North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 75 - Department of Human Services › Article 75-03 - Community Services › Chapter 75-03-40 - Licensing of Qualified Residential Treatment Program Providers › Section 75-03-40-47 - Buildings, grounds, and equipment

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. A
				facility shall comply with all state, county, and local building and zoning
				codes and ordinances as well as all applicable state, county, and local safety,
				sanitation laws, codes, and ordinances.
2. A facility must be inspected annually by
				the local fire department or the state fire marshal's office. A facility shall
				correct any deficiencies found during these inspections. The facility shall
				keep a written report of the annual inspection and provide a copy to the
				department, including evidence of correction of noted deficiencies. All
				chimneys, flues, and vent attachments to combustion-type devices must be
				structurally sound, appropriate to the unit or units attached to them, and
				cleaned and maintained as necessary to provide safe operation. The heating
				system of each facility, including chimneys and flues, must be inspected at
				least once each year by a qualified individual.
3. A facility shall have a 2A 10BC fire
				extinguisher certified by Underwriters' Laboratories, maintained in accordance
				with the manufacturer's instructions, and located in areas defined in the fire
				code. All required fire extinguishers must be checked once a year and serviced
				as needed. Each fire extinguisher must have a tag or label securely attached
				indicating the month and year the maintenance check was performed last
				completed.
4. The facility shall
				have smoke detectors installed and maintained in accordance with the
				manufacturer's instructions and located in areas defined in the fire
				code.
5. If applicable, the
				facility shall have carbon monoxide detectors installed and maintained in
				accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and located in areas defined in
				the fire code.
6. The facility may
				install automatic sprinklers in bedrooms, hallways, and areas required by fire
				code. If an automatic sprinkler system is installed, it must be inspected
				annually and a copy of the inspection must be provided to the
				department.
7. The facility must be
				equipped with furnishings suitable to the needs of the residents. Recreational
				space and equipment must be safe, functional, and available for all
				residents.
8. The facility shall
				have one centrally located living room for the informal use of
				residents.
9. The facility shall
				have a dining room area large enough to accommodate the number of residents
				served.
10. A facility shall
				provide space and privacy for individual interviewing and counseling sessions.
				This space must be separate and apart from rooms used for ongoing program
				activities.
11. A facility shall
				have bedroom accommodations for the residents as follows:
a. The facility shall have at least one
				bedroom for each three residents;
b. The facility may not permit nonambulatory
				residents to sleep above or below the ground floor;
c. There may be no more than one resident per
				bed, and triple bunks are prohibited;
d. All bedrooms must have at least one window
				that can open to the outside. A facility may implement further restrictions
				such as a safety lock to the window, if it is determined to be a benefit for
				resident safety. If a lock is placed on a bedroom window, the facility must
				have an automatic sprinkler system and fire alarm system installed and notify
				the department in writing this additional safety measure has been implemented.
				Notification to the department must include policy surrounding the need and
				duration;
e. A sleeping room may
				not be in an unfinished attic, hallway, or other room not normally used for
				sleeping purposes;
f. A basement
				that has over half its outside walls below grade and no door opening directly
				to the outside may not be used for bedrooms, unless the bedroom space has
				egress windows;
g. Furnishings must
				be safe, attractive, easy to maintain, and selected for suitability to the age
				and development of the residents; and
h. A facility shall have sufficient
				individual storage areas to accommodate resident's clothing and other personal
				belongings.