Utah Admin. Code R501-22-5 - Physical Facility
(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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