Ohio Admin. Code 3701-17-22 - General building and sanitation requirements; overhead paging
(A) The building or
buildings in which a nursing home is located shall be in compliance with the
applicable provisions of the Ohio building code and shall have a certificate of
use issued by the appropriate building authority.
(B) All plumbing shall be so installed and
maintained as to be free of leakage and odors and as to reasonably insure
adequate health and safety protection. Plumbing fixtures in nursing homes or
additions to nursing homes constructed, erected, altered or relocated after
September 10, 1984, and plumbing fixtures in buildings converted into nursing
homes after September 10, 1984 shall conform to the applicable provisions of
the Ohio building code.
(C)
Lavatories, bathing facilities, and shower facilities shall be supplied with
hot and cold running water and shall be regulated by approved devices for
temperature control. The hot water temperature in areas used by residents shall
be a minimum of one hundred five degrees Fahrenheit and not exceed one hundred
and twenty degrees Fahrenheit.
(D)
The nursing home's water supply shall be adequate in quantity and of suitable
chemical and bacteriological quality for drinking, culinary, and cleaning
purposes. The water supply for a nursing home shall be taken from a public
supply, if available. If from a source of supply other than a public supply,
the water supply shall comply with all applicable local and state regulations
regarding the construction, development, installation, alteration, and use of
private water systems.
(E) All
liquid wastes from nursing homes shall be discharged into a public sanitary
sewerage system, if available. Where not available, such wastes shall be
discharged into a sewage disposal system that meets all applicable local and
state regulations regarding the construction, development, installation,
alteration, and use of private household sewage disposal systems. The nursing
home shall properly maintain its sewage disposal system in good, safe working
condition.
(F) Heating, cooling,
electrical, and other building service equipment shall be maintained in good
working and safe condition.
(G) The
buildings and grounds shall be maintained in a clean and orderly
manner.
(H) All garbage and other
refuse shall be disposed of immediately after production, or shall be stored in
leak-proof containers with tight fitting covers until time of disposal, and all
wastes shall be disposed of in a satisfactory manner.
(I) Adequate measures shall be taken to
prevent the entrance of insects, rodents, and pests into any building used for
a nursing home or part thereof and to prevent their infestation of the
premises.
(J) The extermination of
insects, rodents, and pests shall be done in such a manner as not to create a
fire or health hazard.
(K)
Beginning July 1, 2015, each nursing home shall
prohibit the use of overhead paging within the nursing home, except that the
nursing home may permit the use of overhead paging for matters of urgent public
safety or urgent clinical operations. The nursing home shall develop a written
policy regarding its use of overhead paging and make the policy available to
staff, residents, and residents' families.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3721.04
Rule Amplifies: 3721.04
Prior Effective Dates: 5/2/1966, 7/1/73, 9/10/84, 12/21/92, 10/20/01, 4/1/12, 12/8/14
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3721.04
Rule Amplifies: 3721.04
Prior Effective Dates: 5/2/1966, 7/1/73, 9/10/84, 12/21/92, 10/20/01, 4/1/12
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