Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
The RTF shall include rooms for social, educational, and
recreational activities, visitation, dining, toileting and bathing, as
described in this section.
(1) Common
areas. Provide at least forty square feet per resident for the total combined
area which is used for dining, social, educational, recreational activities and
group therapies.
(2) Visiting
room(s). At least one private area for visitation of residents by
guests.
(3) Dining room(s). Dining
rooms or areas must be large enough to accommodate all residents at a single
sitting or in no more than three shifts. If the space is used for more than one
purpose, that space must be designed to accommodate each of the activities
without unreasonable interference with one another.
(4) Toilet room(s) and bathroom(s). Toilet
rooms and bathrooms must be available to residents including:
(a) A minimum of one toilet and handwashing
sink for every eight residents. Urinals may count for up to one-third of the
required toilets in a male-only toilet room;
(b) A toilet and handwashing sink in, or
immediately accessible to each bathroom;
(c) A minimum of one bathing fixture for
every eight residents;
(d) Rooms
containing more than one toilet or more than one bathing area must:
(i) Be designated for use by one gender,
unless it is a toilet room specifically designated for children under the age
of six years; and
(ii) Provide for
privacy during toileting, bathing, and dressing through the use of doors or
dividers;
(e) Equipping
each toilet room and bathroom with:
(i) Water
resistant, smooth, easily cleanable, slip-resistant bathtubs, showers, and
floor surfaces;
(ii) Washable walls
to the height of splash or spray;
(iii) Washable cabinets and counter
tops;
(iv) Plumbing fixtures
designed for easy cleaning;
(v)
Clean, nonabsorbent toilet seats free of cracks;
(vi) Grab bars installed at each toilet and
bathing fixture;
(vii) Shatter
resistant mirrors when appropriate;
(viii) Adequate lighting for general
illumination;
(ix) One or more
handwashing sink with soap and single use or disposable towels with a mounted
paper towel dispenser, unless a blower or equivalent hand-drying device is
provided; and
(x) Toilet tissue
with a reachable mounted tissue dispenser by each toilet.
(f) Providing access to bath and toilet rooms
by:
(i) Locating a toilet room and bath room
on the same floor or level as the sleeping room of the resident; and
(ii) Providing access without passage through
any food preparation area or from one bedroom through another
bedroom.
(g) If a toilet
room or bath room adjoins a bedroom, the bath room is restricted to use by
those residents residing in the adjoining bedrooms.
