Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Human Services
Title R501 - Human Services Program Licensing
Rule R501-22 - Residential Support Programs
Section R501-22-5 - Physical Facility

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 501-22-5

Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each licensee shall have at least one bathroom for every ten clients.

(2) Each domestic violence shelter and emergency homeless shelter licensee may allow family members to share a bathroom. Where a bathroom is shared by more than one family or by children over the age of eight, either the child's parent or program staff shall ensure that client privacy is maintained.

(3) Each emergency homeless shelter may exceed the bathroom ratio set forth in Subsection R501-22-5(1) if:

(a) each bathroom ratio is approved by either the local authority that determines capacity or the department;

(b) each bathroom ratio is specifically designated in adult-only nightly shelter settings;

(c) each bathroom is inspected, cleaned, and re-stocked daily and as needed;

(d) the licensee ensures individual privacy in bathing and toileting;

(e) each individual with disabilities has access to at least one locking bathroom or stall; and

(f) the licensee accommodates each parent's needs for changing, toileting, and bathing their children.

(4) The licensee shall develop safe practices to identify how to manage emergency overflow when capacity has been reached during dangerous weather conditions.

(5) The licensee shall develop safe practices that allow and encourage each client to have clean linen at least weekly.

(6) The emergency homeless licensee may have portable beds, cots, or mats to accommodate fluctuating client volume.

(7) Except as outlined in Subsection R501-22-5(13), the licensee shall provide clean bedding that is laundered at least weekly or as needed for each client.

(8) A family may share bedroom space.

(9) The licensee shall comply with the following bedroom standards for domestic violence shelters, family support centers, temporary homeless youth shelters, emergency homeless family shelters, and children's shelters:

(a) there is at least 40 square feet per client in a multiple occupant bedroom, not counting storage space or one crib for children under two years old if the crib does not inhibit access to and from the room;

(b) roll away and hide-a-beds are only used when the 40 square foot space requirement is maintained; and

(c) when a bedroom is shared by more than one family, program staff make arrangements to ensure client privacy;

(10) The temporary youth shelter licensee shall ensure that children in a temporary youth shelter with their own children have at least 40 square feet per person, excluding storage space, in a separately enclosed bedroom that houses only children that have their own children.

(11) The licensee shall comply with the following bedroom standards for emergency homeless shelters, temporary homeless youth shelters, and receiving centers:

(a) dormitory style bedrooms meet the square footage and capacity determinations made by the local fire authority.

(b) capacity determinations include any staff present in the facility;

(c) if the local fire authority does not identify capacity, licensing square footage requirements apply; and

(d) there is a safe practice to identify how to manage overflow when capacity has been reached.

(12) Each licensee shall outline safe practices regarding:

(a) rules and guidelines for each family or mixed gender sharing the same dormitory space or bedroom, including each individualized bedroom assignment;

(b) securing personal belongings;

(c) responsibility for each client supervising the client's own children;

(d) conflict resolution;

(e) nuisance and disruptive behavior;

(f) housekeeping responsibilities;

(g) daily schedules;

(h) prohibited items; and

(i) search policy.

(14) Each licensee that requires a client to provide the client's own laundry supplies and locate a laundromat for laundering shall have a safe practice to assist each client on a limited basis when the client cannot provide the client's laundry supplies and locate a laundromat.

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