Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 680 - Residential Care Homes
Subchapter 5 - Construction Requirements and Physical Plant
Section 310:680-5-7 - Resident rooms

(a) Each resident shall be provided with clean, comfortable orderly, and reasonably private living accommodations.

(b) Each resident's room shall have direct access to exits and other areas of the home without passing through another resident's room, the kitchen, laundry, or bathroom.

(c) Each single resident room shall contain a minimum of 80 square feet of floor space.

(d) Each resident room containing multiple beds shall provide a minimum of 60 square feet per bed.

(e) Each resident room shall have at least one (1) outside operable window installed in a vertical wall which can be used as an emergency exit. However, if a home has a sprinkler system approved by the State Fire Marshall, it shall be exempt from the requirement of an outside operable window in each resident room useable as an emergency exit but shall be required to have a window. Minimum dimension of this window shall be 22 inches and the area shall be minimum of 5 square feet. Windows shall have adjustable coverings to provide privacy.

(f) Each resident room shall have a full door which can be closed to provide privacy.

(g) Male and female residents shall not be housed in the same or adjoining rooms which do not have a full floor-to-ceiling partition and door which can be locked, except immediate family may occupy the same room.

(h) Each resident room shall have an electrical outlet.

(i) Each resident room shall have a minimum of 20 foot candle power of lighting.

(j) Unless the resident elects otherwise, each resident shall have a comfortable chair, a bedside table and a bureau or its equivalent for storing personal belongings.

(k) When residents' personal furniture is used, it shall be clean and in good repair.

(l) Each resident's bed shall have a comfortable mattress and bed linens which are clean and in good condition.

(m) Clean towels and wash cloths shall be available to meet the needs of all residents. Towels and wash cloths shall be in good condition.