North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 70 - CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Subchapter I - MINIMUM LICENSING STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD-CARE
Section .0900 - PHYSICAL PLANT
Section 70I .0906 - DINING AREAS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Residential child-care facilities shall have a minimum dining area of 120 square feet for a capacity of six or less and 14 square feet for each additional resident (including children of live-in-staff).
(b) When the dining area is used in combination with a kitchen, an area five feet wide shall be allowed as work space in front of the kitchen work areas and shall not be included in the required square footage.
(c) Each dining room shall be provided with operable windows and be lighted to provide 30 foot candles of light at the floor level.
Authority
G.S.
131D-10.5;
143B-153;
Eff.
October 1, 2008;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. April 5,
2016.