Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 111 - RULES OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH › Chapter 111-8 - HEALTHCARE FACILITY REGULATION › Subject 111-8-47 - INTERMEDIATE CARE HOMES › Rule 111-8-47-.18 - Physical Plant Standards

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Requirements under this rule "Physical
				Plant Standards" will be enforced with the effective date of these regulations.
				In exceptional cases and upon application to the Department by the governing
				body of the home, variances may be granted at the discretion of the Department
				if it is determined that these requirements will place an undue burden or
				extreme hardship on the home or its occupants, provided that the health or
				safety of the residents is not jeopardized.
(2) At least two rooms per fifty (50) beds
				shall be designed for single occupancy (one bed). At least one room designed
				for single occupancy shall have an adjoining private bathroom, containing a
				lavatory, water closet and a bathtub or shower equipped with grab bars.
				Intermediate care homes which are a Distinct Part of a nursing home may utilize
				the single occupancy rooms of the nursing home, provided that there are at
				least two single occupancy rooms per each fifty (50) beds for the combined
				patient and resident capacities.
(3) All resident rooms shall open into
				corridors leading to the exterior of the building. No resident room will be so
				located as to make it necessary for a resident to pass through another room to
				gain entrance to a corridor leading to the exterior.
(4) Each resident room shall be an outside
				room with window space equal to at least one-eighth of the floor area with
				opening in area large enough to remove resident by mattress.
(5) Resident bedrooms shall contain not less
				than one hundred (100) square feet of usable floor space in private or single
				rooms and no less than eighty (80) square feet per bed of usable floor space in
				multibed rooms. Usable floor space is in addition to area provided for closets,
				toilet rooms and entry ways.
(6)
				Not less than three (3) feet or space shall be provided between beds and
				between the foot of the bed and wall or other obstruction. There shall be
				sufficient space so beds may be made accessible from both sides for nursing
				care when needed.
(7) An individual
				clothes closet or wardrobe with door shall be provided per bed in every
				resident room. Clothes closets or wardrobes shall be at least twenty-two (22)
				inches deep and twenty (20) inches wide with at least one shelf above a hanging
				space equipped with a device for clothes hangers.
(8) There shall be sufficient bedside screens
				available to provide privacy for residents when needed or requested. Bedside
				screens shall be rendered and maintained flame resistant.
(9) Employees, staff, and visitors shall not
				use water closets provided for residents. Toilets, including a water closet,
				lavatory, soap, paper towels and dispensers shall be provided near or adjacent
				to the following locations:
(a) Medication
				area;
(b) Kitchen;
(c) Lobby area or waiting room.