Section 388-97-2760. Dining, dayrooms, and resident activity areas.

(1) The nursing home must provide one or more rooms designated for resident dining and activities that are:

(a) Well lighted;

(b) Well ventilated;

(c) Adequately furnished; and

(d) Large enough to accommodate all activities.

(2) In a new building or addition, the nursing home must design space for dining rooms, dayrooms, and activity areas for resident convenience and comfort and to provide a homelike environment. These areas must be located on the same floor as the residents who will use the areas. The nursing home must:

(a) Ensure these rooms or areas are exterior rooms with windows that have a maximum sill height of thirty-six inches;

(b) Provide space for dining, day use, and activities with a minimum combined total of thirty square feet for each licensed bed;

(c) Design any multipurpose rooms to prevent program interference with each other;

(d) Locate a day room on each resident care unit;

(e) Provide storage spaces for all activity and recreational equipment and supplies, adjoining or adjacent to the facilities provided; and

(f) Locate a common use toilet facility, with handwashing sink and accessories, providing direct access from the hallway and within a maximum of forty feet from these spaces.

[Statutory Authority: Chapters 18.51 and 74.42 RCW and 42 C.F.R. 489.52. WSR 08-20-062, § 388-97-2760, filed 9/24/08, effective 11/1/08.]

Chapters 18.51 and 74.42 RCW and 42 C.F.R. 489.52. WSR 08-20-062, § 388-97-2760, filed 9/24/08, effective 11/1/08.