Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL › Chapter 113 - Regulations Governing the Licensing and Functioning of Assisted Housing Programs (includes Assisted Living Programs, Residential Care Facilities, and Private Non-Medical Institutions) (formerly 10-149 Ch. 113) › Level I - Residential Care Facilities › Section 144-113-I-15 - Living Area and Sleeping Accommodations

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
15.1
Living and dining areas
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				  Residents shall be provided an area for dining and relaxation sufficient in
				  size to accommodate the provider's family and the residents. Comfortable,
				  non-folding chairs must be provided. The rooms shall be well lighted and free
				  of hazards. A television set for use by the residents shall be
				  available.
15.2
Bedrooms.
15.2.1 For facilities
				  initially licensed on or after May 29, 1998, a minimum of one hundred (100)
				  square feet of usable floor space shall be provided in a single bedroom. A
				  minimum of eighty (80) square feet of usable floor space per person shall be
				  provided in multiple occupancy bedrooms.
15.2.2 For all facilities initially licensed
				  before May 29, 1998, a minimum of eighty (80) square feet of usable floor space
				  shall be provided in a single bedroom. A minimum of seventy (70) square feet of
				  usable floor space per person shall be provided in multiple occupancy
				  bedrooms.
15.2.3 Usable floor space
				  shall be calculated only for that floor space having a ceiling height of a
				  minimum of six (6) feet, except as provided in Section 15.2.4. Corridors,
				  passageways, vestibules, alcoves, closets and wardrobe space shall be excluded
				  from the calculations of usable floor space.
15.2.4 Usable floor space shall include on a
				  2:1 basis the areas having a ceiling height of between four (4) and six (6)
				  feet. (Two [2] square feet yields one [1] usable square foot.) Up to twenty
				  (20) square feet of this area (yielding up to ten [10] square feet) may be
				  counted toward usable floor space for the room.
15.2.5 There shall be no more than two (2)
				  people in each room. Couples who are both residents of the facility have the
				  right to share a room.
15.2.6 Each
				  resident bedroom shall have a solid door that can be closed for
				  privacy.
15.2.7 Each resident
				  bedroom shall have at least one (1) exterior wall and a window glass equal to
				  at least one tenth (1/10) of the minimum required floor space per Sections
				  15.2.1 and 15.2.2. Windows shall be operable and equipped with window shades or
				  an equivalent and curtains or drapes that provide privacy. Window covers must
				  be kept in good repair. In air-conditioned buildings, at least one window in
				  each room must be able to be opened.
15.2.8 Each resident bedroom shall have
				  direct access to a corridor without passing through a bathroom or another
				  resident bedroom. No resident room shall be used for access to other rooms or
				  corridors.
[Class III]
15.2.9 Each resident shall be provided with
				  adequate closet, locker or wardrobe space for hanging clothing.
15.2.10 Each resident shall be offered a bed
				  and mattress that is at least thirty-six (36) inches wide, substantially
				  constructed and in good repair. Rollaway beds, metal cots or folding beds do
				  not meet this requirement.
15.2.11
				  Beds shall be placed so they are easily serviceable and not subjected to
				  extremes of heat or cold. No bed shall be placed within three (3) feet of a
				  heating unit, unless the unit is properly protected.
15.2.12 For each bed there shall be offered:
15.2.12.1 At least two (2) dresser
				  drawers;
15.2.12.2 A comfortable
				  non-folding chair in good repair;
15.2.12.3 A bedside table; and
15.2.12.4 A reading lamp.
15.2.13 The facility shall permit
				  and encourage residents to use their own furnishings, space
				  permitting.
15.2.14 For residents
				  who need assistance with personal housekeeping, resident rooms and furniture
				  shall be regularly cleaned and well maintained. Resident rooms shall be well
				  lighted and in good repair.
15.2.15
				  There must be a direct source of heat to each bedroom.
15.2.16 There shall be an adequate towel,
				  linen and bedding supply in addition to those in use, so that a complete linen
				  change is available in the facility at all times.
15.2.17 Residents shall not share bedrooms
				  with members of the provider's family who are not receiving assisted living
				  services, unless the facility obtains written permission from the Department.
				  Permission will be granted if the arrangement is in the resident's best
				  interest and is acceptable to the resident or the resident's guardian or
				  conservator.