(1) For a small health care facility's doors, the licensee shall ensure:
- (a) each room, including any resident toilet rooms and bathing rooms that may be used by residents, staff, or employees confined to wheelchairs, has at least one door with a minimum clearance width of 34 inches;
- (b) resident room doors and exit doors are at least 36 inches wide, defined by the width of the door leaf; and
- (c) thresholds and expansion-joint covers are flush with the floor surface to facilitate use of wheelchairs and carts and to prevent tripping.
(2) For a small health care facility's windows, the licensee shall ensure:
- (a) every room used for 24-hour occupancy has a window that opens to the building exterior or to a courtyard that is open to the sky; and
- (b) windows and outer doors have insect screens.
KEY: health care facilities
Date of Last Change: November 9, 2023
Notice of Continuation: February 28, 2024
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-2-202