Section 388-97-3860. Doors in new construction.

The nursing home must ensure doors to:

(1) Resident rooms provide a minimum of forty-four inches clear width;

(2) Resident bathrooms and toilet rooms are a minimum of thirty-two inches clear width for wheelchair access;

(3) All resident toilet rooms and bathing facilities open outward except if doors open directly into a resident occupied corridor;

(4) Toilet rooms and bathrooms have single action locks, and a means of unlocking doors from the outside;

(5) Occupied areas do not swing into corridors; and

(6) All passages are arranged so that doors do not open onto or obstruct other doors while maintaining resident dignity.

[Statutory Authority: Chapters 18.51 and 74.42 RCW and 42 C.F.R. 489.52. WSR 08-20-062, § 388-97-3860, 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, § 388-97-3860, filed 9/24/08, effective 11/1/08.