Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 1
Subtitle 07 - HOSPITALS
Chapter 10.07.14 - Assisted Living Programs
Section 10.07.14.49 - Resident's Room and Furnishings
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.07.14.49
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. Resident Room.
(1) More than two residents
may not share a resident room.
(2)
An assisted living program shall provide at least 80 square feet of functional
space for single occupancy resident rooms and 120 square feet of functional
space for double occupancy resident rooms.
(3) Functional space in a resident room does
not include the floor area of:
(a) Toilet
rooms and bathing facilities;
(b)
Closets, wardrobes, bureaus, or lockers;
(c) Entrance vestibules; or
(d) The arc of any door, excluding closet
doors, that opens into the room.
(4) A room may not be used as a resident room
if:
(a) The only access to the room is through
a bathroom or other resident room; or
(b) In order to move from the room to a
living room or dining room a person must first go outdoors.
(5) For a program with a licensed
capacity of 17 or more beds, a room may not be used as a resident room if in
order to move from the room to a living room or dining room, an individual is
required to first pass through a kitchen.
(6) Resident rooms shall be for the private
use of the assigned resident or residents. A resident's room shall have a
latching door and may have a lock on the resident room side of the door at the
licensee's option.
(7) If a
resident in a double occupancy room requests dividers, curtains, or screens
between the beds to ensure privacy, the assisted living program shall furnish
them.
(8) A resident shall have
access to a mirror either in the resident's room or in the resident's private
bathroom, unless a physician documents in the resident's record that access to
a mirror would be detrimental to the health of the resident.
(9) A resident's room shall have window
shades or their equivalent.
(10)
The assisted living program shall provide adequate closet or wardrobe space,
conveniently located to allow each resident to keep personal
clothing.
B. Furnishings. Unless a resident brings personal furnishings, or as otherwise specified in the resident agreement, the assisted living program shall provide the following to each resident:
(1) A bed,
which may not be a rollaway, cot, or folding bed, but shall:
(a) Be at least 36 inches wide;
(b) Be in good repair; and
(c) Include:
(i) A clean, comfortable mattress sized to
fit the bed frame; and
(ii) At
least two clean, comfortable pillows;
(2) A bedside stand with a drawer;
(3) A comfortable chair;
(4) At least two dresser drawers in a chest
of drawers;
(5) A bedside or
over-the-bed lamp; and
(6) A
sufficient supply of bath and bed linens.
C. A competent resident may waive the resident's right to one or all of the furnishings listed in §B of this regulation by signing a wavier and having the waiver placed in the resident's record.
D. The assisted living program shall inform a resident of all of the furnishings that the program provides. The resident may choose to provide a personal bed or other furnishings if they are not hazardous.
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