1. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each provider shall have at least one bathroom for every ten clients.

2. (2)(a) A domestic violence facility may allow family members to share a bathroom.

   1. (b) When a bathroom is shared by more than one family or by children over the age of eight, each child's parent or program staff shall ensure that client privacy is maintained.
3. (3) The provider shall develop safe practices to identify how to manage emergency overflow if the facility reaches capacity during dangerous weather conditions, which include any condition that warrants a public warning or alert by the National Weather Service under Section 35A-16-702.
4. (4) The provider shall develop safe practices that allow and encourage each client to have clean linens at least weekly.

5. (5) Except as outlined in Subsection (10), the provider shall provide each client with clean bedding that is laundered:

   1. (a) at least weekly
   2. (b) when soiled; and
   3. (c) before being provided to a different person.
6. (6) A provider may allow family members to share bedroom space.

7. (7) The provider shall ensure that any domestic violence facility or family support center complies with the following bedroom standards:

   1. (a) in a multiple occupant bedroom, there shall be at least:

      1. (i) 40 square feet per client, not counting storage space; or
      2. (ii) one crib for each child under two years old that does not inhibit access to or from the room;
   2. (b) any rollaway bed or hide-a-bed may only be used when the 40 square foot space requirement in Subsection (7)(a) is maintained; and
   3. (c) when a bedroom is shared by more than one family, program staff shall make arrangements to ensure client privacy.

8. (8) The provider shall ensure that any receiving center complies with the following bedroom standards:

   1. (a) each dormitory-style bedroom shall meet the square footage and capacity determinations made by the local fire authority;
   2. (b) capacity determinations in Subsection (8)(a) include any staff present in the facility;
   3. (c) if the local fire authority does not identify capacity, licensing square footage requirements described in Subsection (7) apply; and
   4. (d) there is a safe practice in place to identify how to manage overflow if the receiving center reaches capacity.

9. (9) Each provider shall develop, implement, and comply with policy that addresses:

   1. (a) conflict resolution;
   2. (b) daily schedules;
   3. (c) housekeeping responsibilities;
   4. (d) nuisance and disruptive behavior;
   5. (e) prohibited items;
   6. (f) rules and guidelines for each family or mixed gender clients sharing the same dormitory space or bedroom, including each individualized bedroom assignment;
   7. (g) securing personal belongings;

   8. (h) the responsibility for each client to supervise that client's own children; and

      1. (i) the search procedure.
10. (10) Each provider that requires a client to provide that client's own laundry supplies and locate a laundromat for laundering shall have a safe practice to assist any client on a limited basis when that client cannot provide laundry supplies or locate a laundromat.

KEY: human services, licensing

Date of Last Change: June 22, 2026

Notice of Continuation: February 28, 2025

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-2-104; 26B-2-124; 26B-2-124.1