1. (1) The licensee shall provide equipment, in good working order, to meet the needs of residents.
2. (2) The licensee shall ensure that disposable and single-use items are properly disposed of after use.

3. (3) The licensee shall ensure that resident care equipment includes the following:

   1. (a) self-help ambulation devices such as wheelchairs, walkers, and other devices deemed necessary in the resident plan of care, and policy may require that residents obtain their own equipment for long-term use;
   2. (b) blood pressure equipment and stethoscopes, appropriate to the needs and number of residents;
   3. (c) thermometers appropriate to the needs of residents;
   4. (d) weight scales to weigh any resident;
   5. (e) bedpans, urinals, and equipment to clean them;
   6. (f) water pitchers, drinking glasses, and resident gowns;
   7. (g) drug service trays;

   8. (h) access to emergency oxygen including equipment for its administration;

      1. (i) emesis basins;
   9. (j) linens including sheets, blankets, bath towels, and wash cloths for not less than three complete changes for the facility's licensed bed capacity with a bedspread for each resident bed;

   10. (k) personal items including toothbrush, comb, hair brush, soap for bathing and showering, denture cups, shaving apparatus, and shampoo;

       1. (l) an individual chart for each resident;
   11. (m) sterile and unsterile gloves; and
   12. (n) ice bags.

KEY: health care facilities

Date of Last Change: January 22, 2024

Notice of Continuation: August 13, 2021

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-2-202