Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 144 - Health Department
Chapter 4658 - NURSING HOMES
RESIDENT AREAS; EXISTING CONSTRUCTION
Part 4658.5000 - BEDROOM DESIGN, EXISTING CONSTRUCTION

Subpart 1. Design.

Each resident bedroom must be designed and equipped for adequate nursing care, comfort, and privacy of residents, including full visual privacy of residents.

Subp. 2. Usable floor area.

The usable floor area per bed must be at least 70 square feet for three- or four-bed rooms, at least 80 square feet for two-bed rooms, and at least 100 square feet for single bedrooms. The usable floor area and the arrangement and shape of the bedroom must provide space for furnishings, for the free movement of residents with physical disabilities, and for nursing procedures. "Usable floor area" does not include spaces occupied by toilet rooms, vestibules, permanently installed wardrobes, lockers, closets, or heating units.

Subp. 3. Access to exit.

Each bedroom must have direct access to an exit corridor.

Subp. 4. Bedroom shape.

The shape of the bedroom must allow for the capability of a bed arrangement which provides at least three feet of floor space at both sides and the foot end of each bed.

Subp. 5. Distance from nurses' station.

Resident bedrooms must be located within 140 feet from the nurses' station.