Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 87307 - Personal Accommodations and Services
(a)
Living accommodations and grounds shall be related to the facility's function.
The facility shall be large enough to provide comfortable living accommodations
and privacy for the residents, staff, and others who may reside in the
facility. The following provisions shall apply:
(1) There shall be common rooms such as
living rooms, dining rooms, dens or other recreation/activity rooms. They shall
be of sufficient space and/or separation to promote and facilitate the program
of activities and to prevent such activities from interfering with other
functions.
(2) Resident bedrooms
shall be provided which meet, at a minimum, the following requirements:
(A) Bedrooms shall be large enough to allow
for easy passage between and comfortable usage of beds and other required items
of furniture specified below, and any resident assistant devices such as
wheelchairs or walkers.
(B) No room
commonly used for other purposes shall be used as a sleeping room for any
resident. This includes any hall, stairway, unfinished attic, garage, storage
area, shed or similar detached building.
(C) No bedroom of a resident shall be used as
a passageway to another room, bath or toilet.
(D) Not more than two residents shall sleep
in a bedroom.
(3)
Equipment and supplies necessary for personal care and maintenance of adequate
hygiene practice shall be readily available to each resident. The resident may
provide the following items; however, if the resident is unable or chooses not
to provide them, the licensee shall assure provision of:
(A) A bed for each resident, except that
married couples may be provided with one appropriate sized bed. Each bed shall
be equipped with good springs, a clean and comfortable mattress, available
pillow(s) and lightweight warm bedding. Fillings and covers for mattresses and
pillows shall be flame retardant. Rubber sheeting shall be provided when
necessary.
(B) Bedroom furniture,
which shall include, for each resident, a chair, night stand, a lamp, or lights
sufficient for reading, and a chest of drawers.
(C) Clean linen, including blankets,
bedspreads, top bed sheets, bottom bed sheets, pillow cases, mattress pads,
bath towels, hand towels and wash cloths. The quantity shall be sufficient to
permit changing at least once per week or more often when indicated to ensure
that clean linen is in use by residents at all times. The linen shall be in
good repair. The use of common wash cloths and towels shall be
prohibited.
(D) Hygiene items of
general use such as soap and toilet paper.
(E) Portable or permanent closets and drawer
space in the bedrooms for clothing and personal belongings. A minimum of eight
(8) cubic feet (.743 cubic meters) of drawer space per resident shall be
provided.
(F) Basic laundry service
(washing, drying, and ironing of personal clothing).
(b) Toilets and bathrooms shall be
conveniently located. The licensed capacity shall be established based on
Section 87158, Capacity, and the
following:
(1) At least one toilet and
washbasin for each six (6) persons, which include residents, family and
personnel.
(2) At least one bathtub
or shower for each ten (10) persons, which includes residents, family and
live-in personnel.
(c)
Individual privacy shall be provided in all toilet, bath and shower
areas.
(d) The following space and
safety provisions shall apply to all facilities:
(1) Sufficient room shall be available to
accommodate persons served in comfort and safety.
(2) The premises shall be maintained in a
state of good repair and shall provide a safe and healthful
environment.
(3) All persons shall
be protected against hazards within the facility through provision of the
following:
(A) Protective devices such as
nonslip material on rugs.
(B)
Information and instruction regarding life protection and other appropriate
subjects.
(4) Stairways,
inclines, ramps and open porches and areas of potential hazard to residents
with poor balance or eyesight shall be made inaccessible to residents unless
equipped with sturdy hand railings and unless well-lighted.
(5) Night lights shall be maintained in
hallways and passages to non-private bathrooms.
(6) All outdoor and indoor passageways and
stairways shall be kept free of obstruction.
(e) The licensee shall supervise residents as
needed and as determined by the resident's appraisal pursuant to Section
87457, Pre-Admission Appraisal or
Section 87463, Reappraisals, when
residents are in proximity to or when there is use of the following items:
(1) Ranges, ovens, heaters, fireplaces, wood
stoves, inserts, and other heating devices.
(A) Heating devices shall have protective
mechanisms or other measures to prevent access to the device, or to make it
inoperable when not in use, in order to reduce the risk of burns or
fire.
(2) Fishponds,
wading pools, hot tubs, swimming pools, or similar larger bodies of water.
(A) The licensee shall ensure that the bodies
of water specified above are inaccessible through fencing, covering, or other
means when not in active use by residents.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Section 1569.30, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1569.1, 1569.2, 1569.31 and 1569.312, Health and Safety Code.
Note: Authority cited: Section 1569.30, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1569.1, 1569.2, 1569.31 and 1569.312, Health and Safety Code.
2. Repealer of subsections (d)(7) and (e) and new subsections (e)-(f) filed 10-17-2024; operative
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