SECTION 310:675-5-3. Nursing unit

  Each nursing unit shall provide the following:

(1)   Resident room with a maximum capacity of four residents.

(2)   Resident room with a minimum room area exclusive of toilet rooms, closets, lockers, wardrobes, alcoves or vestibules, shall be 100 sq. ft. in single bed rooms and 80 sq. ft. per bed in multi-bed rooms. Except that in specialized facilities serving only infants and/or children the minimum space per unit shall be 60 sq. ft. per crib. The maximum capacity of pediatric nurseries or rooms for infants or children utilizing cribs shall be twenty.

(3)   One lavatory shall be provided in each resident room. The lavatory may be omitted from a single-bed or a 2-bed room when a lavatory is located in an adjoining toilet room which serves that room only.

(4)   Each resident shall have access to a toilet room without entering the general corridor area. One toilet room shall serve no more than four (4) beds and no more than two (2) resident rooms. The toilet room shall contain a water closet and a lavatory. The lavatory may be omitted from a toilet room which serves single-bed and 2-bed rooms if each such resident's room contains a lavatory.

(5)   Each resident shall have a wardrobe, locker, or closet with minimum clear dimensions of 1′10″ (55.9cm.) by 1′8″ (50.8 cm.). A clothes rod and adjustable shelf shall be provided.

(6)   Visual privacy shall be provided each resident in multi-bed rooms. Design for privacy shall not restrict resident access to entry, lavatory, or toilet.

(7)   No resident room shall be located more than 120 ft. (36.6 m.) from the soiled workroom or the soiled holding room.