Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-17 - Nursing Homes › Section 3701-17-21 - Dining and recreation rooms; utility rooms; toilet rooms

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Every building
			 occupied as a nursing home on and in continuous operation since December 22,
			 1964 shall have not less than one room or suitable area which shall be used for
			 no other purposes than dining and recreation by the residents. Such room or
			 area shall be so located and of such size as to meet the needs of the residents
			 and shall not be used for adult day care participants or residential care
			 facility residents unless the home meets the square footage requirements of
			 paragraph (B) of this rule. Any building occupied as a nursing home on December
			 22, 1964 that is discontinued for such use, shall, if such use is resumed,
			 comply with paragraph (C) of this rule.
(B) Every building erected or converted to
			 use as a nursing home after and in continuous operation since December 22,
			 1964, and before July 17, 2002, shall have a room or suitable area which shall
			 be used for no other purposes than dining and recreation. The dining and
			 recreation room or area shall have a minimum total area of twenty-five square
			 feet per resident for seventy-five per cent of the nursing home's licensed
			 capacity. Any building licensed by the state as a nursing home on or after
			 December 22, 1964 that is discontinued for such use, shall, if such use is
			 resumed, comply with paragraph (C) of this rule.
Each nursing home that shares the dining and recreation room or
				area with participants of an adult day-care program, residents of a residential
				care facility, or both, shall provide an additional twenty-five square feet per
				participant, resident, or both, for seventy-five per cent of the total number
				of adult day-care program participants, the licensed capacity of the
				residential care facility, or both.
(C) Every building erected or converted to
			 use as a nursing home after July 17, 2002 shall have a room or suitable area
			 which shall be used for dining purposes and a separate room or suitable area
			 which shall be used for recreational purposes. A nursing home may use the
			 dining room or area for recreational purposes when the room or area is not
			 being used for dining.
(1) Dining room or
			 area: Twenty-five square feet per resident for the nursing home's licensed
			 capacity.
Each nursing home that shares the dining room or area with
				participants of an adult day-care program, residents of a residential care
				facility, or both, shall provide an additional twenty-five square feet per
				participant, resident, or both, for the total number of adult day-care program
				participants, the licensed capacity of the residential care facility, or
				both.
(2) Recreational room
			 or area: Twenty-five square feet per resident for seventy-five per cent of the
			 nursing home's licensed capacity.
Each nursing home that shares the recreation room or area with
				participants of an adult day-care program, residents of a residential care
				facility, or both, shall provide an additional twenty-five square feet per
				participant, resident, or both, for seventy-five per cent of the total number
				of adult day-care program participants, the licensed capacity of the
				residential care facility, or both.