Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-618 - Physical Plant Standards for a Hospice Inpatient Facility

A. An administrator shall ensure that a hospice inpatient facility complies with applicable physical plant health and safety codes and standards, incorporated by reference in R9-10-104.01.

B. An administrator of a hospice inpatient facility shall ensure that the premises and equipment are sufficient to accommodate:

1. The services stated in the hospice inpatient facility's scope of services, and

2. An individual accepted as a patient by the hospice inpatient facility.

C. An administrator of a hospice inpatient facility shall ensure that a patient's sleeping area:

1. Is shared by no more than four patients;

2. Measures at least 80 square feet of floor space per patient, not including a closet;

3. Has walls from floor to ceiling;

4. Contains a door that opens into a hallway, common area, or outdoors;

5. Is at or above ground level;

6. Is vented to the outside of the hospice inpatient facility;

7. Has a working thermometer for measuring the temperature in the sleeping area;

8. For each patient, has a:

a. Bed,

b. Bedside table,

c. Bedside chair,

d. Reading light,

e. Privacy screen or curtain, and

f. Closet or drawer space;

9. Is equipped with a bell, intercom, or other mechanical means for a patient to alert a personnel member;

10. Is no farther than 20 feet from a room containing a toilet and a sink;

11. Is not used as a passageway to another sleeping area, a toilet room, or a bathing room;

12. Contains one of the following to provide sunlight:

a. A window to the outside of the hospice inpatient facility, or

b. A transparent or translucent door to the outside of the hospice inpatient facility; and

13. Has coverings for windows and for transparent or translucent doors that provide patient privacy.

D. An administrator of a hospice inpatient facility shall ensure that there is:

1. For every six patients, a toilet room that contains:

a. At least one working toilet that flushes and has a seat;

b. At least one working sink with running water;

c. Soap for hand washing;

d. Paper towels or a mechanical air hand dryer;

e. Grab bars attached to a wall that an individual may hold onto to assist the individual in becoming or remaining erect;

f. A mirror;

g. Lighting;

h. Space for a personnel member to assist a patient;

i. A bell, intercom, or other mechanical means for a patient to alert a personnel member; and

j. An operable window to the outside of the hospice inpatient facility or other means of ventilation;

2. For every 12 patients, at least one working bathtub or shower accessible to a wheeled shower chair, with a slip-resistant surface, located in a toilet room or in a separate bathing room;

3. For a patient occupying a sleeping area with one or more other patients, a separate room in which the patient can meet privately with family members;

4. Space in a lockable closet, drawer, or cabinet for a patient to store the patient's private or valuable items;

5. A room other than a sleeping area that can be used for social activities;

6. Sleeping accommodations for family members;

7. A designated toilet room, other than a patient toilet room, for personnel and visitors that:

a. Provides privacy; and

b. Contains:

i. A working sink with running water,

ii. A working toilet that flushes and has a seat,

iii. Toilet tissue,

iv. Soap for hand washing,

v. Paper towels or a mechanical air hand dryer,

vi. Lighting, and

vii. A window that opens or another means of ventilation;

8. If the hospice inpatient facility has a kitchen with a stove or oven, a mechanism to vent the stove or oven to the outside of the hospice inpatient facility; and

9. Space designated for administrative responsibilities that is separate from sleeping areas, toilet rooms, bathing rooms, and drug storage areas.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-618

Adopted effective November 6, 1978 (Supp. 78-6). Section R9-10-618 repealed effective November 1, 1998, under an exemption from the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to Laws 1998, Ch. 178, §17; filed with the Office of the Secretary of State October 2, 1998 (Supp. 98-4). New Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). . Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, effective 7/1/2014. Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 3481, effective 11/5/2019.

The following Section was repealed under an exemption from the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act which means these rules were not reviewed by the Governor's Regulatory Review Council; the Department did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on the repealing of these rules.