Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL › Part I - General Administration › Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification › Chapter 90 - Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (under 21) › Subchapter F - Physical Environment › Section I-9077 - Interior Space [Formerly Section 9063]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The arrangement, appearance and furnishing
					 of all of the interior areas of the facility shall be similar to those of a
					 normal family home within the community.
B. The provider shall ensure that there is
					 evidence of routine maintenance and cleaning programs in all of the areas of
					 the facility.
C. Each living unit
					 of a facility shall contain a space for the free and informal use of the
					 residents. This space shall be constructed and equipped in a manner in keeping
					 with the programmatic goals of the facility.
D. A facility shall have a minimum of 60
					 square feet of floor area per resident in living areas accessible to the
					 residents and excluding halls, closets, bathrooms, bedrooms, staff or staff's
					 family quarters, laundry areas, storage areas and office areas.
E. Resident Bedrooms
1. Single rooms shall contain at least 80
					 square feet and multi-bed rooms shall contain at least 60 square feet per bed,
					 exclusive of fixed cabinets, fixtures, and equipment.
2. All PRTFs shall have bedroom space that
					 does not permit more than two residents per designated bedroom.
a. Exception. If the facility maintains a
					 valid child residential license from DCFS, has more than two residents per
					 bedroom and is converting to a PRTF, the PRTF may have bedroom space that
					 allows no more than four residents per designated bedroom.
3. Rooms shall have at least a 7 1/2 foot
					 ceiling height over the required area. In a room with varying ceiling height,
					 only portions of the room with a ceiling height of at least 7 1/2 feet are
					 allowed in determining usable space.
4. There shall be at least 3 feet between
					 beds.
5. There shall be sufficient
					 and satisfactory separate storage space for clothing, toilet articles and other
					 personal belongings of residents.
6. There shall be at least one toilet bowl
					 with accessories, lavatory basin and bathing facility reserved for resident use
					 on each resident floor and additional toilets, lavatories, and bathing
					 facilities to adequately meet the needs of employees, professional personnel
					 and residents on each unit.
7.
					 Doors to individual bedrooms shall not be equipped with locks or any other
					 device that would prohibit the door from being opened from either
					 side.
8. The provider shall not use
					 any room that does not have a window as a bedroom space.
9. The provider shall ensure that sheets,
					 pillow, bedspread and blankets are provided for each resident. Enuretic
					 residents shall have mattresses with moisture resistant covers. Sheets and
					 pillowcases shall be changed at least weekly, but shall be changed more
					 frequently if necessary.
10. Each
					 resident shall have his/her own dresser or other adequate storage space for
					 private use and designated space for hanging clothing in proximity to the
					 bedroom occupied by the resident.
11. No resident over the age of five years
					 shall occupy a bedroom with a member of the opposite sex.
12. The provider shall ensure that the ages
					 of residents sharing bedroom space are not greater than four years in
					 difference unless contraindicated based on diagnosis, the treatment plan, or
					 the behavioral health assessment of the resident.
13. Each resident shall have his/her own bed.
					 A residents bed shall be longer than the resident is tall, no less than 30
					 inches wide, of solid construction and shall have a clean, comfortable,
					 nontoxic fire retardant mattress.
14. Mobile homes shall not be used for
					 resident sleeping areas.
15. The
					 use of bunk beds is prohibited in resident bedrooms.
16. If the PRTF has a sexually-based
					 treatment program, the residents of that program shall reside in its own unit
					 or wing of the PRTF that is separate from the unit or wing housing the other
					 residents. Residents of the sexually-based treatment program shall reside in
					 single rooms with only one bed per bedroom.