
   7. 7. Has a working thermometer for measuring the temperature in the sleeping area;

   8. 8. For each patient, has a:

      1. a. Bed,
      2. b. Bedside table,
      3. c. Bedside chair,
      4. d. Reading light,
      5. e. Privacy screen or curtain, and
      6. f. Closet or drawer space;
   9. 9. Is equipped with a bell, intercom, or other mechanical means for a patient to alert a personnel member;
   10. 10. Is no farther than 20 feet from a room containing a toilet and a sink;
   11. 11. Is not used as a passageway to another sleeping area, a toilet room, or a bathing room;

   12. 12. Contains one of the following to provide sunlight:

       1. a. A window to the outside of the hospice inpatient facility, or
       2. b. A transparent or translucent door to the outside of the hospice inpatient facility; and
   13. 13. Has coverings for windows and for transparent or translucent doors that provide patient privacy.

4. D. An administrator of a hospice inpatient facility shall ensure that there is:

   1. 1. For every six patients, a toilet room that contains:

      1. a. At least one working toilet that flushes and has a seat;
      2. b. At least one working sink with running water;
      3. c. Soap for hand washing;
      4. d. Paper towels or a mechanical air hand dryer;
      5. e. Grab bars attached to a wall that an individual may hold onto to assist the individual in becoming or remaining erect;
      6. f. A mirror;
      7. g. Lighting;
      8. h. Space for a personnel member to assist a patient;
      9. i. A bell, intercom, or other mechanical means for a patient to alert a personnel member; and
      10. j. An operable window to the outside of the hospice inpatient facility or other means of ventilation;
   2. 2. For every 12 patients, at least one working bathtub or shower accessible to a wheeled shower chair, with a slip-resistant surface, located in a toilet room or in a separate bathing room;
   3. 3. For a patient occupying a sleeping area with one or more other patients, a separate room in which the patient can meet privately with family members;
   4. 4. Space in a lockable closet, drawer, or cabinet for a patient to store the patient’s private or valuable items;
   5. 5. A room other than a sleeping area that can be used for social activities;
   6. 6. Sleeping accommodations for family members;

   7. 7. A designated toilet room, other than a patient toilet room, for personnel and visitors that:

      1. a. Provides privacy; and

      2. b. Contains:

         1. i. A working sink with running water,
         2. ii. A working toilet that flushes and has a seat,
         3. iii. Toilet tissue,
         4. iv. Soap for hand washing,
         5. v. Paper towels or a mechanical air hand dryer,
         6. vi. Lighting, and
         7. vii. A window that opens or another means of ventilation;
   8. 8. If the hospice inpatient facility has a kitchen with a stove or oven, a mechanism to vent the stove or oven to the outside of the hospice inpatient facility; and
   9. 9. Space designated for administrative responsibilities that is separate from sleeping areas, toilet rooms, bathing rooms, and drug storage areas.

Historical Note

Adopted effective November 6, 1978 (Supp. 78-6). Section R9-10-618 repealed effective November 1, 1998, under an exemption from the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to Laws 1998, Ch. 178, § 17; filed with the Office of the Secretary of State October 2, 1998 (Supp. 98-4). New Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, pursuant to Laws 2013, Ch. 10, § 13; effective July 1, 2014 (Supp. 14-2). Amended by final expedited rulemaking, at 25 A.A.R. 3481 with an immediate effective date of November 5, 2019 (Supp. 19-4).