(1) Minimum room areas, exclusive of toilet rooms, closets, lockers, wardrobes, alcoves, and vestibules, shall be 100 square feet in single-bed rooms and 80 square feet per bed in multiple-bed rooms.
- (a) The areas noted above are minimums and do not prohibit larger rooms.
- (b) Resident units may not have more than two beds per unit
- (2) No room used for other purposes, such as a hall, corridor, unfinished attic, garage, storage area, shed, or similar detached building, may be used as a residents' sleeping room.
- (3) No bedroom may be used as a passageway to another room, bath, or toilet other than those serving the bedroom.
- (4) Bedrooms shall open directly into a corridor or common living area, but shall not open into a food preparation area.
- (5) Unless furnished by the resident, the licensee shall provide for each resident a bed, comfortable chair, a chest of drawers and a reading lamp.
KEY: health care facilities
Date of Last Change: August 20, 2018
Notice of Continuation: January 23, 2023
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26-21-5; 26-21-16