The facility must ensure:
- (1) The heating system is capable of maintaining a temperature of seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit for areas occupied by residents and seventy degrees Fahrenheit for nonresident areas.
- (2) Resident rooms must have individual temperature control which may be covered, locked, or placed in an inconspicuous place.
- (3) Electric resistant wall heat units and portable space heaters are prohibited.
- (4) The heating system must be connected to an alternate source of power, or an alternate source of heating must be provided to maintain the temperature in resident rooms or in a room to which all residents can be moved.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.97 RCW. WSR 14-19-071, § 388-107-0980, filed 9/12/14, effective 10/13/14.]