South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-75 - Standards for Licensing Day Care Facilities for Adults
Sec2 61-75.1900 - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Section 61-75.1900.1901 - General. (II)

A. The Facility shall be planned, designed, and equipped to provide and promote the health, safety, and well-being of each Participant.

B. The Facility shall provide rooms to accommodate a variety of programs and Participants served. At a minimum, the Facility shall provide one (1) group activity room and one (1) resting room to accommodate the Participants. The Facility shall ensure the resting room bed ratio is one (1) bed per thirty (30) licensed Participants or fraction thereof. The Facility shall have resting room beds set up and ready to use. The Facility shall not utilize roll-away beds as resting room beds. The Facility shall include private room, cubicle curtains, portable partitions, or other means to ensure privacy of Participants when utilizing the resting room bed. The Facility shall provide adequate storage space for supplies and personal belongings.(II)

C. The Facility shall provide a minimum of fifty (50) net square feet of usable activity space, exclusive of hallway, passageway, corridor, storage space, kitchen, toilet, resting area, office, and other similar space for each Participant. When the Facility shares space with another entity, and individuals not affiliated with the Facility have access to the building during operating hours, the Facility is allowed a minimum of twenty-five (25) net square feet of usable activity and/or dining space, provided the space has a permanent one (1) hour rated barrier, pursuant to South Carolina Building Codes, exclusive for use of the Participants. The Facility shall maintain all minimum requirements of the existing use of the building.

D. The Facility shall have only level of exit discharge floor occupancy except where elevators are provided, or if only non-Participant areas are located on the above floor(s), e.g., storage areas, Staff offices, lounges.

E. The Facility shall be accessible to Participants with disabilities to include all Participant areas and bathrooms.

F. The Facility shall ensure the entrance to the building is at the level of the exit discharge. The Facility shall have a canopy for weather protection inclusive of the vehicle drop-off location to the entrance door.

G. The Facility shall have at least two (2) exits remote from each other to exit the building or space.