South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-93 - Standards for Licensing Facilities for Chemically Dependent or Addicted Persons
Sec2 61-93.2600 - PHYSICAL PLANT
Section 61-93.2600.2614 - Patient Room Floor Area

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 61-93.2600.2614

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024

A. Except for Residential Facilities of five (5) beds or less, each Patient room is considered a tenant space and shall be enclosed by one (1)-hour fire-resistive construction with a twenty (20)-minute fire-rated door, opening onto an exit access corridor. (I)

B. Each Patient room shall be an outside room with an outside window or door for exit in case of emergency. This window or door may not open onto a common screened porch. (I)

C. The Patient room floor area is a usable or net area and does not include wardrobes (built-in or freestanding), closets, or the entry alcove to the room. The following allowance of floor space shall be as a minimum: (II)

1. Rooms for only one (1) Patient: one hundred (100) square feet;

2. Rooms for more than one (1) Patient: eighty (80) square feet per Patient.

3. In Facilities for mothers with children, rooms for Patient and child: eighty (80) square feet per licensed bed and forty (40) square feet per child with a maximum of two (2) children per Patient. When a bed is required in lieu of a crib for a child, the square footage shall be fifty (50) square feet per child.

D. Facilities shall maintain at least three (3) feet between beds. (II)

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